Senior Algorithm Developer –Supply Chain Production Scheduling
Job description
Senior Algorithm Developer role at Kinaxis focused on designing, implementing and testing production scheduling models, constraints, heuristics and metaheuristics within an enterprise-grade scheduling application. The position contributes across the full lifecycle of algorithm-backed product development.
At a glance
- Employment
- Full-time
- Work mode
- Remote · UK & Europe region
What you'll do
- Design, implement, and test production scheduling models, constraints, heuristics, and meta heuristics
- Translate real-world manufacturing and scheduling constraints into robust computational and mathematical models
- Investigate and apply advanced scheduling techniques, including targeted use of AI/ML where appropriate
- Lead or contribute to the design, implementation, and evolution of core scheduling logic in a commercial, enterprise-grade product
- Define and contribute to test strategies, including unit, integration, regression, and performance testing, to ensure correctness and scalability
- Collaborate closely with agile team members across engineering, product, QA, and support throughout design, implementation, and delivery
- Participate actively in design discussions, code reviews, and scrum rituals, helping maintain a high bar for quality and maintainability
- Support product stability by triaging defects, explaining product behaviour, suggesting workarounds, and fixing and validating moderate issues
- Identify opportunities to improve and accelerate the SDLC through better tooling, automation, or AI-assisted workflows, while maintaining architectural consistency, secure design, and code quality
- Review AI-generated code with rigor, ensuring correctness, architectural fit, integration safety, and edge-case coverage
What we're looking for
- Deep knowledge of production scheduling algorithms, optimization techniques, and/or heuristics
- Strong software engineering skills with experience delivering enterprise-grade commercial software
- 5+ years of algorithm development experience in a production environment
- Proficiency in Java, C++, C#, or similar object-oriented languages, including unit testing and design patterns
- Experience translating real-world planning or scheduling problems into computational or mathematical models
- A passion for algorithms, data structures, and problem solving, with a desire to see solutions used in the real world
- Ability to design and contribute to automated testing for functional correctness and performance
- Comfort working across the full SDLC, from design through delivery and ongoing support
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain complex behaviour clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Industrial Engineering, Operations Research, Computer Science, or a related field
Nice to have
- Background or understanding of supply chain management or manufacturing domains
- Exposure to automation and infrastructure that supports reliable development, testing, performance validation, and production support
- Familiarity with commercial solvers (e.g., Gurobi, CPLEX, Xpress)
- Exposure to machine learning or AI techniques applied in optimization or planning contexts
Your team
Enterprise Scheduling
Builds and scales an enterprise-grade scheduling application with the flexibility of a site-level scheduler, focusing on fast, scalable algorithms, heuristic and optimization techniques, and configurable, extensible, production-ready solutions.
Benefits
- Flexible vacation and Kinaxis Days (company-wide days off)
- Flexible work options
- Physical and mental well-being programs
- Regularly scheduled virtual fitness classes
- Mentorship programs, training, and career development
- Recognition programs and referral rewards
- Hackathons
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About Kinaxis
A global leader in modern supply chain orchestration
Kinaxis powers complex global supply chains and supports the people who manage them. Its AI-infused platform provides full transparency and visibility across end-to-end supply chains, enabling customers to make faster, better decisions. Trusted by renowned global brands, Kinaxis provides the agility and predictability needed to navigate volatility and disruption, with more than 40,000 users in over 100 countries.
Key facts
- over 2000 employees
- 1984
- Ottawa, Canada
- Supply chain orchestration software
- Started in 1984 as a team of three engineers
- Over 2000 employees around the world
- Best-in-class HQ in Ottawa, Canada
- Winners of several Top Employer awards globally
- More than 40,000 users in over 100 countries
Partners & customers
What they value
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
- Sustainability and long-term net-zero operations strategy