Senior Software Engineer – Optimization

Premier Global Links LLC is seeking a Senior Software Engineer – Optimization to build and improve AI-powered scheduling and optimization systems. The role focuses primarily on backend engineering, mathematical optimization, machine learning, scalable cloud systems, and production ownership, while also contributing to frontend functionality and cross-functional technical projects.

Responsibilities:

• Build and enhance optimization engines using linear and mathematical programming techniques
• Develop backend services, APIs, asynchronous workflows, and scalable infrastructure
• Design and implement optimization models and algorithms for complex scheduling problems
• Work with optimization technologies such as Gurobi or Google OR-Tools/CP-SAT
• Develop and integrate machine learning and AI approaches to improve scheduling accuracy and performance
• Build mission-critical algorithms, optimization modules, and ML-powered product capabilities
• Work across the technology stack, with approximately 80% backend and 20% frontend development
• Deploy and maintain reliable cloud-based systems using technologies such as AWS and Terraform
• Troubleshoot production issues and contribute to on-call support for critical systems
• Lead complex technical projects from design through production deployment
• Collaborate with product, customer-facing, and non-technical teams to understand requirements and deliver practical solutions
• Contribute to system architecture, technical decisions, testing, performance, and reliability

Requirements:

• **DO NOT APPLY IF YOU ARE NOT A U.S. CITIZEN OR PERMANENT RESIDENT.**
• • 4+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• • Strong experience shipping production software and leading complex technical projects
• • Strong proficiency in Python or a comparable programming language
• • Experience building linear optimization, mathematical programming, ML models, or optimization algorithms
• • Experience translating mathematical models or algorithms into production software
• • Experience building backend systems, APIs, asynchronous tasks, or scalable web applications
• • Experience owning a mission-critical algorithm, ML model, or optimization module
• • Strong software architecture, problem-solving, and system design skills
• • Ability to work across backend and frontend technologies as needed
• • Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate with technical and non-technical stakeholders
• • Computer Science or another technical degree
• Work Arrangement

Remote – United States

This is a remote position. Candidates should be able to collaborate effectively across distributed teams and accommodate required time-zone overlap, including occasional early-morning collaboration when needed

• Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Gurobi, Google OR-Tools, CP-SAT, or similar optimization solvers

• • Experience with AWS cloud infrastructure
• • Experience with Terraform or infrastructure-as-code
• • Machine learning or AI engineering experience
• • Background in mathematical optimization, applied mathematics, or electrical engineering
• • Experience with scheduling, routing, logistics, transportation, e-commerce, or similar optimization-intensive products
• • Experience supporting high-availability or mission-critical production systems
• • Experience providing technical leadership or serving as a project/technical lead
• **DO NOT APPLY IF YOU ARE NOT A U.S. CITIZEN OR PERMANENT RESIDENT.**