Senior Optimization Scientist — Large-Scale ML & Systems

Socket.dev; United States; Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k)

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Health insurance

Life insurance

Paid time off

Equity options

Job summary

Aalyria is seeking a Research Scientist to contribute to state-of-the-art optimization and resource management algorithms for complex communications networks. You will collaborate with software engineers to integrate research into practical capabilities that scale with Spacetime’s production systems.

The role emphasizes applied research with publication opportunities, and collaboration across researchers and engineers to translate discoveries into commercial capabilities.

Qualifications

• PhD or equivalent research experience in CS/engineering/math/statistics.
• Strong programming skills in Python and Linux environments.
• Track record of publishing in top venues (NeurIPS, ICML/ICLR, INFOCOM/SIGCOMM, MobiCom, ICC/GLOBECOM).
• Experience with at least one: reinforcement learning libraries, integer optimisation libraries, network science or metaheuristic algorithms.

Responsibilities

• Specify, research, design and develop scalable optimization algorithms for large, complex problems.
• Apply ML, integer optimisation, metaheuristics to improve solution quality and efficiency.
• Collaborate with researchers and engineers to translate research into product capabilities.
• Evaluate approaches against realistic problem sizes, constraints, and performance requirements.
• Publish at leading conferences and contribute to patent applications.
• Develop and maintain documentation for novel algorithms.

Skills

Python

Linux

Publish research

Self-motivated

Education

PhD or 8+ years of research

Tools

PyTorch

TensorFlow

JAX

Gurobi

CBC

OR-tools

Ray

Dask

Job description

Aalyria is seeking a Research Scientist to contribute to state-of-the-art optimization and resource management algorithms for complex communications networks. You will collaborate with software engineers to integrate research into practical capabilities that scale with Spacetime’s production systems.

The role emphasizes applied research with publication opportunities, and collaboration across researchers and engineers to translate discoveries into commercial capabilities.