Join SWISS International Air Lines’ OPSD team as a Senior Software Engineer (AI/ML & OR), turning advanced architectures into production software. Own and scale GCP, ML pipelines, numerical optimizers, and aviation data engineering for reliable AI/ML and Operations Research models. Starting date: January 01, 2027. You may apply in English or German.
Your tasks
- Partner with the Lead Principal Software Engineer and OR Lead to deliver reliable solvers, ML models, serverless data platforms, and GenAI applications.
- Mentor engineers, lead rigorous code reviews, and uphold high engineering standards across the team.
- Design and implement reusable and testable Python and SQL solutions, scalable microservices, and robust ETL/ELT pipelines for multi-source aviation data, model training, and real-time inference.
- Partner with Lead OR and others to implement, containerize, deploy, and operate ML models and high-performance numerical solvers with OR and data science experts.
- Collaborate with Lead Architect to provision, secure, monitor, and optimize serverless data products, reliable, cost-efficient GCP services and microservices using Terraform.
- Uphold high standards, lead peer code reviews, strengthen automated testing, CI/CD pipelines, and mentoring through guidance and pair programming.
What you bring
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer or Data Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or equivalent experience, plus 6+ years in software engineering, architecture, and database design.
- 3+ years building production ML, MLOps, or microservices in Python and 5+ years in SQL, data warehousing, performance tuning, and robust ETL/ELT processes.
- Hands-on expertise with Cloud Run, BigQuery, Pub/Sub, Dataflow, Terraform, CI/CD, code reviews, and automated testing.
- Experience or interest in Docker, Kubernetes, numerical solvers, OR optimizers, and frameworks such as LlamaIndex, ADK, or multi-agent environments.
- Agile experience, strong Product collaboration, aviation interest, and C1/C2 English.
What the company offers
- Attractive company pension scheme
- Subsidized parking or public transport
- Company health management
- Flight benefits
- Remote working (e.g. from home)
- Flexible workhours and part-time working models
- Diversity programmes
- Paid maternity and paternity leave
About the company
Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) is Switzerland’s leading air carrier. With one of Europe’s most advanced aircraft fleets, SWISS provides direct flights from Zurich and Geneva to keep Switzerland connected with Europe and the world. Its Swiss WorldCargo division offers airport-to-airport airfreight services for high-value, time-critical and care-intensive consignments. SWISS is dedicated to delivering the highest product and service quality and helps drive the decarbonization of the airline sector. SWISS is part of the Lufthansa Group and a member of Star Alliance.