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Optimization Engineer

3 months, 1 week ago
United States
Full-time
Senior
Research Scientist
Software Development
Apache Airflow AWS Azure CI/CD Dagster GCP
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Intersect

Intersect

We deliver the fastest, cheapest, cleanest, and most reliable energy and data center infrastructure solutions for the scale of what comes next.

Internet Software & Services
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Founded 2001
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Description

  • Design, implement, and maintain production code for optimization, bidding, simulation, and forecasting workflows.
  • Develop orchestration frameworks that support parallelization, reliability, and reproducibility.
  • Guide technical decisions related to data architecture, software design, and system reliability.
  • Establish patterns, tooling, and best practices for scalable optimization capabilities.
  • Incorporate uncertainty, probabilistic forecasts, and financial risk into algorithm design while balancing performance and interpretability.
  • Collaborate across engineering, trading, and operations teams to ensure optimization systems perform reliably in live market conditions.
  • Create feedback loops between real-world performance and algorithmic improvements.
  • Advance simulation tools to improve parameter tuning and expand analytical capabilities.
  • Provide technical leadership for the optimization platform and related system architecture decisions.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience formulating and solving optimization problems (LP, MILP, nonlinear) in production environments.
  • Familiarity with solvers such as Gurobi, XPRESS, HiGHS, or CPLEX.
  • Experience with modeling frameworks like Pyomo, JuMP, or AMPL.
  • Experience providing technical leadership and guiding system architecture decisions.
  • Hands-on experience with production code, continuous deployment, and designing for scalability and reliability.
  • Working knowledge of orchestration tools such as Airflow, Temporal, Dagster, Flyte, or Argo.
  • Strong systems thinking and ability to collaborate across teams to deliver cohesive solutions.
  • Ability to leverage AI tools to accelerate development while maintaining high code quality standards.
  • Graduate degree in operations research, engineering, economics, or a related field with a strong mathematical foundation (strongly preferred).
  • Strong knowledge of energy systems, wholesale power markets, or power plant operations (strongly preferred).
  • Experience in environments where latency and reliability directly impact business outcomes (strongly preferred).
  • Experience building and operating production infrastructure on cloud platforms such as GCP, AWS, or Azure (strongly preferred).

Benefits

  • Total compensation of $217,500 - $237,000, including base salary and bonus.
  • Equity grant giving a meaningful stake in the parent company.
  • 100% premium coverage for medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your dependents.
  • Unlimited PTO plus two company-wide breaks for the Fourth of July and end of year.
  • Up to 12 weeks of fully paid parental leave, plus 6 additional weeks for birth parents.
  • Access to family planning and family care support through Carrot and Maven.
  • Free mental health support through Spring Health, including 5 free therapy and psychiatry sessions, plus a Headspace account.
  • Monthly perks including a $150 food stipend, $150 cell phone and internet reimbursement, pet insurance allowance, full home office setup, and quarterly UrbanSitter credits.

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