Principal Engineer, AI Delivery Hub

Job Title

Principal Engineer, AI Delivery Hub

About the Role

The Principal Engineer is a technical leader focused on strengthening engineering capabilities, quality, and collaboration across the organization.

Working across multiple teams and technical areas, you will shape and promote engineering standards, development practices, tools, and frameworks that help teams deliver effective, secure, and reliable software. Acting as a catalyst for collaboration and improvement, you’ll enhance developer experience, productivity, software quality, and operational excellence across the AI Delivery Hub.

You bring leadership through expertise and partnership, collaborating with architects, engineering managers, principal engineers, and platform teams to continuously evolve how software is designed, built, tested, and operated.

In this role, you’ll:

• Develop and refine engineering standards, guidelines, and best practices that support innovation and reliability.
• Promote quality, security, and maintainability across products and services.
• Encourage adoption of modern engineering practices and continuous improvement.
• Collaborate on technical reviews, supporting teams in addressing complex engineering challenges.
• Enhance developer experience through better tools, automation, and process simplification.
• Encourage use of reusable frameworks and shared assets to accelerate development.
• Drive continuous improvement efforts to boost performance, sustainability, and maintainability of systems.
• Align technical direction and engineering strategy in partnership with technical and business leaders.
• Mentor and coach engineers at all levels, creating communities of practice and promoting knowledge sharing.
• Foster a culture of collaboration, learning, and inclusive technical excellence.

What Success Looks Like

• Teams deliver with confidence and consistent quality.
• Engineering standards are clearly defined, adopted, and effective across teams.
• Developer experience and productivity improve through better tools and processes.
• System health and sustainability are strengthened through active management of complexity.
• Clear frameworks support autonomy and meaningful coordination.
• Shared expertise scales technical excellence across the organization.
• Teams see engineering practices as enablers of innovation and success.

Your Profile

• Strong experience leading impactful software engineering initiatives.
• Deep understanding of software architecture, cloud-native systems, and modern development practices.
• Proven ability to collaborate across multiple teams and contribute to strategic technical direction.
• Experience driving improvements in engineering productivity, quality, and delivery effectiveness.
• Strong communication, mentoring, and stakeholder engagement skills with a collaborative mindset.

What we can offer you

🌎 A truly global DNA - Everything at Amadeus is global, from our people to our business, which translates into our footprint, processes, and culture.
🎓 Great opportunities to learn - Learning happens all the time and in many ways at Amadeus, through on-the-job training, formal learning activities, and day-to-day interactions with colleagues.
🤗 A caring environment - Amadeus fosters a caring environment, nurturing both a fulfilling career and personal and family life. We care about our employees and strive to provide a supportive work environment.
🌟 A hybrid working model - We want our employees to do their best work, however the hybrid model works best for them.
🌈 A diverse and inclusive community - We are committed to leveraging our uniquely diverse population to drive innovation, creativity, and collaboration across our organization.
📈 A Reliable Company - Trust and reliability are fundamental values that drive our actions and shape long-lasting relationships with our customers, partners, and employees.
🎯 A critical mission and purpose - At Amadeus, you will be powering the future of travel and pursuing a critical mission and extraordinary purpose.

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Diversity & Inclusion

Amadeus aspires to be a leader in Diversity and Inclusion in the tech industry, enabling every employee to reach their full potential by fostering a culture of belonging and fair treatment, attracting the best talent from all backgrounds, and as a role model for an inclusive employee experience.

Amadeus is an equal opportunity employer and committed to an accessible recruitment process. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age, beliefs, disability or any other characteristics protected by law.

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