Lead Machine Learning Engineer Remote in Armenia

What You’ll Do

• Lead and contribute to ML pipeline design, development, and operating lifecycle based on best practices
• Develop and deploy complex AI/ML solutions on cloud infrastructure using ML engineering and MLOps workflows and tools capable of scaling in response to evolving business and technical needs
• Create infrastructure and architecture diagrams
• Collaborate with data scientists and engineering team to optimize ML pipeline performance
• Allocate tasks to junior ML engineers and ensure task completion
• Improve coding practices, support code reviews and introduce best practices for model management
• Provide thought leadership in terms of new technologies and tools, suggest improvements
• Support the interview process to hire junior and senior ML engineers

What You Have

• Experience in AI/ML engineering and leadership
• Proficiency in machine learning model development
• Understanding of best practices in software engineering, data management, testing and deployment
• Expertise in building scalable, reliable and maintainable ML systems
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills to liaise with senior business stakeholders, clients and team members
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment, mentor junior team members and provide technical leadership
• Strong knowledge of Python development
• Familiarity with cloud-native services: GCP, AWS, Azure
• Experience with some of the MLOps-related platforms/technologies such as AWS SageMaker, Azure ML, GCP Vertex AI / AI Platform, Databricks MLFlow, Kubeflow, Airflow, TensorFlow Extended

Nice to Have

• Competency in the Apache Spark Ecosystem
• Expertise in LLM/GenAI

We Offer

• We connect like-minded people:
  • Delivering innovative solutions to industry leaders, making a global impact  
  • Enjoyable working environment, whether it is the vibrant office or the comfort of your home 
  • Opportunity to work abroad for up to two months per year 
  • Relocation opportunities within our offices in 50+ countries
  • Corporate and social events 
• We invest in your growth:
  • Leadership development, career advising, soft skills and well-being programs 
  • Certifications, including GCP, Azure and AWS
  • Unlimited access to LinkedIn Learning, Get Abstract, O'Reilly, Cloud Guru 
  • Free English classes with certified teachers 
  
• We cover it all:
  • Participation in the Employee Stock Purchase Plan 
  • Monetary bonuses for engaging in the referral program 
  • Comprehensive medical & family care package   
  • Four trust days per year for personal needs
  • Discounts for fitness clubs
  • Benefits package (hotels, restaurants, stores and services)

About EPAM

• EPAM Armenia is a team of 900+ talented innovators united by a passion for technology. In 2014, we opened our first office in Yerevan, and now we have a second engineering hub in Gyumri. We've built a continuously learning organization that helps its employees rapidly advance their careers. Here you will work with the world's industry leaders, support impactful projects using the latest technologies, collaborate with multi-national teams, and have access to a wide variety of development opportunities