Manager AI and ML Engineering

$118,800 - $177,100/Yr

JetBlue Airways - Long Island City, NY

Full-time - Manager

Long Island City, NY

Air Transportation

About the position

The Manager of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Engineering at JetBlue leads a team responsible for developing and deploying AI and ML solutions to address complex challenges across the organization. This role involves overseeing the creation of production-grade machine learning pipelines, collaborating with various teams to implement AI architectures, and ensuring compliance with ethical and legal standards. The position is pivotal in shaping the AI and ML vision at JetBlue, fostering team development, and driving strategic improvements in processes and technologies.

Responsibilities

• Recruit and lead a motivated team of AI and ML Engineers and MLOps Engineers.
• Collaborate with business, engineering, infrastructure, and data science teams to translate their needs into production-grade AI and ML deployment architectures.
• Oversee and guide the development and integration of AI products through common libraries and robust data pipelines.
• Design and implement architecture for an end-to-end machine learning and data discovery platform.
• Effectively communicate architectures, experiments, models, and analytics outputs with partners.
• Build strong relationships with new and existing external Business Partners.
• Define strategic improvements in processes, including introducing new technology products and revamping existing architecture.
• Play a significant role in the development of Crewmembers to support their engagement and growth.
• Stay up-to-date with the latest trends in AI and ML and identify opportunities for implementation.
• Ensure compliance of AI and ML models with ethical and legal requirements.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in computer science or a quantitative discipline, or a High School Diploma/GED with at least four years of relevant experience.
• Five years of relevant industry experience.
• Proficiency in Python, SQL, git, and common Data Science, AI, and ML libraries.
• Experience building AI and ML models with efficient deployment architectures.
• Ability to write production-grade code and familiarity with software engineering best practices.
• Ability to communicate findings to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Available for occasional overnight travel (10%).
• Must pass a pre-employment drug test.

Nice-to-haves

• Advanced degree in computer science or a quantitative discipline.
• Five years of relevant industry and management experience.
• Experience applying various Machine Learning techniques such as Time Series Forecasting, Recommendation Systems, and Natural Language Processing.
• Experience using Databricks, PySpark/Spark, Azure Cloud, Kubernetes, Docker, PyTorch, Keras, Tensorflow.

Benefits

• Life insurance
• 401(k) plan with company match
• Performance bonuses
• Restricted stock units
• Access to healthcare benefits
• Crewmember stock purchase plan
• Short-term and long-term disability coverage
• Free space available travel on JetBlue