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Senior Operational Research Scientist – Last Mile
ERLPhase Power Technologies Ltd.. Translate operational requirements into optimisation models across scheduling, assignment and pricing problems.
Tech Stack
Tools & technologiesPythonRust
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Translate operational requirements into optimisation models across scheduling, assignment and pricing problems.
- Develop and evaluate solution approaches — drawing on knowledge of mathematical programming and meta-heuristics.
- Design and build algorithms, heuristics and solvers bespoke for the unique problems you formulate.
- Ensure your solutions are scalable and adaptable to our growing operation.
- Benchmark and evaluate the performance of your solutions
- Work closely with engineering to productionise your solutions into automated daily processes
- Work with analytics to monitor the daily performance of your solution, using this information to proactively evolve your solution to make better decisions.
Requirements
What you’ll need- You have relevant operational research experience in heuristics and/or mathematical programming.
- You are comfortable coding in a general purpose or performance language, such as Python, Rust, Julia or C++
- You enjoy the challenge of solving large-scale optimisation problems
- You are motivated to work on production systems, learning from the realised outcome of your optimisation model every day, and proactively evolving your solution.
- You love understanding problems deeply, crafting bespoke solutions to unique dynamics of the decision being made.
- You are excited to work in a cross-functional tech team designing and building Relay’s Last Mile Marketplace
- You care about the people your work affects — couriers, retailers, and consumers all feel the decisions these systems make.
Benefits
Comp & perks- Generous equity, richer than 99% of European startups, with annual top-ups to share Relay’s success.
- Private health & dental coverage, so comprehensive you’d need to be a partner at a Magic Circle law firm to match it.
- 25 days of holidays
- Enhanced parental leave.
- Hardware of your choice.
- Extensive perks (gym subsidies, cycle-to-work, Friday office lunch, covered Uber home and dinner for late nights, and more).
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Hard Skills & Tools
mathematical programmingmeta-heuristicsalgorithmsheuristicssolversPythonRustJuliaC++optimisation
Soft Skills
problem-solvingadaptabilitycollaborationmotivationdeep understandingcrafting solutionsproactive evolutioncross-functional teamworkcommunicationpeople-oriented