• Full-time

Publication date: 2025.02.12

Company name not disclosed

Mathematical Optimization Engineer *Fully remote

  • R&D / Engineer /Technician (AI, Data)
  • Tokyo
  • Salary 6 to 10 million yen
数理最適化エンジニア※フルリモート
職種Position R&D / Engineer /Technician (AI, Data)
会社概要Company profile Their vision is to "establish a mathematical optimization platform that will serve as the foundation for supporting decision-making in society," and they develop software that primarily performs optimization calculations.

Their product skillfully modifies optimization problems in social infrastructure and large-scale, complex planning work, and transmits them to the hardware.

Thanks to technological advances and the promotion of digital transformation in companies, it has become possible to perform predictions and analysis. They believe that society will be able to make better use of computing power by enabling computers to use predictions and analysis to create plans.

To that end, they will focus on research and development specializing in optimization technology, and on the development of a platform for decision-making support that utilizes that technology.
仕事内容Job description [Job Summary]
You will be in charge of a joint research project on mathematical optimization with a company. You will mainly be in charge of technical consulting and project coordination.
*You will be in charge of promoting PoC projects, mainly with enterprise companies.

[Job details]
1. Compiling technical opinions
2. Creating project plans
3. Project delivery = building, implementing, and creating reports on mathematical models
※Project management specialized in project delivery from the technical perspective of mathematical optimization
4. Active proposals to lead to the next project
※The business side is responsible for creating lead cases, initial interviews, and creating estimates

[Past joint research results]
・Toho Gas: Energy supply control
・Toyota Tsusho × Microsoft: Optimization of traffic light control
・KDDI × Hitachi: Optimization of frequency allocation direction
・Broadmind: Optimization of insurance product recommendations
・SIer company: Shift optimization
・Material company: Material structure optimization (black box optimization)
※They also have a track record of joint research and PoC with numerous enterprises

[Attractiveness of the job]
At their company, you can play an active role globally in both technology development and business development.
Collaborative technology development with engineers and researchers from global companies such as IBM, Microsoft, and AWS (interactions in English)

Teams made up of people of diverse nationalities and backgrounds

Opportunities to participate in overseas projects in Asia and Europe

In addition, they are conducting projects with large domestic and international companies in various industries such as energy, automobiles, transportation, and logistics with the aim of social implementation, so it is attractive that they do not just do basic research.

Furthermore, the speed and discretion of a startup, and the opportunity to work with leading engineers and researchers from large companies are attractive.

They also develop our own optimization solvers, and can work with research teams to improve optimization technology by providing feedback from practice.

[Development environment]
・Main development language: Python
・Library/framework/schema: FastAPI
・Cloud services: Azure, AWS
・Design tools: Figma, Photoshop, Illustrator
・Development CI/CD: GitHub, GitHub Actions, Docker, Kubernetes, Codecov, Datadog
・Other tools G-Suite, Microsoft teams, Slack, Notion
応募資格Requirement [Required requirements]
-Business level Japanese language skills (N1 equivalent)
-Master's degree in mathematics, physics, or mathematical optimization, or equivalent practical experience
-Has an idea of ​​how to proceed with a mathematical optimization project
-Programming experience in Python

[Preferred requirements]
-PhD in mathematics, physics, or mathematical optimization
-Specialized knowledge of mathematical optimization
-Business level English
-Ability to understand customer needs and control expectations in joint research projects, set appropriate project goals, and allocate appropriate human resources to promote them
-Experience in promoting projects with enterprise companies from a technical perspective at a consulting firm, etc.
日本語力Japanese level Business
雇用形態Employment type Full-time
勤務エリアLocation Tokyo
勤務時間Working hours Discretionary work system/Flextime system
想定年収Salary 6 to 10 million yen
条件・待遇Condition
Trial period: 3 months
Working hours: Flextime system
Break time: 60 minutes
Holidays: 2 days off per week
Vacation: Year-end and New Year's holidays, annual paid leave, safety net leave, childcare leave, family support leave
Overtime: Yes
Measures to prevent passive smoking: No smoking indoors
選考についてProcess
Casual interview → Technical test → Technical (final) interview
*Online interviews are possible
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