Senior Applied Scientist - Warehouse Fulfillment Quality Algorithms (all genders)

Role: Senior Applied Scientist - Warehouse Fulfillment Quality Algorithms. You will be part of an expert team of software engineers and applied scientists working towards keeping the delivery time promise for all Zalando customers. In this role you will translate real-world problems into mathematical models, and design algorithms that solve these models. Beyond the algorithmic challenges, a significant part of your role will be creation and maintenance of the software systems required to run these algorithms. You will ensure that the system adheres to the latest software engineering standards, and you will gain a comprehensive understanding of order processing systems to identify opportunities for improvement. Responsibilities: Innovative Problem Solving: Contribute to modeling, solving, and implementing our research-driven software framework. End-to-End Ownership: Take responsibility for the entire development cycle from understanding business requirements and prototyping to implementing production-ready software, and ensuring quality through testing and operational support for highly available systems. Collaborative Impact: Work closely with our software engineers to mutually influence and understand system constraints and opportunities, and take part in shaping the future of our system. Big Picture Thinking: Apply abstract thinking to uncover correlations between problems, methodologies, and solutions. Inclusive Culture: Help foster a positive, inclusive, and diverse team environment where everyone's contributions are valued. Qualifications: You have a strong academic background of combinatorial optimization and you are able to detect these concepts even if they are hidden in complex real-world problems. You prefer simple solutions over complex ones but at the same time, you are aware that complex problems sometimes require advanced algorithms. You have some experience in professional software engineering, ideally in a JVM-based language. You are eager to learn more about software engineering. You're excited about working in a setup that requires a deep domain understanding (e.g., how our logistics order processing works). You are a team player who thrives in an agile and cross-functional environment, and is passionate about fostering a positive and productive work environment. You have strong proficiency in English and the ability to communicate complex concepts clearly and effectively in an international team setting. What We Offer: 27 days of holiday a year to start for full-time employees (+1 day for every calendar year up to 30 days), 40% off fashion and beauty products sold and shipped by Zalando, 30% off Lounge by Zalando, discounts from external partners, family support including counselling and dedicated services for parents and carers, company pension scheme, employee shares programme, health and wellbeing options including Wellhub, mental health support and coaching, development through our training platform and biannual peer-to-peer review, 2 paid volunteering days a year, relocation assistance (subject to prior agreement).