Senior Python Developer

EPAM is global leader in AI transformation engineering and integrated consulting, serving Forbes Global 2000 companies and ambitious startups. With over thirty years of expertise in custom software, product and platform engineering, we empower our clients to become AI-Native enterprises, driving measurable value from innovation and digital investments.

• 5+ years of experience in production Python backend development
• Experience with API and service design, including REST or gRPC, contract definition, and proto evolution
• Skills in SQL and relational data management, including Google Cloud Spanner or equivalent transferable technologies, schema reasoning, and migrations
• Advanced communication skills in English, with the ability to collaborate with US stakeholders in a distributed team setting
• Flexibility to overlap working hours with US time zones

Nice to have:

• Familiarity with AI Agents Development, including tools such as Orca, ADK, or Gemini
• Recent hands-on experience demonstrating current Python proficiency
• Capability to mentor and pair closely with engineers on shared project scope

• Develop and maintain production-grade backend services using Python
• Design and implement REST or gRPC-style APIs, ensuring contract and proto compatibility across service evolutions
• Work with relational databases, including schema design, migrations, and query optimization
• Collaborate closely with the technical lead and EPAM engineers through pair programming and asynchronous communication
• Overlap with US time zones to support real-time collaboration with stakeholders
• Contribute to shared scope delivery within an existing backlog rather than discovery or consulting work
• Participate in mentoring and strong pairing practices with team members on the stream