Lead Engineer - AI [T500-11216]

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:Grow Delta's use of AI within customer and employee facing experiencesPartner with cross functional business and technology teams to understand business landscape and drive AI opportunities.Provide technical thought-leadership and direction for AI solutions across a wide range of centralized and distributed environments across the Delta landscape.Partner with Architecture, Foundations, and Security teams to pave the way for Delta leverage industrialized design patternsHelp to define, design and capture data required for measurement of each solution Collaborate frequently to share ideas and gain perspective. Communicates critical information in a clear and timely manner. Listens to others. Seeks clarification and confirms shared understanding when communicating.Delivering with Quality and SpeedCollaborate with business and product owners, understanding the product and business domain to engineer solutions that create a competitive advantageWork within a team of engineers and cross-divisionally to design and build Artificial Intelligence into technical solutions at scaleContribute to the strategy around which frameworks and technologies are leveraged with each solution, and partner with the foundations teams to approve new design patternsLook upstream and downstream to see around corners and anticipate future consequences for immediate technical choicesDocument and communicate solutions with effective documentation, flowcharts, layouts, diagrams, charts, code comments and clear codeDesign, Develop, Monitor, and scale AI components, APIs, and loosely coupled applications and integrate these with highly available channels and systems Incorporate security standards, test-driven development, and pipeline deployment automation to achieve robust reliability and scale Mentor junior team-mates to define and implement detailed measurement data, error logging/tracking for all products within our domainInitiate and lead code reviews and continuous improvement effortsAnalysis and implementation of Performance/Stability/Reliability initiativesMonitors metrics, problems, trends, and costs, in order to determine solutions, required process changes, etc. that will make the function more efficientPlan, create, and execute automated test cases and load/performance testing Operate with Agile and Cloud Target squads within two-week sprintsOwn and support what you buildProduction issue triage, management, and prevention with a focus on continuous improvementDevelop an AI first mindset and help democratize AI for Delta What You Need To Succeed (Minimum Qualifications):5+ years of work experience in Software Engineering3+ years of work / educational experience in Artificial Intelligence / Machine LearningExperience with Agile Software Development Lifecycles and DevOps / DevSecOpsDevelopment experience on AWS, AWS Sagemaker requiredExperience with one or more general purpose programming languages including but not limited to: Python, R, Scala, Spark Experience with one or more of the following: Natural Language Processing, sentiment analysis, classification, pattern recognition.Development experience with AI frameworks such as TensorFlow, Microsoft CNTK, scikit, Keras, Caffe, Gluon, Torch. Familiarity with GenAI technology stack, including frameworks for prompt engineering, guardrails for GenAI applications, and LLM fine-tuningExperience working with VectorDBs and other data infrastructure required to efficiently support Generative AI training pipelines and production applications? Experience training and maintaining large language modelsExperience with production-grade development, integration and supportExperience and familiarity presenting to technical and business audiencesPosition open to ATL and MSP officesWhat will give you a competitive edge (preferred qualifications): A doer by default: You are self-motivated and take pride in building great experiences for users, whether they are employees or customers. You are resourceful in finding the data and tools you need to get the job done and have a bias for action.You enjoy working with people and can put yourself in other people's shoes. You're not afraid to ask for help when you need it or help teammates when they need a boost. You believe in strong opinions, weakly held-- you're not afraid to change your opinion in the face of new facts and acknowledge what you don't know. Are intensely curious about finding a solution to the pain-points of our passengers along the entire travel experienceHave a sense of ownership in everything you build, and drive for continuous improvementLove travel and can deeply empathize with our customers PRB