Principal AI Engineer
Core
Setting technical direction for AI-augmented optimisation and intelligent operational decisioning for global network design and ocean operations.
Role type
Principal AI Engineer (Technical Leadership)
Builds
AI plus Operations Research (OR) architecture for network design, routing, and vessel deployment
Domain
Logistics / Supply Chain / Network Optimisation
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
AI and optimisation leadership, mathematical programming, heuristics, search algorithms, Python, experimentation design, agentic AI systems, human-in-the-loop workflows
Preferred skills
logistics industry experience, large-scale network design, learning-augmented algorithms, reinforcement learning, productionisation of optimisation methods
Technologies
Python, solver layers, optimisation services
Responsibilities
Lead the optimisation intelligence agenda across network design and operational execution; guide specialists in building optimisation models and AI capabilities; drive structured experimentation to validate model performance; define interaction patterns between AI systems and solver layers; shape the innovation roadmap for new methods; raise standards for modelling practice and architectural judgment
Seniority
Principal, strategy & mentorship
