Senior Software Developer, Operations Research

About the role

Elevate your career journey by joining Kinaxis. We are a global organization dedicated to powering the world's supply chains, ensuring minimal ecological footprint and enriching the human experience. As a Senior Operations Research Software Developer, you'll play a crucial role in optimizing supply chains, collaborating with your agile team, and shaping the future of Kinaxis.

Responsibilities

• Investigate novel techniques combining class-leading heuristics with optimization
• Translate real-world Supply Chain Management use cases into mathematical models
• Lead the design and implementation of the mathematical model
• Define test strategies and develop comprehensive test plans
• Write unit testing, integration testing, and debugging to ensure robust and error-free software
• Design, develop, and maintain automated test scripts for functional, regression, and performance testing using testing frameworks and tools
• Collaborate closely with your agile team members and other stakeholders
• Shape the future direction of Kinaxis as we move into new markets
• Find opportunities to accelerate the SDLC through innovative application of AI or other tooling, while upholding architecture consistency, secure design, and code-quality standards
• Review AI-generated code rigorously for correctness, architectural fit, integration risk, and edge case support with a growth mindset and bias for experimentation

Requirements

• Core implementation primarily in C++, but proficiency in one or more modern programming languages (e.g., C++, C#, Python)
• MSc or PhD in Operations Research, Industrial Engineering, Computer Science (or related)
• 7+ years of software development experience, track record of delivering commercial software
• Working knowledge of C++, including object-oriented design and design patterns, unit testing
• Experience in creating mathematical models of real-world optimization problems
• Experience in commercial solvers (Gurobi, Xpress, CPLEX)
• Ability to design, develop, and maintain automated test scripts for functional, regression, and 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

Qualifications

• Nice to have: Knowledge in machine learning models and algorithms

Skills

• Core implementation primarily in C++, but proficiency in one or more modern programming languages (e.g., C++, C#, Python)
• Strong algorithmic thinking and experience in creating mathematical models of real-world optimization problems
• Experience in commercial solvers (Gurobi, Xpress, CPLEX)
• Proficiency in automated testing and ability to find opportunities to accelerate the SDLC through innovative application of AI or other tooling
• 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

Benefits

• Flexible vacation and Kinaxis Days (company-wide day off on the last Friday of every month)
• Flexible work options
• Physical and mental well-being programs
• Regularly scheduled virtual fitness classes
• Mentorship programs and training and career development
• Recognition programs and referral rewards
• Hackathons

Pay

Competitive salary and benefits package

Schedule

Hybrid Other Canadian and USA locations - Remote

Vacancy Status

This is an existing job vacancy