Remote Senior Software Engineer - Optimizer & AI (Equity)

7Seventy; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 160,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Health insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Unlimited PTO

Professional development

Job summary

7Seventy is seeking a Senior Software Engineer, Optimizer to design, build, and maintain core optimization technology and data-intensive, full-stack systems. You will lead projects across optimization algorithms, model-builders, backend services, asynchronous job orchestration, ML, and generative AI.

You will own production readiness, testing, observability, experiments, and on-call support. You will mentor engineers, collaborate with Product, and translate complex scheduling needs into reliable

Qualifications

• 4+ years of software development experience with a demonstrated record of shipping customer-facing value.
• Proven experience driving software delivery for complex technical projects, including partnering with Product stakeholders, defining roadmaps and tasks, and presenting outcomes to external stakeholders.
• Experience developing and maintaining scalable web applications, implementing unit and integration tests, and working with CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience working in a fast-moving startup environment with ownership and rapid delivery and learning.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Product to identify improvements to core optimization algorithms and the full-stack job orchestration framework.
• Research and implement extensions to optimization tech, including generative AI and ML to improve accuracy and speed.
• Lead major technical projects and initiatives while supporting the broader product squad.
• Define ambiguous opportunities, establish direction, and translate them into executable engineering work.
• Provide technical leadership across key areas of the optimizer technology stack and contribute to decisions beyond the immediate squad.
• Apply strong communication and project management to ensure timely, high-quality software delivery.
• Troubleshoot customer issues and deliver timely technical resolutions for reliable scheduling.
• Participate in limited on-call responsibilities as needed.
• Establish and improve testing and observability for production optimization systems.
• Run data-driven experiments to inform core optimization tech decisions.
• Mentor and support junior engineers and promote collaborative problem-solving.

Skills

Optimization

Machine learning

Generative AI

Backend APIs

Asynchronous tasks

Full-stack systems

CI/CD

Technical leadership

Mentoring

Job description

7Seventy is seeking a Senior Software Engineer, Optimizer to design, build, and maintain core optimization technology and data-intensive, full-stack systems. You will lead projects across optimization algorithms, model-builders, backend services, asynchronous job orchestration, ML, and generative AI.

You will own production readiness, testing, observability, experiments, and on-call support. You will mentor engineers, collaborate with Product, and translate complex scheduling needs into reliable