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Optimization Specialist at Mercor. Location Information: India. This description is a summary of our understanding of the job description. Click on 'Apply' button to find out more.. Role Description. This role involves tackling real-world scheduling, routing, allocation, and constraint satisfaction problems using mathematical programming and heuristics. You’ll design robust optimization models and reproducible pipelines that directly power advanced AI-driven systems.. Qualifications. Background in operations research, applied mathematics, computer science, or engineering . Proficient in Python and optimization libraries such as CVXPY, OR-Tools, CPLEX, SciPy, NumPy, and pandas . Understanding of mathematical programming methods (MILP, CP, heuristics) and their tradeoffs . Experience designing models for scheduling, routing, or allocation at scale . Comfortable building reproducible pipelines and benchmarking optimization approaches . Care about delivering models that balance optimality, scalability, and real-world performance . Curious about how optimization connects with AI systems and large-scale decision engines . Requirements. Design and implement optimization models and heuristics that solve large-scale real-world scheduling, routing, and allocation problems . Deliver reproducible, production-grade pipelines for AI-driven systems . What You’ll Do. Build scalable optimization pipelines for scheduling, routing, and resource allocation . Translate AI lab and product requirements into robust optimization formulations (MILP/CP, heuristics) . Benchmark, validate, and stress-test optimization models with real-world datasets . Develop heuristics and approximation methods for time-sensitive and large-scale workloads . Collaborate with AI researchers and engineers to integrate optimization into production systems . Document models, experiments, and workflows for reproducibility and reliability . Why This Role Is Exciting. Pioneer optimization pipelines that power AI systems in production . Apply cutting-edge mathematical programming techniques to high-impact, real-world problems . Collaborate on a high-impact effort at the intersection of optimization, AI, and large-scale engineering . Help shape how advanced optimization drives the next wave of AI research and applications . Pay & Work Structure. Classified as an hourly contractor to Mercor . Paid weekly via Stripe Connect, based on hours logged . Part-time (20–30 hrs/week) with flexible hours—work from anywhere, on your schedule . Weekly Bonus of $500–$1000 USD per 5 tasks created . Remote and flexible working style