Senior Research Engineer - Computer Vision & Biometrics

Amadeus; Carnaxide; Hybrid; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working model

Global travel tech leader

Job summary

Amadeus, a global leader in travel technology, seeks a Senior Research Engineer to advance computer vision and biometric solutions from research to production. You will set the scientific direction for applied-research while leading a largely remote team across Lisbon and Porto/Gaia, delivering robust, scalable AI that powers seamless travel experiences.

You will define strategies for face recognition and biometric pipelines, ensure governance and compliance, influence roadmaps, and mentor the

Qualifications

• PhD preferred; publications or academic research experience valued.
• Strong Python skills with hands-on model training experience.
• Experience delivering research that became production-ready.

Responsibilities

• Define the applied-research strategy for face recognition, image quality, anti-spoofing and biometric capture pipelines.
• Set best practices from data acquisition, annotation and dataset governance through to model training, deployment, monitoring and retirement.
• Ensure rigor, fairness and compliance with EU AI Act, GDPR, ICAO, ISO and NIST standards, while assessing accuracy, robustness, bias, security and privacy.
• Influence product and technology roadmaps, collaborate with cross-functional teams, resolve complex technical challenges, and contribute to European projects.
• Ensure code and algorithms follow best practices for security, governance and software lifecycle management.
• Generate patents, publications and trade secrets, and mentor the next generation of researchers.

Skills

Computer vision

Machine learning

Python

Deep learning

C#

Education

PhD in computer vision or related field

Job description

Amadeus, a global leader in travel technology, seeks a Senior Research Engineer to advance computer vision and biometric solutions from research to production. You will set the scientific direction for applied-research while leading a largely remote team across Lisbon and Porto/Gaia, delivering robust, scalable AI that powers seamless travel experiences.

You will define strategies for face recognition and biometric pipelines, ensure governance and compliance, influence roadmaps, and mentor the