Optimization Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in California, +3 more states.

📋 Description

• Develop the Optimization Engine that powers Intersect’s GW-Scale Microgrids.

• Design, implement, and oversee production code for optimization, bidding, simulation, and forecasting processes.

• Create orchestration frameworks to enhance parallelization, reliability, and reproducibility.

• Lead technical decisions concerning data architecture, software design, and system reliability.

• Establish patterns, tools, and best practices to facilitate scalable optimization capabilities.

• Integrate uncertainty, probabilistic forecasts, and financial risk into algorithm design while balancing performance and interpretability.

• Collaborate with engineering and business teams to ensure optimization systems operate reliably under live market conditions.

• Work alongside trading and operations teams to develop feedback loops between real-world performance and algorithmic enhancements.

• Enhance simulation tools to expedite parameter tuning and broaden analytical capabilities.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 5 years of experience in formulating and solving optimization problems (LP, MILP, nonlinear) in production settings.

• Familiarity with solvers such as Gurobi, XPRESS, HiGHS, or CPLEX and modeling frameworks like Pyomo, JuMP, or AMPL.

• Proven experience in providing technical leadership and directing system architecture decisions.

• Direct experience with production code, continuous deployment, and designing for scalability and reliability.

• Working knowledge of orchestration tools such as Airflow, Temporal, Dagster, Flyte, or Argo.

• Strong systems thinking capabilities and the ability to collaborate across teams to ensure cohesive, high-performing solutions.

• Ability to utilize AI tools to expedite development while adhering to high code quality standards.

• Strongly Preferred: A graduate degree in operations research, engineering, economics, or a related field with a solid mathematical foundation.

• In-depth knowledge of energy systems, wholesale power markets, or power plant operations.

• Experience in settings where latency and reliability have a direct impact on business outcomes.

• Experience in building and managing production infrastructure on cloud platforms such as GCP, AWS, or Azure.

🏝️ Benefits

• Equity: In addition to your salary, you will receive an Equity Grant, providing you with a meaningful stake in our parent company.

• Health & wellness: Comprehensive premium coverage for you and your dependents for medical, dental, and vision care.

• Time to recharge: Unlimited PTO, in addition to two company-wide breaks (Fourth of July & end of year).

• Family support: Up to 12 weeks of fully paid parental leave, plus an additional 6 weeks for birth parents; access to family planning and care support through Carrot and Maven.

• Mental health: Complimentary access to Spring Health, including 5 free therapy and psychiatry sessions, along with a Headspace account for mindfulness and meditation through our physical health vendor, Wellhub+.

• Perks & extras: $150 monthly food stipend, $150 monthly reimbursement for cell phone and internet, pet insurance allowance, complete home office setup, free access to UrbanSitter with $625 in quarterly company-paid credits, ActiveHero, and One Medical.