Senior Data Scientist, OR - Production-Ready Optimisation

SearchWorks; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

SearchWorks, a fast-growing technology company in London, is seeking a Senior Data Scientist (Operational Research) to solve large-scale optimisation problems across its operational network. You will design, implement and productionise optimisation models influencing scheduling, routing and network decisions.

The role blends Operational Research with Data Science, requiring strong commercial experience, independence and ability to own complex technical problems end-to-end.

Qualifications

• Degree/MSc/PhD in Operational Research or related discipline.
• Proven experience applying OR and optimisation techniques in a commercial setting.
• Experience building optimisation solutions for production environments.
• Strong knowledge of mathematical programming, scheduling or assignment problems.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop large-scale optimisation models and algorithms.
• Solve complex scheduling, assignment and network optimisation problems.
• Apply mathematical programming, heuristics and metaheuristics to real-world challenges.
• Build, test and benchmark optimisation solutions using Python.
• Take optimisation models from initial concept through to production.
• Work closely with Data Scientists, Software Engineers and commercial stakeholders.
• Improve the scalability and performance of existing optimisation systems.

Skills

Operational Research

Optimization techniques

Independent worker

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Degree/MSc/PhD in Operational Research or related discipline

Tools

Python

Job description

SearchWorks, a fast-growing technology company in London, is seeking a Senior Data Scientist (Operational Research) to solve large-scale optimisation problems across its operational network. You will design, implement and productionise optimisation models influencing scheduling, routing and network decisions.

The role blends Operational Research with Data Science, requiring strong commercial experience, independence and ability to own complex technical problems end-to-end.