Junior Software Engineer – Backend, Optimisation

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in India.

📋 Description

• Develop and enhance well-defined APIs and backend services utilizing Python and FastAPI.

• Assist in the development and evaluation of optimization models through constraint programming, linear programming, and mixed-integer programming (MIP).

• Contribute to computational geometry systems that transform plan-derived data into organized 3D building models.

• Aid in implementing simulation and constraint systems that encapsulate construction regulations, structural relationships, and material arrangements.

• Produce clean, testable, and maintainable Python code for numerical and algorithmic frameworks.

• Troubleshoot model performance, analyze failures, and enhance efficiency via profiling, testing, and solver optimization.

• Integrate optimization systems into the wider plan ingestion and design workflow alongside senior software, ML, and platform engineers.

• Document your work, share updates on progress and challenges, and adopt best practices for reliability, deployment, and production support.

⛳️ Requirements

• 1–2 years of professional experience, internships, research, or comparable project work in software engineering, optimization, computational mathematics, or a related field.

• Strong foundational knowledge in Python and experience in developing substantial software or numerical projects.

• Coursework or hands-on experience in operations research, optimization, algorithms, numerical methods, or a closely related discipline.

• Familiarity with essential data structures, algorithms, and computational complexity.

• Some experience with computational geometry, geometric modeling, simulation, or spatial algorithms.

• Knowledge of Linux and Git.

• Eagerness to learn about production development and deployment methodologies.

• Experience with OR solvers such as Gurobi, CPLEX, SCIP, or OR-Tools is a plus.

• Academic, internship, or personal project experience in computational geometry, geometric modeling, or spatial algorithms is advantageous.

• Experience in building APIs using FastAPI or another Python web framework is a plus.

• Familiarity with profiling, numerical performance enhancement, or simulation tasks is a bonus.

• Knowledge of construction, CAD, manufacturing, robotics, or engineering sectors is a bonus.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive salary.

• Meaningful equity.

• Comprehensive benefits package (health, dental, vision).

• Professional development budget for courses, conferences, and research exploration.