Senior Infrastructure Developer, Optimization Software

About the role

Inspired by a passion for innovation and a commitment to excellence, Kinaxis is seeking an experienced Infrastructure Developer to join the Supply Chain Optimization team. This role is pivotal in building and enhancing the core infrastructure that powers complex optimization and planning systems.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain core infrastructure supporting optimization engines and planning workflows
• Improve scalability, reliability, and performance of distributed optimization workloads
• Build reusable infrastructure components for model execution, data handling, and solver integration
• Analyze performance bottlenecks in optimization pipelines and underlying systems
• Optimize compute, memory usage, and data flow for large-scale planning problems
• Support solver integration and tuning (e.g., Optimization approaches)
• Contribute to evolving platform architecture and hardware design
• Ensure systems meet enterprise-grade reliability and maintainability standards

Requirements

• B.Sc or more in Computer Science, Engineering or related field
• 5+ years of experience working with various cloud resources and deployments
• Public cloud experience (Azure and/or GCP; AWS is a plus), using console and APIs
• Hands-on experience operating Kubernetes (AKS and/or GKE)
• CI/CD and/or GitOps experience (pipelines, GitHub Actions)
• Experience with Docker
• Comfortable working with logging and observability platforms
• Ability to design, develop, and maintain automated test scripts for performance testing using testing frameworks and tools
• Ability to find opportunities to accelerate the SDLC through innovative application of AI or other tooling, while upholding architecture consistency, secure design, and code-quality standards
• Ability to review AI-generated code rigorously for correctness, architectural fit, integration risk, and edge case support with a growth mindset and bias for experimentation
• Nice to have experience in commercial solvers (Gurobi, CPLEX,...)
• Nice to have knowledge of Supply Chain Management (Demand Planning, MRP, S&OP, Capacity Planning)

Qualifications

We are looking for individuals who are passionate about technology and supply chain management, and who are eager to contribute to our mission of empowering businesses to navigate the complexities of modern supply chains. If you are ready to make a difference, we encourage you to apply.