Senior Allocation Optimization Scientist - Remote

Cystems Logic Inc; San Jose (CA); Remote; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Cystems Logic Inc. in Irvine, CA (remote-friendly) seeks a Sr Applied Scientist to lead allocation optimization on a 9-month contract. You will build and extend optimization models for regional store configurations and integrate with data pipelines.

The role requires strong mathematical optimization skills, Python modeling (PuLP, OR-Tools), and experience with SageMaker and Lambda. You will work in a federated data architecture to scale solutions across geographies and support explainability

Qualifications

• Strong background in mathematical optimization and linear programming.
• Proficient in Python for optimization modeling.
• Experience with retail inventory allocation and replenishment logic.

Responsibilities

• Hands-on mathematical optimization for regional store allocation.
• Extend existing constraint-based, multi-objective allocation framework to new regional store configurations.
• Adapt models to regional business rules (store capacity, presentation minimums, lead times, clearance logic).
• Model retraining and tuning per region as stores come online.
• Support explainability outputs for regional business teams.

Skills

Mathematical optimization

Python

Retail inventory allocation

Multi-objective optimization

Federated data architecture

Tools

PuLP

OR-Tools

Gurobi familiarity

SageMaker

Lambda

Job description

Cystems Logic Inc. in Irvine, CA (remote-friendly) seeks a Sr Applied Scientist to lead allocation optimization on a 9-month contract. You will build and extend optimization models for regional store configurations and integrate with data pipelines.

The role requires strong mathematical optimization skills, Python modeling (PuLP, OR-Tools), and experience with SageMaker and Lambda. You will work in a federated data architecture to scale solutions across geographies and support explainability