Chief AI Engineer

We are looking for a Chief AI Engineer who gets a kick out of understanding tricky systems, tracking down stubborn bugs, and shipping software people actually use, and who knows how to use AI to move faster. You will solve real client problems, make architectural decisions, and help your team find better ways to build software using coding agents and modern engineering workflows.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of a goal from concept to delivery: understand the problem, challenge assumptions, choose an approach, and follow through to a production feature, validated architecture, or AI workflow
• Put coding agents to work to explore codebases, implement features, test, debug, and review changes
• Decide what to delegate to agents, where to intervene, and how to verify results
• Configure and extend agent harnesses, including context, skills, specialized agents, hooks, tools, and execution environments
• Connect agents to real repositories and engineering workflows to maximize their usefulness
• Build feedback loops to improve agent performance over time
• Try new approaches on real problems and measure what improves
• Help teammates adopt practices and tools that demonstrably work
• Write production code, reason about architecture, and debug unfamiliar systems
• Explain technical decisions clearly and take responsibility for outcomes, including code written by agents

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience shipping and maintaining production software
• Daily hands-on experience with coding agents such as Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, or equivalents
• Understanding of agent capabilities, limitations, and failure modes
• Hands-on experience configuring and adapting agent harnesses using skills, specialized agents, and hooks
• Understanding of context management, execution loops, state, and failure recovery in agentic systems
• Capability to turn open-ended goals into practical steps and work through blockers independently
• Skills in architecture reasoning, debugging unfamiliar systems, and explaining technical decisions
• English proficiency at B2 level or higher

Nice to have

• Experience building a coding-agent harness from scratch
• Familiarity with custom tools or MCP integrations
• Background in agent evaluations
• Experience coordinating multiple agents

We offer

We connect like-minded people:

• Delivering innovative solutions to industry leaders, making a global impact
• Enjoyable working environment, whether it's the vibrant office or the comfort of your own home
• Opportunity to work abroad for up to two months per year

We invest in your growth:

• Leadership development, career advising, soft skills and well-being programs
• Certifications, including GCP, Azure and AWS
• Unlimited access to EPAM's internal learning database
• Free English classes with certified teachers

We cover it all:

• Monetary bonuses for taking part in the referral program
• Comprehensive medical & family care package
• Seven trust days per year (sick leave without a medical certificate)
• Discounts from 800+ partners (sports activities, restaurants, stores and services)

At EPAM Belarus, employees have the flexibility to choose the environment that suits them best. You can work from any location in Belarus, whether it's your home or our offices in Minsk, Grodno, Brest, Gomel, Mogilev or Vitebsk.

EPAM is a leading global provider of digital platform engineering and development services. We are committed to having a positive impact on our clients, our employees, and our communities. We embrace a dynamic and inclusive culture. Here, you will collaborate with multi-national teams, contribute to numerous innovative projects that deliver the most creative and cutting-edge solutions, and have an opportunity to learn and grow continuously. No matter where you are located, you will join a dedicated, creative, diverse community to help you discover your fullest potential.

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