Lead Engineer – AI & Personalization (Travel Things) - (Hybrid)

Experteer Italy; Italia; Ibrido; EUR 70.000 - 90.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

A leading travel technology company is seeking an experienced Lead Engineer – AI & Personalization to optimize user experiences and conversion rates. This hybrid role involves managing a high-performing team, driving AI adoption, and ensuring engineering excellence. Ideal candidates will have tech leadership experience and an understanding of machine learning impact on product success.

Servizi

Competitive salary and benefits

Performance-based bonuses

Continuous learning opportunities

Flexible work-life balance

Competenze

• Proven experience as a Lead Engineer in B2C or product-led organisations.
• Strong interest in applying machine learning or AI to product problems.
• Solid understanding of personalization strategies impacting conversion.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Mansioni

• Lead a high-performing team of backend and frontend engineers.
• Drive the adoption of machine-learning models and AI systems.
• Ensure engineering quality through design and code reviews.
• Mentor and coach engineers, supporting their growth.

Conoscenze

Tech leadership

Machine learning

AI personalization

Excellent communication

Descrizione del lavoro

Lead Engineer – AI & Personalization (Travel Things) – Hybrid

As you contemplate your future, you might be asking yourself, what’s the next step? Start your journey with us!

We’re seeking an experienced Lead Engineer – AI & Personalization to join our Travel Things Team in Barcelona, Madrid or Milan (hybrid). You will help optimize the funnel experience, conversion, and revenue through personalization.

Why eDreams ODIGEO

Join the world’s leading travel subscription platform and one of the largest e‑commerce businesses in Europe. Millions of customers cross 44 markets every year across 5 brands, 7 million Prime members, and 100 million searches per day produce up to 6 billion daily AI predictions. With over 1,700 employees from 60+ nationalities, 99 % permanent contracts and an average age of 36, we excel at diverse, high‑performance teams.

What You’ll Do

• Increase conversion in our booking funnel through smarter user journeys.
• Grow revenue margin per booking by leveraging AI and machine learning to personalize the offer at every step.
• Leverage real‑time data for covering customer‑specific needs and tailoring our product portfolio.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Lead a high‑performing team of backend and frontend web engineers, fostering growth, ownership, and technical excellence.
• Collaborate with product managers, data scientists, and UX designers to create, validate and deliver high‑impact product features.
• Drive the adoption of machine‑learning models, AI systems, and personalization frameworks into customer‑facing features.
• Ensure engineering quality through design reviews, code reviews, and high standards for testing and delivery.
• Measure, understand and continuously improve team performance, maintaining high standards.
• Mentor and coach engineers, supporting their technical and leadership growth.
• Align closely with other engineering teams across the company to ensure a coherent technical strategy and delivery cadence.

What You Need to Succeed

• Proven experience as a Lead Engineer with tech leadership, ideally in B2C or product‑led organisations.
• Previous knowledge or strong interest in applying machine learning or AI to product problems.
• Experience integrating ML models into production systems or working closely with data scientists.
• Solid understanding of personalization strategies (recommendations, targeting, contextual relevance) and their impact on conversion or monetisation.
• Ability to break down complex systems and make pragmatic decisions that drive business impact.
• Experience building distributed systems and REST APIs.
• A product mindset: you care deeply about solving real user problems and measuring outcomes.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills – comfortable driving conversations with Product, Design, Data Science and reporting to Directors.
• Track record of driving initiatives that had measurable impact on funnel performance or revenue KPIs.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with applied AI tools such as GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, or other AI‑powered coding assistants.
• Experimentation mindset: curiosity and eagerness to explore, experiment with, and integrate emerging AI‑driven solutions.
• Ability to leverage AI tools to debug code, streamline development processes, and enhance productivity.
• Adaptability and learning agility – enthusiastic about continuously learning and quickly adapting to new AI features.
• Experience or interest in collaborating closely with AI tools as “pair programmers” to complement traditional software development practices.

What’s in it for You?

• A rewarding compensation package: Prime Plus membership, competitive salary and benefits, performance‑based bonuses, day‑off birthdays, discounts, relocation support, and premium equipment with role‑based selection and device ownership through our lifecycle program.
• Continuous learning: free Coursera access, soft‑skills workshops, tech training, leadership development, plus a robust onboarding programme.
• Growth opportunities: personalised career paths and the eVOLVE Program, internal mobility for horizontal changes and promotions.
• Well‑being: hybrid home‑office model focused on outcomes, flexible work‑life balance.
• Fun culture: after‑work events, padel tournaments, parties, communities around sports and music, no dress code, free fruit, coffee and tea at our offices.
• Diverse and healthy environment: innovative, risk‑taking, idea‑sharing culture with recognition at the core.

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If you are ready for a career opportunity with unmatched benefits, continuous learning, and a supportive work‑life balance, apply now and help our diverse, inclusive, and passionate team shape the future of travel.

Apply now!

We are an equal‑opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status or disability status. Our people are the key to our success. Each one of them is unique in their own way and the respect for their uniqueness is, and will always be, a passion and motivation. If you don’t meet every requirement, we strongly encourage you to apply nevertheless.