Optimization Engineer - San Bruno, CA
Nomis Solutions is the leader in providing profit-based pricing solutions to the financial services industries. Our solutions use state-of-the-art data mining and statistical analysis techniques to detect opportunities for price improvement through detailed analysis of historical data. Proprietary optimization techniques are used to determine how these opportunities can be implemented within a fast-moving and dynamic market environment. These opportunities have generated millions of dollars of benefits for leading banks and financial services companies worldwide. We have developed software solutions for unsecured consumer lending, auto lending, foreign-exchange sales and home equity lending and are currently developing solutions for other markets including credit cards, mortgage, and insurance.
We are looking for a talented Optimization Engineer to join our growing San Bruno, California based team.
Responsibilities:
- Research and develop optimization algorithms to be implemented in our products.
- Good working knowledge of statistical models.
- Work with Professional Services teams and customers to formulate complex price optimization problems across a number of product areas within Financial Services.
- Convert complex analytic requirements to technical designs. Build prototypes for concept and approach validation.
- Work with engineering teams to design and implement algorithms.
- Test algorithms under various scenarios and conditions.
Specific Skills:
- MS degree in Operations Research, applied math, Statistics, Engineering Economics or related field
- Experience with nonlinear optimization techniques and methods
- Good knowledge of programming languages (C++, Java)
- 2+ years experience in developing products built around optimization
- 3+ years experience in building enterprise software applications
- 1+ years experience in developing products built with statistical models
- Experience working with large data sets
Personal Skills:
- Excellent team player
- Ability and desire to work in a fast-paced startup environment
- Ability and desire to deliver high-quality results on aggressive timelines
- Strong inter-personal skills necessary to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others
- Excellent communication skills
Any of the following skills are a plus:
- PhD degree in Operations Research, applied math , Statistics, Engineering Economics or related field
- Experience with Banking and Financial Services
- Working knowledge of SQL, Oracle, WebLogic
- Field experience in working with customers to configure and deploy products
Instructions for Application:
Please send your resume to jobs@nomissolutions.com with "Optimization Engineer" in the subject line.
