Senior Optimization Scientist — Production-Scale Models

Insight Global; Boca Raton (FL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Insight Global in Boca Raton, FL is seeking a senior optimization specialist to formulate and deploy large-scale mathematical models (LP, MILP, MINLP) in production. You will design data pipelines, collaborate with stakeholders, and leverage solvers like Gurobi for high-performance decision systems.

Requires 3–6 years in OR/Optimization, strong Python/SQL, and cloud familiarity (AWS/Azure/GCP). The role emphasizes scalable, maintainable code and rigorous validation.

Qualifications

• Degree in Operations Research, Industrial Engineering, Applied Mathematics, CS, or related field or equivalent experience.
• Advanced degrees preferred for research and modeling responsibilities.
• 3–6 years’ experience in Operations Research/Optimization or related fields.

Responsibilities

• Formulate decision problems as mathematical optimization models (LP, MILP, MINLP) from business constraints.
• Design and implement large-scale optimization models with thousands to millions of variables and constraints.
• Leverage Gurobi or equivalent solvers to build high-performance solutions and tune models.
• Develop end-to-end decision systems, integrating optimization outputs into production workflows.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to define objectives, constraints, and trade-offs for real-world decisions.
• Evaluate solution quality via scenario testing, sensitivity analysis, and stress tests.
• Scale and productionize models, including API development, automation, monitoring, and retraining.
• Build and maintain data pipelines to support optimization models with quality and performance.

Skills

Python

SQL

Data pipelines

Feature engineering

Large-scale modeling

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Operations Research

Master's degree in Operations Research

Tools

Gurobi

CPLEX

OR-Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

Insight Global in Boca Raton, FL is seeking a senior optimization specialist to formulate and deploy large-scale mathematical models (LP, MILP, MINLP) in production. You will design data pipelines, collaborate with stakeholders, and leverage solvers like Gurobi for high-performance decision systems.

Requires 3–6 years in OR/Optimization, strong Python/SQL, and cloud familiarity (AWS/Azure/GCP). The role emphasizes scalable, maintainable code and rigorous validation.