Senior Applied Scientist, Operations Research
Senior Applied Scientist, Operations Research
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About Wolt
At Wolt we create technology that brings joy simplicity and earnings to the neighborhoods of the 2014 we started with delivery of restaurant food. Now were building the delivery of (almost) everything and youll find us in over 500 cities in 30 countries around the 2022 we joined forces with DoorDash and together we keep on dreaming big and expanding across the globe.
Working at Wolt isnt always easy but its definitely exciting. Here youll learn more build more and ship more than in most other companies. Youll be challenged a lot but also have a lot of fun on the way. So if youre a self-starter with drive and entrepreneurial spirit this could be the ride of your life.
What youll be doing
Our Applied Scientists at Wolt build and deploy applied science and machine learning solutions to address a wide variety of challenging business problems. Utilizing a spectrum of methodologies including statistical analysis machine learning deep learning and operations research they improve critical processes within Wolts online delivery platform and business operations. Their contributions significantly impact all 31 countries in which we operate.
The work consists of owning applied science use cases as part of a product development team; starting from identifying opportunities to developing and prototyping a solution all the way to supporting its deployment monitoring and improving it in production. We use a variety of technologies and tools including Python SQL Snowflake Flyte MLflow and Seldon Core to get the job done and are constantly looking for ways to improve how our applied scientists work.
We are looking for an Applied Scientist specialized in Operations Research to be embedded into our cross-functional Logistics Assignments team. Together with other operations researchers software engineers and product design and analytics people you would develop algorithms and solutions for efficiently assigning tasks to our Courier Partners. Our task assignments engine is at the core of our logistics system. This is a unique opportunity to work on challenging operation research problems at a high scale. You will have great potential to make a significant impact by tackling complex problems and building new solutions to improve the efficiency of our logistics operations and hence our business.
This role can be based in one of our tech hubs in Finland Germany or Sweden.
Our humble expectations
- You have demonstrable experience in Operation Research and production-level Applied Science projects from prototyping to deploying maintaining and improving production deployed solutions (i.e. ability and interest to handle a use case end-to-end);
- You have a deep understanding of Operation research and a solid understanding of statistics.
- Proven ability to tackle highly complex domains break them down into solvable problems and develop novel solutions to them. You can fluently discuss technical concepts and matters with non-technical stakeholders;
- Preferable experience with logistics domains great if you have worked on projects within optimization and operational research fields
- Knowledge of experimental design and analysis such as A/B testing;
- You have solid engineering skills and code fluently in Python which is our main language for applied science projects and experience querying databases (SQL). Experience with C is a plus. You value good software engineering practices understand MLOps and take pride in the quality of your code and the performance of your solutions;
- Ideally youll also have a degree in a field relevant to Operation Research or Applied Science;
- Youre an analytical curious business-oriented and proactive problem solver. Were looking for a self-starter with a drive to get things done. Also as well a good communicator willing to collaborate with people inside and outside of the team.
Next steps
The position will be filled as soon as we find the right person so make sure to apply as soon as you realize you really really want to join us!
The compensation will be a negotiable combination of monthly pay and DoorDash RSUs. The latter makes it exceptionally easy to be excited about our company growing and doing well as youll own a piece of the pie.
For any further questions about the position you can turn to Product Talent Acquisition Partner - Fernanda ().
Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
Were committed to growing and empowering a more inclusive community within our company industry and cities. Thats why we hire and cultivate diverse teams of people from all backgrounds experiences and perspectives. We believe that true innovation happens when everyone has room at the table and the tools resources and opportunity to excel.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full Time
