Remote Senior AI Scientist, Perishable Inventory & Stores

Afresh; United States; Remote; USD 156,060 - 211,140; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Equity

401(k) plan

Remote work

Home office stipend

Professional development

Flexible time off

Job summary

Afresh in the United States seeks a Senior Applied Scientist to lead the R&D for store solutions. You will apply machine learning, forecasting, operations research, and stochastic optimization to manage perishable inventory across multi‑echelon supply chains and high‑volatility demand.

You will model demand, item perishability, and complex inventory decisions, and implement scalable Python code. You will mentor teammates and drive experiments from ideas to production, delivering impact on

Qualifications

• MS or PhD in a quantitative field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 4+ years of industry experience with an MS; PhD candidates preferred.
• Experience researching and building large-scale decision-making systems under uncertainty.
• Strong communication to translate mathematical ideas for product teams and constrain optimization problems.

Responsibilities

• Model inventory decay, promotions, price elasticity, and inventory uncertainty.
• Drive core system changes from research through production with rigorously tested, scalable code.
• Advance R&D for new product and business challenges.
• Mentor scientists and engineers, set standards for experimental rigor, review designs and results.
• Push the boundaries of AI capabilities in products and workflows.

Skills

Machine learning

Forecasting

Operations research

Stochastic optimization

Python (data stack)

Education

MS or PhD in a quantitative field

Tools

Python

NumPy

PyTorch

Pandas

Job description

Afresh in the United States seeks a Senior Applied Scientist to lead the R&D for store solutions. You will apply machine learning, forecasting, operations research, and stochastic optimization to manage perishable inventory across multi‑echelon supply chains and high‑volatility demand.

You will model demand, item perishability, and complex inventory decisions, and implement scalable Python code. You will mentor teammates and drive experiments from ideas to production, delivering impact on