Lead Forward-Deployed Engineer; Data platform

Position: Lead Forward-Deployed Engineer (Data platform)
Location: Zürich

We're looking for a Lead Forward-Deployed Engineer (Data platform) to join our team in boarder Zurich area, Switzerland in a hybrid working mode. In this role, you will contribute to a large-scale international IT engagement focused on modern data platforms, security, business applications and IT operations.

You will join the Data track, collaborating with Data Architects, BI Engineers and Business Analysts while working closely with an onsite delivery lead. Your focus will be on optimizing and enhancing a modern data platform built on technologies such as Snowflake, Click House, dbt, Fivetran and AWS-native data services. Additionally, you will embed AI and agentic tooling where practical value is measurable, prototype new platform capabilities and validate improvements with users before development handoff.

Responsibilities Continuously assess platform performance and identify bottlenecks or inefficiencies for improvement

Embed AI and agentic tooling in platform environments to enhance speed, reliability and cost-effectiveness

Prototype new platform capabilities across ingestion, transformation and query workflows

Validate prototypes directly with end users prior to transferring into the build process

Own technical feasibility assessments for emerging AI-driven and agentic optimization opportunities

Harden validated prototypes for delivery and integration into standard pipelines with Data Platform Engineers Contribute reusable optimization patterns to the AI Solution Engineering practice

Requirements6+ years of professional experience with 2+ years in platform engineering or forward-deployed solution engineering roles

Proven expertise in Snowflake and Click House Strong  proficiency in dbt and Fivetran Hands-on experience leveraging AI-assisted or agentic development tools

Ability to analyze platform performance and optimize architectures for scalability and speed

Experience with AWS Data Stack Familiarity with tools such as Anthropic Claude or AWS Bedrock Professional fluency in English Nice to have Background in Amazon Bedrock/Agent Core, Lang Chain and agent orchestration frameworks

Knowledge of PostgreSQL and prompt engineering concepts

We offer5 weeks of vacationEPAM Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
Enhanced parental leave

Extended pension plan Daily sickness allowance insurance

Employee assistance program

Global business travel medical and accident insurance

Learning and development opportunities including in-house training and coaching, professional certifications, and courses
• Please note that any offers will be subject to appropriate background checks
• We do not accept CVs from recruiting or staffing agencies
• For this position, we are able to consider applications from the following:

- Swiss nationals- EU/EFTA nationals
- Third-country nationals based in Switzerland with an appropriate work permit
- Displaced people from Ukraine who are currently in Switzerland and hold, or have already applied for, S permits