Real-Time Optimisation Engineer: Routing & Scheduling at Scale

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

Job summary

Relay is seeking an Optimisation Engineer to lead routing, pricing and scheduling decisions for our last-mile network. You will model and optimise the core decisions that shape the Relay marketplace and deliver real-time outcomes.

You will develop our in-house solvers and algorithms to operate live at scale, collaborating with data scientists to blend ML and recommender systems with Operational Research. Join us to push the boundaries of logistics optimisation.

Qualifications

• Deep expertise in operational research.
• Experience building optimisation systems or ML models in production.
• Ability to work across large, messy problems and bring structure.

Responsibilities

• Lead optimisation for Relay's last mile, routing, pricing and scheduling decisions.
• Model and optimise the decisions that define the last-mile delivery network and marketplace.
• Develop solvers and algorithms to run live at scale.
• Partner with researchers to unite ML and recommender systems with Operational Research.
• Grow the OR team and raise the research culture at Relay.

Skills

Operational Research

Optimization

Machine Learning

Education

PhD in operations research or industrial engineering

Job description

Relay is seeking an Optimisation Engineer to lead routing, pricing and scheduling decisions for our last-mile network. You will model and optimise the core decisions that shape the Relay marketplace and deliver real-time outcomes.

You will develop our in-house solvers and algorithms to operate live at scale, collaborating with data scientists to blend ML and recommender systems with Operational Research. Join us to push the boundaries of logistics optimisation.