Strategic AI Engineering Leader — Production Systems

American Airlines Inc.; Fort Worth (TX); Hybrid; USD 190,000 - 270,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Travel perks

Health benefits

401(k) program

Wellness programs

Job summary

American Airlines Inc. in Fort Worth, TX, is seeking a senior AI engineering leader to guide the design, delivery, and governance of agentic software applications that support business processes.

You will lead engineering teams, balance reliability and performance, and drive cost-efficient solutions across the business. Ideal candidates bring 7+ years building ITIL/Agile projects, strong backend expertise (Python/Java/C#), and a track record of mentoring leaders while partnering with IT and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Technology, Computer Science, Information Systems, or related technical discipline.
• 7+ years delivering ITIL/Agile/XP or similar delivery approaches.
• 5+ years leading product teams.

Responsibilities

• Ensure agent designs meet reliability, latency, cost efficiency, and maintainability in production.
• Guide solutions with strong business and technology perspective and coordinate with engineers and managers.
• Collaborate with IT leadership to execute the technical vision and roadmaps.
• Implement safeguards for privacy, security, and responsible AI with audit logging and human-in-the-loop controls.
• Foster self-governing engineering teams accountable for performance and delivery.
• Communicate priorities across engineering teams and stakeholders.
• Lead, develop, and mentor leaders to build the next generation of engineers.
• Manage budget, forecasting, and long-term planning aligned to business priorities.

Skills

Backend engineering

Leadership

Agile leadership

Executive communication

Stakeholder management

Budgeting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Technology/CS/related

Master's degree in CS/Engineering/IS

Tools

Python

Java

C#

API/service design

LangChain/Semantic Kernel/OpenAI tool calling

Job description

American Airlines Inc. in Fort Worth, TX, is seeking a senior AI engineering leader to guide the design, delivery, and governance of agentic software applications that support business processes.

You will lead engineering teams, balance reliability and performance, and drive cost-efficient solutions across the business. Ideal candidates bring 7+ years building ITIL/Agile projects, strong backend expertise (Python/Java/C#), and a track record of mentoring leaders while partnering with IT and