Senior Solutions Engineer - AI & Operations Research for Planning/Scheduling

Chemstars; Hamburg; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation Package

Visa Sponsorship

Wellness gym membership

Job Ticket

German language courses

Snacks & coffee

Job summary

Chemstars is hiring a Senior Solutions Engineer AI & Operations Research for Planning/Scheduling in Hamburg, Germany. You will own the full post-sales lifecycle, from implementation handover through go-live support and steady-state operations, ensuring customers realize continuous value from the product.

You will build prototypes, discuss interfaces, and bridge product, engineering, and customer realities. You will shape enablement as we scale and travel to customer sites for workshops.

Qualifications

• Strong Python coding and data analysis for OR/AI approaches.
• Hands-on experience with production planning and scheduling problems.
• Ability to discuss interfaces between ERP/MES and planning apps.
• Experience leading customer workshops and design sessions.
• Fluent German and English for customer-facing roles.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and implementation phases for planning, scheduling, and execution control at customer sites.
• Co-create solutions with customers and internal teams.
• Write code and perform data analysis based on operations research.
• Build internal prototypes using AI tooling to create small optimizers.
• Lead data integrations to customer data sources and manage hypercare post go-live.
• Document configuration, edge cases, and setup rationale for each customer.
• Travel to customer sites for requirements and solution design workshops.

Skills

Python

Postgres

Production planning

Scheduling problems

ERP APIs

Workshops facilitation

Optimization methods

German language

English language

Job description

We are building the next generation of AI-native production planning and scheduling software primarily for process industries and pharma manufacturing. Our product is deep, domain-complex, and deployed at large enterprise customers where the planning process is mission-critical.

We are looking for a Senior Solutions Engineer AI & Operations Research for Planning/Scheduling who will own the full post-sales lifecycle: from implementation handover through go-live support, steady-state operations, and continuous value delivery. Your job is to ensure customers succeed with our product — and to systematically feed what you learn back into the product so that every implementation gets easier than the last.

To make sure customers get the most of our product, you are able to build prototypes, discuss technical interfaces and their business processes.

You will be the most senior technical person on the customer-facing side, bridging product, engineering, and the customer’s operational reality. You will shape how we build our support and enablement function as we scale.

Tasks

• Lead the solution design and implementation phases of our product at customer locations for planning, scheduling and execution control in production environments.
• Co-create solutions with our customers and internal development teams.
• Write own code and data analysis based on operations research approaches in supply chain.
• Build internal prototypes leveraging AI coding assistance (e.g. Claude Code to build a small optimizer for loading dock scheduling).
• Lead and partially implement data integrations to customer data sources.
• Own the hypercare phase (4–8 weeks post go-live): act as primary point of contact, triage issues together with colleagues, coordinate with engineering.
• Build and maintain configuration documentation for each customer — what was set up, why, and what the known edge cases are.
• Travel to customer sides to conduct requirements and solution design workshops.

Team

You will be part of the Solution Delivery Team working close with our customers and the rest of our Tech Teams (Fullstack, AI/Optimization & DevOps). The technical team is about 20 people in total.

Our team members very senior (~10 years of experience) and driven to build innovative and valuable solutions for our customers. You can expect to have competent team mates.

We have regular team activities aside of our typical work (game nights, poker, sailing, gym and more), that everybody is of course free to participate it.

Relevant skills

• Coding in Python & Postgres
• Knowledge and experience in applied production planning and scheduling problems
• Ability to navigate Supply Chain processes in process industry
• Capability to lead and moderate workshops with customers
• Methodological knowledge about optimization and decision making technologies
• Talk to our partially German customers in fluent German (C2)
• Optional: Mathematical/ statistical understanding of non-deterministic solving technologies

Experience

• Experience leading internal or customer facing software projects.
• Deep domain understanding of manufacturing operations — ideally in process industries, pharma, chemicals, or food & beverage. You know what a production schedule looks like, why it breaks, and what planners care about.
• Strong technical skills: you can read SQL, navigate APIs, debug integrations, and understand data flows between ERP/MES systems and a planning application.
• Strong communication skills to effectively steer customer workshops and implementation projects.
• Knowledge about typical ERP systems in the domain of planning and scheduling (e.g. SAP ePP/DS; typical MRP elements).
• Fluent German and English (customer-facing in DACH, internal communication in English).

Languages

• German (Fluent, C2)
• English (Fluent)

At akeno, we believe people do their best work when they feel supported, connected, and empowered. Here's what you can look forward to:

• Generous Annual Compensation
• 35-40 Hours Working Week – Supporting work-life balance without compromising impact
• Relocation Package – Full support, including relocation assistance and accommodation guidance
• Visa Sponsorship – Comprehensive support throughout the process
• Wellpass Gym Membership – Access to hundreds of fitness and wellness options for just €10/month
• Job Ticket – Subsidized public transport to keep your commute affordable and stress-free
• German Language Courses – Learn or improve your German with our supported language program
• Snacks, Drinks & Great Coffee – Always available to keep you fuelled and focused
• Modern Office with a View – Work from our beautiful Hamburg office with panoramic city views
• Supportive & International Team – Join a warm, open-minded group of colleagues from around the world
• Real Ownership – You'll have space to take initiative and make a tangible impact
• Flexible Working Hours – Because we understand that life and studies don’t always fit a 9–5
• Regular Team Events – From lunches to offsites—we celebrate the wins (big and small) together