Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Kinaxis is a global leader in end-to-end supply chain management, empowering organizations to solve complex supply chain challenges. The Senior Software Developer in Operations Research will create algorithms to optimize supply chains and lead the design and implementation of mathematical models, ensuring robust and error-free software through comprehensive testing.
Responsibilities
- Investigate novel techniques combining class leading heuristics with optimization
- Translate real world Supply Chain Management use cases into mathematical model
- 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
Skills
- 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
- A love of data structures and algorithms, and the desire to apply them in the real world
- 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
- Nice to have knowledge in machine learning models and algorithms
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
Company Overview
Kinaxis is a leading provider of cloud-based subscription software. It was founded in 1995, and is headquartered in Ottawa, Ontario, CAN, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is http://www.kinaxis.com/.Company H1B Sponsorship
Kinaxis has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 1 in 2026, 13 in 2025, 5 in 2024, 9 in 2023, 9 in 2022, 4 in 2021, 9 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.