Lead Optimisation Engineer: Real-Time Routing & Scheduling

Relay; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Relay is reshaping how goods move in an online era. This role focuses on leading optimisation for the last mile, developing scalable solvers and algorithms, and uniting ML with Operational Research to improve routing and scheduling in real time.

You will join a team of OR scientists driving high-impact decisions across the network. You will thrive on solving large, messy problems, collaborating across disciplines, and shaping a culture of first-principles thinking and relentless experimentation.

Qualifications

• Background in operations research or industrial engineering.
• Experience building production optimisation systems.
• Ability to tackle large, messy problems and bring structure.
• Strong collaboration and clear idea communication.

Responsibilities

• Lead optimisation for the company0s last mile, delivering best routing, pricing, and scheduling decisions for couriers and the network.
• Develop solvers and algorithms to run live at scale.
• Collaborate with scientists to unite ML and recommender systems with OR.
• Grow the research culture and the OR team, raising the standard across the company.

Skills

Operational Research

Industrial Engineering

Quantitative methods

Machine Learning

Job description

Relay is reshaping how goods move in an online era. This role focuses on leading optimisation for the last mile, developing scalable solvers and algorithms, and uniting ML with Operational Research to improve routing and scheduling in real time.

You will join a team of OR scientists driving high-impact decisions across the network. You will thrive on solving large, messy problems, collaborating across disciplines, and shaping a culture of first-principles thinking and relentless experimentation.