Data Solution Architect/AI Architect

We are seeking an innovative Data Solution Architect/AI Architect to join our expanding team. In this role, you'll be vital in crafting solutions that meet diverse requirements and needs. Collaborating closely with teams of data scientists and machine learning engineers, you'll be at the center of driving innovation.
Your expertise will be instrumental in enhancing the design of AI systems, spanning classical ML and LLMs, on the AWS platform. You'll contribute to developing new solutions, including data enrichment pipelines and robust building blocks for training, evaluating, and deploying large language models. Join us on this exciting journey!
This position offers hybrid setup with the flexibility to work from any location in Latvia, whether it's your home or our office in Riga.

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Technologies

• AWS (Amazon Web Services)
• Artificial intelligence
• ML Architecture

Responsibilities

• Create an architecture for utilizing and publishing data within the data mesh
• Develop a strategy to identify the specific machine learning tools, models and training sets to construct
• Collaborate with the AI labs, data, infrastructure and platform teams to implement ML-based services using AWS SageMaker
• Analyze the existing AWS account configuration for data scientists and MLEs, working closely with StSt MLE and DevOps experts
• Assess current AI pipelines and their integration with other services
• Design and build infrastructure to facilitate the experimentation and deployment of AI systems
• Cooperate with the AI Labs team to enhance current ML workflows and software development standards

Requirements

• Hands-on production experience as a Data Architect with a production background in design or development
• Industry knowledge in AWS ML services, including AWS SageMaker
• Qualifications in DevOps, Cloud Operations and ML engineering
• Skills in AWS administration and permission management
• Expertise with building enterprise scale ML and LLM solutions
• High proficiency with Docker, IaC (Terraform) and CI/CD (Atlassian Bamboo)
• Ability to build and use model management tools such as MLflow
• Understanding of MLOps
• B2+ English level, both written and spoken

Nice to have

• Competency in setting up and managing vector databases
• Showcase of deploying LLMs at scale
• Familiarity with Kafka

We offer

• Engineering Heritage: Best-in-class experts sharing a culture of engineering excellence and tackling complex engineering challenges for over 30 years
• Advanced Tech Stack: Innovative projects where you can apply or enhance your expertise in Cloud, Data, AI, and other emerging technologies
• World-Class Clients: Work closely with 295+ of the Forbes Global 2000 on creating disruptive solutions that make a global impact
• Professional Growth: Exceptional support for career development with comprehensive resources for upskilling or reskilling in pioneering practices
• GenAI Community: Strong AI competencies with 600+ experts across 55+ locations driving GenAI-enabled transformation journeys
• Entrepreneurial Culture: If you're passionate and dedicated to improving business transformation, we provide the support you need to bring your ideas to life
• Hybrid Setup: The flexibility to work from any location in Latvia, whether it's your home or our office in Riga
• Other Benefits: Additional vacation and trust days, private health insurance, Employee Stock Purchase Plan and more

Salary range €5K-€7.8K gross, based on your experience and interview results.
About EPAM
EPAM is a leading global provider of digital platform engineering and development services. For over 30 years, our team has helped leading brands navigate the waves of digital transformation, building solutions that help them stay competitive through constant market disruption.
With offices in 55+ countries, EPAM has grown in Latvia to over 150+ talented innovators in 3 years. We foster creativity and unconventional ways of doing things, welcoming like-minded professionals to join us.