Senior Quantitative Researcher — Last-Mile Optimization

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

Job summary

Relay in London is seeking a Quantitative Researcher to lead optimisation for our last-mile network, building routing, pricing and scheduling decisions for couriers in real time.

You will work with a team of Operational Research Scientists who crafted our in-house solver and extend algorithms to operate at scale while aligning ML with optimisation. This role blends rigorous analytics with an entrepreneurial drive.

Responsibilities

• Lead optimization for the company's last mile, making routing, pricing and scheduling decisions for couriers and the network.
• Model and optimise the decisions that define our last-mile delivery network and marketplace.
• Develop our solvers and algorithms so they perform live, and at scale.
• Partner with other Scientists to unite ML and recommender systems with Operational Research.
• Raise the standard for Operational Research at the company, and grow the team, the research culture and our voice in the tech community.

Skills

Optimization

ML production

Operations Research

Job description

Relay in London is seeking a Quantitative Researcher to lead optimisation for our last-mile network, building routing, pricing and scheduling decisions for couriers in real time.

You will work with a team of Operational Research Scientists who crafted our in-house solver and extend algorithms to operate at scale while aligning ML with optimisation. This role blends rigorous analytics with an entrepreneurial drive.