Backend Engineer - Optimization

Our client is here to revolutionize the status quo of military logistics and sustainment through the deployment of AI-enabled solutions. Combining elite Silicon Valley software expertise with deep operational experience working in and with the Department of Defense, our client builds cutting-edge software to solve the most critical logistics challenges faced by the U.S. military and its allies.

As a Backend Engineer focused on optimization, you’ll bridge the gap between algorithm design and high-performance software implementation.

• Analyze real-world logistics problems from first principles, working with military users and domain experts to define constraints, objectives, and solution criteria.
• Research, prototype, and evaluate algorithmic approaches for problems.
• Implement performant, production-grade solutions in Go.
• Evaluate algorithm performance using both synthetic and operational data.
• Build infrastructure to simulate, test, and iterate on solution methods at scale.

• 5+ years of backend or systems engineering experience.
• Strong programming skills in Go or C++ or Java
  , or Rust
  .
• Experience developing high-performance systems for simulation, scientific computing, machine learning or complex algorithmic domains.
• Ability to design and implement well-structured systems under evolving requirements and operational constraints.
• Experience working with structured data and building systems that integrate with APIs, messaging layers, and cloud infrastructure.

• Experience with optimization, scheduling
  , or constraint-solving algorithms.
• Familiarity with optimization libraries or tools such as OR-Tools
  , Gurobi etc.
• Background in operations research, applied mathematics, or scientific computing domains.
• Experience with geospatial, temporal, or logistics datasets.
• Comfort working on systems deployed in constrained environments.
• Familiarity with simulation environments or agent-based models used for planning or decision-making.

Mid-Senior level

Full-time

Defense and Space Manufacturing and Data Infrastructure and Analytics

Medical insurance

401(k)