About Our Company
Built on over four decades of pioneering research at Princeton University, our platform represents the leading edge of innovation in freight and transportation planning. We help customers unlock double-digit revenue gains and drive smarter, data-driven operations at scale.
With the recent close of our Series C funding round led by Koch Disruptive Technologies, we’re entering an exciting new phase of growth. Today, Optimal Dynamics is a high-growth company of ~70 employees, backed by top-tier investors including Bessemer Venture Partners, The Westly Group, Activate Capital, and Koch.
We're on a mission to redefine the way logistics decisions are made—and we’re just getting started.
About Our Team
We are a team of bright, kind, and solution-oriented people focused on creating value for our customers. We can solve problems individually, but understand that the best solutions are found when the team brainstorms ideas together. We are excited about balancing the need to deploy new solutions quickly and designing solutions that are secured, reliable, maintainable, and scalable for the long run.
About the Role
Optimal Dynamics is seeking an OR Software Engineer to join our OR/AI team. This position requires experience in both object-oriented programming and optimization/operations research. If you have these qualifications and are interested in developing them further at an exciting start-up, this position is perfect for you.
Who You Are
- Passionate about building large-scale optimization software with automated testing, the highest levels of code/data quality, and engineering best practices
- You enjoy collaborating with colleagues across teams (i.e Product Managers, Designers, & Data Scientists) to ship impactful products
- You learn quickly and get excited by learning new technologies
- You thrive in an environment with lots of context and minimal guidance
- You're an adept teammate who collaborates effectively with others
- You're a skilled communicator and contributor who promotes your ideas while remaining humble when you may be wrong
Responsibilities
- Ramp: In the onboarding stage, senior members of the OR/AI team will get you up to speed on our technologies and help you develop your skill set to the point where you can contribute to the development of cutting-edge optimization and AI tools for the logistics industry
- Execute: Engage heavily in the SDLC (research, design, experimentation, development, deployment, monitoring, and maintenance) to ensure stability and quality of the codebase
- Research and Implement: best practices to enhance our existing machine learning infrastructure in production environments
- Ideate: You will have the freedom to ideate and apply novel methodologies and techniques
- Grow: You will have the ability to learn directly from leaders in the AI and optimization fields
Qualifications
- MS in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Operations Research, or Industrial Engineering, OR BS in one of these fields and two+ years of industry experience
- Significant experience with an object-oriented programming language (Java, C/#/++, etc.) and software design, including hands-on Python coding experience
- Background classwork or experience in optimization, probability, and statistics
- Some background in machine learning or artificial intelligence.
- Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot complex issues and find resolutions
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, agile environment
- Understanding of how to use AI-assisted coding tools to supercharge productivity
Bonus Points
- Experience with Cloud Computing platforms: AWS, Azure, Google App Engine or similar
- Experience working with messaging tools (i.e. Kafka, RabbitMQ, and ZeroMQ)
- Some experience with DevOps (i.e. Docker, Github Actions etc.)
- Knowledge of Bazel or other build systems
- Background in stochastic optimization
- Background knowledge about logistics or supply chain technologies
Benefits
- Competitive compensation, including Series C level equity
- Health / Dental / Vision 100% covered for employee and 50% for dependents
- Life Insurance, with optional supplemental insurance
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
- Health Spending Account (HSA)
- 401(k) with match
- Unlimited PTO (vacation, personal days, sick days, jury duty, military leave, bereavement)
- 11 Holidays
- Paid Parental Leave for all employees
- Short-term and Long-term Disability Insurances, and AD&D Insurance
- Fitness membership reimbursement
- Commuter benefits
Optimal Dynamics is proud to be an equal opportunity employer that celebrates diversity and is committed to creating an inclusive workplace with equal opportunity for all applicants and employees. Our goal is to recruit the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool regardless of race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, disability, sex (including pregnancy), age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Optimal Dynamics is committed to working with and providing access and reasonable accommodation to applicants. If you require an accommodation, please reach out to [email protected] once you've begun the interview process. All requests for accommodations are treated discreetly and confidentially, as practical and permitted by law.
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