Sr Specialist Artificial Intelligence

Role Purpose

As Senior Specialist - Artificial Intelligence at Accelya, you will lead AI/ML development, architecting intelligent systems, mentoring engineers and applying advanced AI techniques to solve complex airline domain problems at scale.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Lead the design and development of complex, production-grade AI/ML systems for airline software applications
• Architect scalable ML platforms and AI feature infrastructure on AWS, integrating with Accelya's microservices architecture
• Drive adoption of advanced AI techniques including foundation models, RAG, agentic AI and reinforcement learning for airline domain problems
• Lead ML experiment design, statistical evaluation and production deployment of high-impact AI capabilities
• Partner with senior product and engineering leaders on AI product strategy and roadmap
• Define AI engineering standards, review practices and MLOps governance across the team
• Publish internal research, thought leadership and contribute to Accelya's AI knowledge community

Required Experience & Skills

• 5–7 years of AI/ML engineering experience with a track record of high-impact model delivery
• Expert ML skills across classical ML, deep learning, LLMs and generative AI
• Deep experience with ML platform engineering, MLOps and responsible AI
• Proven ability to lead ML engineering teams and drive technical strategy
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field; Master's or PhD preferred

Preferred Experience & Skills

• Deep expertise in generative AI, foundation models and agentic AI frameworks (LangChain, LlamaIndex) applied to enterprise software products
• Knowledge of how FLYR's AI-native architecture, PROS AI and Amadeus ML capabilities are shaping AI in the airline technology sector
• Expert use of AWS AI services (SageMaker, Bedrock, Comprehend) within Accelya's AWS-partnered cloud environment
• Understanding of responsible AI governance in airline technology, including model explainability, fairness in pricing AI and regulatory implications for AI-driven airline decisions

What do we offer?

• An open culture with a creative and challenging opportunity to satisfy your intellectual needs
• Flexible working hours
• Smart working: a hybrid remote/office working environment
• Work-life balance
• An excellent, dynamic and multicultural environment to work in

About Accelya

Accelya is a leading global software provider to the airline industry, powering over 200 airlines with an open, modular software platform. Owned by Vista Equity Partners, we bring together 2,000+ employees across 10 global offices. We are proud partners of AWS and pioneers in NDC expertise. Find out more at www.accelya.com