Engineer, AI/ML
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 27, 2026. First seen by Alion on Sep 2, 2026. Carnival Cruise Line scores B on the Alion truth index.
Shape the Future of Enterprise AI at Carnival Corporation
Are you passionate about building cutting-edge AI solutions that move beyond experimentation and into real-world impact? Carnival Corporation is seeking an innovative AI / ML Engineer to help design, build, and scale the next generation of intelligent systems that will transform how our corporate team’s work.
In this role, you will be a part of our Corporate Data & AI strategy team to develop production-grade AI products, multi-agent systems, machine learning models, and enterprise automation solutions leveraging the latest technologies including AWS Bedrock/Sagemaker, Snowflake Cortex, Anthropric, OpenAI, and Microsoft AI stack.
This is more than an engineering role. It's an opportunity to help establish and shape our enterprise AI capability from the ground up. You will have significant influence on architecture decisions, technology standards, deployment patterns, and AI best practices while helping build a growing AI engineering function that will drive innovation across one of the world's largest travel and hospitality companies.
Why Join Us?
Work with cutting-edge AI technologies including LLMs, agentic AI, multi-agent architectures, and enterprise-scale machine learning solutions.
Help build and shape a growing AI engineering team from the ground up, influencing strategy, standards, and technical direction.
Own the full lifecycle of AI solutions, from concept and experimentation to production deployment and optimization.
Tackle complex, high-impact business challenges and create solutions used across global corporate functions.
Collaborate with talented data, analytics, and business leaders who are committed to accelerating AI innovation.
Make a visible impact atenterprise scale while working in a fast-growing area of technology.
Be part of a company investing heavily in digital transformation and the future of intelligent automation.
Position Summary
The AI / ML Engineer is responsible for designing, developing, deploying, and maintaining AI solutions for Carnival Corporation's corporate functions. Working in close partnership with the data engineer team, this team takes curated, AI-ready data and transforms it into production-grade intelligent systems.
The ideal candidate brings hands-on experience inconceptualizing, developing and deploying AI products, large language model orchestration, agentic workflow design, and the full lifecycle of deploying and maintaining AI solutions in cloud environments. This is a highly technical individual contributor role positioned at the intersection of applied artificial intelligence, machine learning, and enterprise automation.
The successful candidate will have the rare opportunity to help define the future of AI within the organization while contributing to the formation and growth of a world-class AI engineering team.
Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree in computer science, data science, or a relatedfield.Master’s degree in machine learning, AI, computer science, statistics is a plus.
5-6 years of experience in AI/ML engineering, data science, or a closely related software engineering discipline
Demonstrated experience building and deploying production AI or ML systems
Hands-on experience with cloud-based AI platforms
Experience in a corporate or enterprise environment preferred
Proficiencywith Snowflake AI tooling and Cortex capabilities, Amazon Bedrock, AWS SageMaker, and ECS for AI/ML workloads
Hands-on experience with agentic frameworks: Snowflake Intelligence, LangGraph, LangChain, AutoGen, or CrewAI
Strong Python skills including experience with ML libraries and API development
Experience with LLM orchestration, prompt engineering, and RAG patterns
Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and MLOpsbest practices
Understanding of responsible AI principles, model governance, and data privacy standards
Strong communicationskills with ability to explain complex AI concepts to non-technical stakeholders
AWS certifications (ML Specialty, Solutions Architect, or Developer)
Experience with multi-agent system design and orchestration at scale
Exposure to hospitality, travel, or cruise industry environments
Familiarity with Snowflake data sharing and S3-based data export patterns
Travel: Less than 25% with shipboard travel likely
Work Conditions: Work primarily in a climate-controlled environment with minimal safety/health hazard potential.
Physical Demands: Must be able to remain in a stationary position at a desk and/or computer for extended periods of time.
This position is classified as “in-office.”As an in-office role, it requires employees to work from a designated Carnival office in South Florida Monday through Thursday each week. Employees may work from their homes on Fridays.Candidates must be located in (or willing to relocate to) the Miami/Ft. Lauderdale area.
Offers toselected candidates will be made on a fair and equitable basis, taking into account specific job-related skills and experience.
At Carnival, your total rewards package is much more than your base salary. All non-sales roles participate in an annual cash bonus program, while sales roles have an incentive plan. Directorand above roles may also be eligible to participate in Carnival’s discretionary equity incentive plan.Plus, Carnival provides comprehensive and innovative benefits to meet your needs, including:
Health Benefits:
Cost-effective medical, dental and vision plans
Employee Assistance Program and other mental health resources
Additionalprograms include company paid term life insurance and disability coverage
Financial Benefits:
401(k) plan that includes a company match
Employee Stock Purchase plan
Paid Time Off
Holidays - All full-time and part-time with benefits employees receive days off for 8 company-wide holidays, plus 2 additional floating holidays to be taken at the employee’s discretion.
Vacation Time - All full-time employees at the manager and below level start with 14 days/year; director and above level start with 19 days/year.Part-time with benefits employees receive time off based on the number of hours they work, with a minimum of 84 hours/year.All employees gain additional vacation time with further tenure.
Sick Time - All full-time employees receive 80 hours of sick time each year.Part-time with benefits employees receive time off based on the number of hours they work, with a minimum of 60 hours each year.
Other Benefits
Complementary stand-by cruises, employee discounts on confirmed cruises, plus special rates for family and friends
Personal and professional learning and development resources including tuition reimbursement
On-site Fitness center at our Miami campus
About Us
Carnival Corporation & plc is the world’s largest leisure travel company, our mission to deliver unforgettable happiness to our guest through our diverse portfolio of leading cruise brands and island destinations, including Carnival Cruise Line, Holland America Line, Princess Cruises, and Seabourn in North America and Australia; P&O Cruises and Cunard Line in the United Kingdom; AIDA in Germany; Costa Cruises in Southern Europe.
Join us and embark on a career that offers not only the chance to grow professionally but also the opportunity to be part of a global community that makes a difference.
In addition to other duties/functions, this position requires full commitment and support for promoting ethical and compliant culture. More specifically, this position requires integrity, honesty, and respectful treatment of others, as well as a willingness to speak up when they see misconduct or have concerns.
Carnival Corporation & plc and Carnival Cruise Line is an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer. In this regard, it does not discriminate against any qualified individual on the basis of sex, race, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, age, marital status, mental, physical or sensory disability, or any other classification protected by applicable local, state, federal, and/or international law.
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