Senior AI Engineer

We are building software which enables businesses to be more economically and environmentally sustainable by digitally transforming the supply chain. As an AI Engineer at VORTO you will define the frontier of logistics optimization, supply prediction, and demand prediction.

About the Role:

Are you prepared to work with a strong software engineering team that is dedicated to disrupting the status quo? Are you looking for a challenge that will leave you feeling fulfilled? If yes, our Senior AI Engineer role is perfect for you!

Every member of the VORTO team is laser-focused on innovating on behalf of our customers. This position is highly entrepreneurial in nature, hence it requires candidates who can develop a full picture of the business problem to ship end-to-end solutions.

This role is roughly 80% software engineering and 20% data science. You will work with Go, TensorFlow, PostgreSQL and various Google Cloud Platform tools to develop “the brain” of the platform. Specifically, you will:

Solve problems using mechanistic, bottom-up thinking and statistical, top-down approaches
Develop novel mechanisms by which to optimize supply chain
Build and improve the intelligence behind our logistics simulations and market optimization algorithms
Implement and ship models to predict the demand for commodities at nodes in a logistics network, the availability of supply, estimated arrival times, delays and more

Requirements:

Here are some qualifications we look for:

Ability to design and implement AI tools in Go
Experience in at least one ML framework, such as TensorFlow, Keras, PyTorch, etc.
Experience building solutions involving algorithms, optimization, reinforcement learning, artificial neural networks, discrete event simulation and case based reasoning
Ability to execute with little oversight and to solve problems quickly
Experience with function/path optimization and some of the more common algorithms – linear programming, BOBYQA, A* Search, simulated annealing
Advanced degree in a quantitative field

Compensation: $120-180k

Benefits:

At VORTO we are committed to developing our employees and providing them exciting opportunities to grow and prosper in their careers. We encourage you to visit our careers page and read this blog post to learn more about our culture.

We offer a competitive benefits package as well as numerous additional perks including: