Engineer, IT AI

IntroAre you ready to explore a world of possibilities, both at work and during your time off? Join our American Airlines family, and you’ll travel the world, grow your expertise and become the best version of you. As you embark on a new journey, you’ll tackle challenges with flexibility and grace, learning new skills and advancing your career while having the time of your life. Feel free to enrich both your personal and work life and hop on board!Why you'll love this jobAs one diverse, high-performing team dedicated to technical excellence, you will focus relentlessly on delivering unrivaled digital products that drive a more reliable and profitable airline.AI domain encompasses disciplines and job families dedicated to the creation, implementation, and management of artificial intelligence technologies. This domain includes roles focused on the research, design, engineering, application, and governance of AI systems. Within the AI domain, professionals work on developing intelligent algorithms and data-driven solutions to solve complex problems and improve decision-making processes. The scope of AI covers various subfields, including natural language processing (NLP), computer vision, robotics, reinforcement learning, and generative AI, agentic AI, and low-code AI development. What you'll doCollaborate with leaders, business analysts, project managers, IT architects, technical leads and other developers, along with internal customers, to understand requirements and develop needs according to business requirements for AI solutionsMaintain and enhance existing enterprise services, applications, and platforms using domain driven design and test-driven developmentTroubleshoot and debug complex issues; identify and implement solutionsCreate detailed project specifications, requirements, and estimatesResearch and implement new AI technologies to enhance current processes, security, and performanceWork closely with software architects and technical leads to ensure decisions meet long-term enterprise growth needsWork on pioneering projects that harness the power of artificial intelligence to solve complex problems and create significant business value. Responsible for participating in all phases of the development process, following agile processes and test-driven development, and using object-oriented development tools to analyze, model, design, construct and test reusable objects. Partner with a diverse team of experts, leveraging cutting-edge technologies to build scalable and impactful AI solutions. Build and deploy AI agents and workflow automations using low-code platforms such as Microsoft Copilot Studio and Power Automate, as well as the Anthropic Claude ecosystem (Claude Cowork, Claude Code, skills, and plugins), connecting them to enterprise data through connectors and Model Context Protocol (MCP) serversHelp create reusable templates, prompts, and guardrails that enable business teams and citizen developers to build AI assistants and automations safelyWork in a forward deployed model alongside business and operations teams (e.g., Airport, Customer, Tech Ops, Finance) to understand their workflows, rapidly prototype AI solutions, and help move them from pilot to productionSupport demos, workshops, and user feedback sessions; iterate quickly and share field learnings with platform and product teamsAll you'll need for successMinimum Qualifications- Education & Prior Job ExperienceBachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Technology, Information Systems (CIS/MIS), Engineering or related technical discipline, or equivalent experience/training 1+ years of full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) experience designing, developing, and implementing large-scale applications in hosted production environments 1+ years of professional, design, and open-source experience Preferred Qualifications- Education & Prior Job ExperienceMaster's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Technology, Information Systems (CIS/MIS), Engineering or related technical discipline, or equivalent experience/training 3 years of full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) experience Prior experience developing and implementing applications with optimization and/or machine learning models inside Prior experience developing and implementing generative-based AI solutions using Large-Language Models (LLMs) (e.g., Open AI GPT, Google Gemini, Llama) Prior experience building agents or automations with low-code platforms such as Microsoft Copilot Studio, Power Platform, or Claude CoworkSkills, Licenses and CertificationsProficiency in Full Stack DevelopmentProficiency and demonstrated experience in the following technologies:J2EE technologies: Java, JSP, JMS, JAXB, JDBC, EJBDatabase and persistence frameworks: Hibernate, Oracle, Object/Relational Mapping, Query performance tuning Cloud-based development:  Azure Cloud, AWS Web Servers: Tomcat, tcServer, Websphere, Web Services: REST/SOAP (JSON/WSDL/XML), Frameworks: Spring Framework, Spring BootFront-end: Angular JS, CSS, jQuery, AJAXBuild/deployment tools: Maven, Gradel, Git, Junit, MockitoOther Dev Ops Toolchain: Nexus Repository, SonarQube, Slack, GitHub, Jenkins, ElasticSearch, Logback, Log4j,, ADO Pipelines, DockerOther: Linux/Unix shell Scripting, JavaScript, IBM MQ/Rabbit MQ, , SQL Developer, IDEProficiency in object-oriented design techniques and principlesProficiency in Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) techniques for generative-based AI modelsExperience with Microsoft Copilot Studio, including topics, actions, generative orchestration, knowledge sources, Power Platform connectors, Dataverse, and publishing agents to Teams and Microsoft 365 CopilotFamiliarity with Anthropic Claude tools such as Claude Cowork, Claude Code, custom skills and plugins, and MCP for connecting Claude to enterprise tools and dataUnderstanding of low-code lifecycle management and governance: environments, solution packaging, DLP policies, and security rolesStrong communication skills, with the ability to explain AI concepts to non-technical business partnersExperience in DevOps Toolchain methodologies, including Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment What you'll getFeel free to take advantage of all that American Airlines has to offer: Travel Perks: Ready to explore the world? You, your family and your friends can reach 365 destinations on more than 6,800 daily flights across our global network.Health Benefits: On day one, you’ll have access to your health, dental, prescription and vision benefits to help you stay well. And that’s just the start, we also offer virtual doctor visits, flexible spending accounts and more. Wellness Programs: We want you to be the best version of yourself – that’s why our wellness programs provide you with all the right tools, resources and support you need.401(k) Program: Available upon hire and, depending on the workgroup, employer contributions to your 401(k) program are available after one year.Additional Benefits: Other great benefits include our Member Assistance Program, pet insurance and discounts on hotels, cars, cruises and moreFeel free to be yourself at AmericanFrom the team members we hire to the customers we serve, inclusion and diversity are the foundation of the dynamic workforce at American Airlines. Our 20+ Team Member Resource Groups are focused on connecting our team members to our customers, suppliers, communities and shareholders, helping team members reach their full potential and creating an inclusive work environment to meet and exceed the needs of our diverse world.Are you ready to feel a tremendous sense of pride and satisfaction as you do your part to keep the largest airline in the world running smoothly as we care for people on life’s journey? Feel free to be yourself at American.