Optimization Developer – Bologna, Italy

Your Missions

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, test, monitor and improve optimization models that are embedded in our decision support solutions:
  • Build and maintain a design reference document of the optimization models
  • Ensure business needs are reflected into the optimization model in terms of constraints and objectives
  • Implement the optimization models in Java and/or Python
  • Tests the quality and the performance of the optimization models and monitor them over time
  • Maintain and improve the optimization models over time
• Integrate optimization models in the decision support solutions, implement pre/post processing and application logic, test integration, check data and solutions, compute and report KPIs…
• Help identify future developments for our software solution

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Skills and Qualifications Required

Academic qualifications:

• Strong scientific education required, minimum Master’s degree level in Operation Research

Technical skills:

• Good knowledge of Mixed Integer Programming and/or Constraint Programming
• Heuristics, Meta-Heuristics, Decomposition Methods, Local Search…
• Familiarity with at least one MILP solver, e.g., Cplex, Gurobi
• Java or another object oriented programming language

A plus:

• Familiarity with the software engineering technologies used in DecisionBrain: Web applications, micro-services, Spring Boot, Docker, Gradle
• Machine Learning and predictive analytics
• Python

Personal skills:

• Customer and business driven
• Strong analytical and problem solving
• Good communication, written and spoken
• Ability to understand business issues and find appropriate modeling
• Ability to work in team
• Ability to work under strict deadlines and without close supervision
• Self-motivated, proactive, outspoken

Languages:

• Proficient level of English, written and spoken
• French and/or Italian a plus

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Desired Profile

• Ideal 1-5 years working experience as optimization developer or a PhD in Operations Research
• Strong software programming skills
• Previous experience in software industry a plus

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Working Conditions

• Workplace location: Italy (Bologna)
• Contract type: Permanent
• Work schedule: Full-time, up to 2 days/week working from home

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Compensation and Benefits

• Gross annual salary: from 30k€ to 33K€ annually
• Benefits: Meal vouchers, thirteenth month salary, remote work
• Technical equipment: laptop (Apple or Windows) / double screen

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Recruitment Process

Planned steps

• Online meeting interview: Company presentation / job description / candidate motivation
• Online technical test
• On-site meeting with manager after technical test

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Practical Information

• Position available immediately
• To apply: Please fill out the form below and attach your CV

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