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Senior/Lead Operations Research Scientist
Location
Minnesota
Posted
44 days ago
Salary
$93.4K - $210K / year
Job Description
Job Requirements
- 5+ years of real-world experience delivering end‑to‑end optimization solutions in production environments, ideally within logistics, transportation, supply chain, or large‑scale operational systems.
- Demonstrated ability to independently lead and deliver complex optimization initiatives
- Demonstrated mastery of Linear Programming (LP) and Mixed‑Integer Programming (MIP) model formulation, constraint design, feasibility analysis, and optimization trade‑offs.
- Hands‑on experience using CPLEX (or equivalent e.g. Gurobi) to solve complex modeling problems.
- Strong programming skills in Python, with experience writing clean, modular, testable code suitable for production usage.
- Solid experience with SQL and cloud‑based data warehouses such as Snowflake.
- Experience collaborating with software engineers and integrating optimization models into production systems, including familiarity with C#–based services and APIs.
- Proven ability to simplify and communicate complex technical concepts to less technical stakeholders through effective data visualization and presentation.
- Deep experience validating assumptions, constraints, and operational inputs to ensure models align with real‑world logistics workflows and constraints.
- Strong documentation habits and a track record of creating clear, maintainable artifacts for engineering handoffs.
- Ability to work effectively in a remote environment with stakeholders across engineering, operations, and product.
Benefits
- Three medical plans which include Prescription drug coverage
- Enhanced Fertility benefits
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Health Savings Account (including employer contribution)
- Dental and Vision
- Basic and Supplemental Life Insurance
- Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
- Paid observed holidays
- 2 paid floating holidays for U.S. hourly employees
- Flexible Time Off (FTO) offered to U.S. salaried employees — no accruals and no caps.
- Paid Time Off (PTO) offered to all other employees in the U.S. and Canada
- Paid parental leave
- Paid time off to volunteer in your community
- Charitable Giving Match Program
- 401(k) with 6% company matching
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Plus a broad range of career development, networking, and team-building opportunities
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