Data & AI Engineer

pMEET AVIOBOOK /p pAvioBook is a global leader in cutting-edge software and unique hardware for the aviation industry. We revolutionised the Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) market with a product designed by pilots, for pilots. Today, we keep building smart, user-centric solutions that make airlines more efficient and simplify work for flight crews and operational teams. /p pFor our HQ in Hasselt, we're looking for an bexperienced Data AI Engineer /b who wants to build something from the ground up. Airlines worldwide use AvioBook every flight day, and every flight generates operational data. Turning that data into reliable, governed and AI-ready assets will power the next generation of intelligence in our products. /p h3Your role /h3 pAs our bData AI Engineer /b, you own AvioBook's data foundation. Reporting to the CTO, you turn operational aviation data into the pipelines, models and datasets that power our AI products. /p pYou'll tackle challenges such as: /p ul liDesigning and building a data lake using a medallion architecture /li liSetting up end-to-end data governance: access control, lineage, cataloging, quality and retention /li liBuilding, training and evaluating predictive ML models for operational aviation use cases /li liPreparing datasets for RAG architectures, AI agents and LLM fine-tuning /li liEnsuring data is managed according to policy and industry expectations /li /ul pAs a founding engineer for data and AI, you set the architectural standards. You remain responsible for the quality and reliability of the data and models that our products and customers depend on. /p h3How you'll work /h3 pYou'll collaborate closely with Product Engineering, Operations and the teams managing data ingestion to understand their data and use cases and to ensure data reliability at the source. Together with our Compliance team, you make sure our data is governed the right way. /p pYou'll package and hand off trained models to production, and work with Product Engineering to get them implemented and serving our customers. /p h3YOU /h3 ul liHave proven experience owning data governance in a modern data lake or lakehouse, ideally Databricks (Unity Catalog, Delta Lake) /li liHave hands-on experience designing and building medallion-architecture pipelines, including schema design and automated data quality and validation /li liHave experience building, training, evaluating and packaging predictive ML models used in production /li liHave experience preparing datasets for GenAI use cases such as RAG and AI agents /li liHave strong Python and SQL skills and are comfortable in a cloud data platform environment /li liAre self-directed and enjoy setting standards where none exist yet /li liCommunicate well across teams and departments, including non-technical stakeholders /li liProactively solve problems, identify risks and improve processes /li liAre eager to learn and keep up with a fast-moving AI landscape /li liAre organized, flexible, positive and result-driven /li liWant to contribute to a fun, motivated and growing team /li /ul h3OUR TECH STACK /h3 ul liDatabricks (Unity Catalog, Delta Lake) /li liPython SQL /li liAWS /li liML / MLOps tooling /li liClaude Code Codex /li /ul h3NICE TO HAVE /h3 ul liexperience fine-tuning LLMs /li liexperience in a founding or greenfield data role /li liexperience with data compliance in a regulated industry /li lian interest in aviation /li /ul h3WE OFFER YOU /h3 ul liAn in-house job with a contract for an indefinite period (no consultancy) /li liThe opportunity to shape AvioBook's data and AI foundation, with real autonomy /li liGrowth into the technical reference for data and AI within AvioBook Engineering /li liA great place to work with an enthusiastic team strong team spirit /li liA challenging and dynamic scale-up environment /li liA varied job that offers personal development opportunities and continuous training in the field /li liA competitive salary package /li liMeal checks /li liGroup insurance /li liHealth insurance /li liA laptop /li liA company car and charging card /li /ul h3LOCATION /h3 pHerkenrodesingel 8D bus 3.01, Hasselt, Limburg, Belgium /p