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IT Coffee Break is a podcast featuring EPAM professionals and leading experts who share their career paths, experiences and personal stories from the world of tech. Each episode explores a different domain and highlights the real journeys behind the roles — from professional growth to international opportunities. Grab a coffee and join us on the adventure at EPAM.

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Solution Architects: The Power Players Between Tech and Business

When EPAM Systems Hungary brought together tech professionals for the CEE Tech Meetup, one role took center stage: the Solution Architect. And for good reason. Solution Architects sit exactly where technology meets business strategy. They translate complex technical possibilities into real business value. Timestamps: 00:21 – Introduction01:14 – Career beginnings02:51 – Misconceptions about solution architecture05:55 – Essential skills for solution architects07:47 – Career paths and training14:13 – Documentation and processes15:01 – AI in solution architecture23:46 – Client projects and impact

28 min
FEB 12

Bridging the Gap: Accelerating Careers Through EPAM Campus

Dávid Hegyi and Henrietta Ábrányi, two software engineers at EPAM Hungary, are participating in a flagship initiative designed to accelerate the onboarding of EPAM Campus graduates onto projects through the combination of AI and structured mentorship. Timestamps: 1:15 – Guest Introductions 2:00 – Campus Program Overview 4:33 – Henrietta’s Campus Experience 7:57 – Transition to Epam Company 13:14 – AI in Mentorship and Work 17:44 – Roles as Mentor and Mentee

21 min
12/19/2025

2025 Wrapped: How AI Shaped Our Year

A look back at the most exciting AI conversations of the year. In this special Wrapped episode, we revisit key insights, bold ideas and memorable moments shared by our guests in 2025 — from real-world AI use cases to future-looking perspectives.

28 min
11/26/2025

Staying relevant in the age of AI

Anna Aksenova is a Senior Data Engineer, whose work has reformed customer experience and corporate workflows through many of her projects that use Large Language Models to automate processes and substitute human labour. As companies strive to incorporate more AI tools into their workflows, it is even more important for engineers to stay relevant and excel at their work. Timestamps:00:31 - Introduction01:45 - Journey into Data Science03:55 - Focus on Machine Learning05:58 - Work at EPAM07:18 - Challenges in Generative AI12:07 - Mentoring and Education13:45 - Key Skills & Academia vs Industry

18 min
11/12/2025

Mirroring and creating human connections

Timestamps; 01:00 – Giovanna shares her international career journey and cultural experiences03:30 – Adapting communication styles for North America, Germany, and Latin America05:45 – Insights from the “Mastering Communication Skills” workshops for tech professionals07:00 – The LEARN framework: Listen, Empathize, Acknowledge, Negotiate, Respond10:30 – Communicating differently with executives vs. technical teams13:45 – How AI supports communication while keeping the human touch17:00 – Leading multicultural teams and empowering people to find their own style

24 min
10/30/2025

What does the Head of Data and AI do?

Apostolos Lampropoulos is Head of Data and Analytics of EPAM in the Adriatic region, Greece, Cyprus, Malta and Croatia. He describes his job as a series of multitasking, as there are many important aspects of his job that he needs to do on a daily basis. Timestamps:01:40 - Career Journey03:08 - Role and Responsibilities05:19 - Becoming an AI-First Company07:31 - Client Challenges and AI Integration10:31 - Upskilling and Workforce Development13:39 - Bridging Business and Technology17:04 - Change Management & AI and Jobs19:38 - AI Project Lifecycle22:29 - Regional Focus and AI Transformation

25 min
10/15/2025

Razvan Podovei and the Essence of Visionary Leadership

Since February 2025, Razvan Podovei has been leading EPAM Romania’s Cloud Practice, bringing with him not only extensive technical expertise but also a deeply reflective perspective on what it means to lead. For Razvan, leadership isn’t simply a title — it’s a mindset shaped by experience, persistence, and a genuine commitment to people. 01:30 – Razvan’s background & career path 06:20 – How he started at EPAM 12:10 – Leadership approach 18:40 – Cloud trends in Romania 25:00 – Message to future colleagues 28:00 – Outro

38 min
09/10/2025

Unleashing Chaos to Build Resilience with Adam Balazs

As our digital environment is becoming increasingly complex, controversial and multifaceted, we need to try and mitigate uncertainty. Chaos engineering, an emerging methodology in Cloud Engineering, proposes that we use chaos productively to make systems more resilient. EPAM Hungary’s Adam Balazs explains the concept in the following way: 1:00 – Career Journey into IT and EPAM 3:42 – His Role at EPAM Today 5:00 – What is Chaos Engineering? 7:05 – Origins and Evolution of Chaos Engineering 10:30 – The Future: AI and Chaos Engineering 14:00 – Global Mindset & DevOps Days Tokyo Talk

23 min

IT Coffee Break is a podcast featuring EPAM professionals and leading experts who share their career paths, experiences and personal stories from the world of tech. Each episode explores a different domain and highlights the real journeys behind the roles — from professional growth to international opportunities. Grab a coffee and join us on the adventure at EPAM.

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EPAM Systems
Years Active

2021 - 2026
Episodes

79
Rating

Clean
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