429 optimizer jobs at 283 companies in Fairfield, CA

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Software Engineer - Ride and Fleet Services
San Diego or Seattle or Foster City
$145k-$219k/yr HybridFull Time
Zoox
ZooxNASDAQ: AMZN: Developing autonomous robotaxis for urban ride-hailing services.
Design and build scalable fleet-dispatch systems; develop optimization algorithms; apply ML/OR techniques; collaborate across teams.
Java, Kotlin, Machine Learning, Operations Research, Optimization
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Director of Engineering, Logistics
San Francisco, California, United States
$269k-$395k/yr OnsiteFull Time
DoorDash
DoorDashNASDAQ: DASH: On-demand delivery platform connecting consumers with local merchants.
12+ YOE7+ Mgmt12+ years software engineering; 7+ years leading engineering managers and teams; BS/MS/PhD in CS; experience in large-scale systems, ML, and optimization.
Distributed Systems, Machine Learning, Optimization, Real-Time Analytics
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Software Engineer, Marketplace Pricing
Mountain View or San Francisco
$175k-$215k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Waymo
Waymo: Autonomous driving technology for ride-hailing and logistics.
4+ YOEBS in CS or equivalent; 4+ years backend experience; experience building distributed backend systems; preferred C++, MS CS; experience with low-latency, large-scale distributed systems; ML/optimization infrastructure and production models.
C++, Python, Java, Distributed Systems, Machine Learning, Optimization
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Applied Scientist, Optimization & Logistics
San Francisco, California, United States
$160k-$220k/yr HybridFull Time
Sprinter Health
Sprinter Health: Mobile provider of in-home diagnostic and preventive healthcare services.
Strong foundations in operations research or optimization, experience with production optimization/decision systems, Python and SQL proficiency, experiment design, and cross-functional collaboration.
Python, SQL, Claude Code, Cursor
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Senior Optimization Engineer
San Francisco, California, United States
$150k-$210k/yr HybridFull Time
Verse
Verse: Software to plan, procure, and manage clean energy portfolios.
5+ YOE5+ years building production optimization models, strong Python software engineering, deployment of scalable optimization services, energy industry experience (electricity markets, battery storage), Master's degree in quantitative field.
Python, CI/CD
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Director of Optimization Engineering
Oakland, California, United States
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Adapture Renewables
Adapture Renewables: Develops and operates utility-scale solar and energy storage systems.
8+ YOE3+ MgmtBachelor's degree in engineering, 8+ years in utility-scale solar/BESS design and optimization, 3+ years leading technical teams, PV performance modeling (PVSyst), battery dispatch/LP optimization, and strong data-to-decision skills.
PVSyst, Python, SciPy, MATLAB, SQL, SCADA, EMS
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HPC/AI Performance Specialist in Bay Area, California, United States
Berkeley, California, United States
$139k-$268k/yr HybridFull Time
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory: Conducts multidisciplinary scientific research for the U.S. Department of Energy.
8+ YOEExperience optimizing HPC/AI workloads, performance analysis, and software optimization; strong collaboration with scientific teams.
HPC, AI, Performance Profiling, Python, C/C++, CUDA
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Data Scientist, Inference Capacity Optimization
San Francisco, California, United States
$293k-$325k/yr HybridFull Time
OpenAI
OpenAI: Develops artificial intelligence models and generative AI software services.
5+ YOEMS/PhD or equivalent experience;5+ years in infrastructure data science;expertise in Python and SQL;experience with forecasting, optimization, experimentation, and executive communication.
Python, SQL
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Principal Model Optimization Engineer
San Mateo, California, United States
$295k-$345k/yr HybridFull Time
Roblox
RobloxNYSE: RBLX: Platform for creating and playing user-generated 3D digital experiences.
6+ YOE6+ years in system design; GPU profiling; CUDA/Triton/TensorRT; ML model optimization for LLMs; Bachelor's in CS/CE/Data Science; collaboration skills.
CUDA, Triton, TensorRT
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AI Kernel Engineer Intern - Kernel Optimization
Burlingame, California, United States
$45-$60/hr OnsiteTemporary, Internship
Quadric
Quadric: Designing licensable processor IP for on-device AI inference.
MS student in CS/CE or related fields; proficient in C/C++/Python; experience in kernel implementation and optimization; experience in performance profiling.
C++, Python, ONNX, Profiling Tools
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Founding Software Engineer, Perception
San Francisco, California, United States
$160k-$220k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Kovari
Kovari: Building general-purpose robots for hospitality and physical industries.
Design and deploy perception policies for deployed robots; multimodal data; edge inference optimization; CUDA kernel optimization; sim-to-real experience.
CUDA, TensorRT, ONNX Runtime, TVM, C++, Python
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Optimization Engineer
San Francisco or New York City or Denver or Austin or Calgary or Toronto
$218k-$237k/yr HybridFull Time
Intersect
IntersectNASDAQ: GOOGL: Develops-located data centers and renewable energy infrastructure.
5+ YOE5+ years optimizing production systems; experience with LP/MILP/nonlinear problems; familiarity with solvers (Gurobi, CPLEX, HiGHS, XPRESS) and modeling tools (Pyomo, JuMP, AMPL); production code, scalability and reliability; orchestration tools; leadership experience.
Gurobi, CPLEX, HiGHS, XPRESS, Pyomo, JuMP, AMPL, Airflow, Temporal, Dagster, Flyte, Argo
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Member of Research Staff, Optimization
Berkeley or New York City or United States
$250k-$275k/yr HybridFull Time
The Voleon Group
The Voleon Group: Quantitative investment management firm using machine learning strategies.
Ph.D.-level coursework required (Ph.D. preferred); strong background in optimization and numerical methods; applied research track record; production coding in Python and/or C++; strong math and communication skills.
Python, C++
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Multimodal AI Model Optimization Research Engineer
San Francisco, California, United States
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Tavus
Tavus: Develops AI models for creating emotionally intelligent digital humans.
Experience optimizing deep learning models (sparsification, distillation, quantization), strong PyTorch and Python skills, knowledge of GPU/accelerator inference, and ability to reproduce ML research.
PyTorch, Python, TensorRT, ONNX Runtime, TVM, Triton, XLA, CUDA, WebRTC
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Staff Engineer, Inference Optimizations
San Francisco, California, United States
$191k-$239k/yr RemoteFull Time
DigitalOcean
DigitalOceanNew York Stock Exchange: DOCN: Simplifies cloud infrastructure for developers, startups, and SMBs.
5+ YOE5+ years in high-performance computing or AI infrastructure, deep GPU and low-level optimization expertise, experience with CUDA/Triton/ROCm, distributed GPU parallelization, and system design for inference workloads.
CUDA, ROCm, TensorRT, OpenAI Triton, AITER, FlashAttention
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Member of Technical Staff — Inference Infrastructure
San Francisco, California, United States
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Causal Labs
Causal Labs: Building physics-based causal AI models for predictive weather intelligence.
Experience building/optimizing inference and serving systems, distributed compute and GPU parallelism knowledge, familiarity with PyTorch/JAX, hardware-aware optimization, and strong engineering/debugging skills.
TensorRT, Kubernetes, Ray, Slurm, PyTorch, JAX, vLLM, SGLang, Triton
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Manager, GEO & AI Search Optimization
San Francisco or United States
$141k-$242k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Databricks
Databricks: A unified platform for data analytics and artificial intelligence.
5+ YOE5–8 years SEO experience with AI search optimization, strong technical SEO skills, experimentation and analytics experience, cross-functional communication, and ability to embed GEO/AIO practices into content workflows.
Semrush, Ahrefs, Google Analytics, Google Search Console, ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Apache Spark, Delta Lake, MLflow
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Quantitative Research Associate - Systematic Portfolio Construction
Los Angeles or San Francisco or New York or California or United States
$159k-$255k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Capital Group
Capital Group: Providing active investment management and research-driven financial strategies
5+ YOE5+ years relevant experience in optimization and systematic portfolio construction; advanced degree preferred; expertise in Python/Julia/R and optimization software (Gurobi or Mosek); strong quantitative, econometrics and communication skills.
Python, Julia, R, Gurobi, Mosek
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Senior Software Engineer, Autonomous Lab (Scheduling & Optimization)
Boston or Emeryville or West Sacramento
$134k-$190k/yr HybridFull Time
Ginkgo Bioworks
Ginkgo BioworksNYSE: DNA: Designs custom microorganisms and cells for industrial manufacturing.
Experience building production scheduling/optimization systems, strong Python, knowledge of operations research/constraint programming, bachelor's/master's in CS/OR/IE or equivalent experience, strong communication and collaboration skills.
Python, OR-Tools, Gurobi, CPLEX, OptaPlanner, Kafka, Temporal, Kartana-Arrokuda
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Computer Systems Engineer 3 – Optimization and AI for Scientific Discovery
Berkeley or California
$157k-$192k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory: Conducts scientific research to address global challenges.
6+ YOEAdvanced experience in machine learning, AI, numerical optimization, and Python; master's/PhD preferred. Requires 6+ years related experience (master's) or 8+ years (bachelor's) and HPC experience.
Python, HPC