Research Scientist III

As a member of the ShipBob Team, you will... 

• Grow with an Ownership Mindset: We champion continuous learning and proactive innovation. Team members are encouraged to identify challenges and take ownership of initiatives that drive merchant, company and personal growth. By tackling complex problems and exploring creative solutions, you won’t just follow a playbook, you’ll be actively building the future of ShipBob.
• Collaborate with Peers and Leaders Alike: ShipBob values collaboration and support, where team members and leaders alike are committed to helping each other succeed. We all set high standards and understand the importance of transparency at all levels. We’ve created an environment where trust, open communication, and mutual respect motivate our teams to reach new heights.
• Experience a High-Performance Culture and Clear Purpose: Our commitment to delivering results creates a goal-driven, high-performance culture where everyone is empowered to contribute to our mission with a clear understanding of their direct impact and accountability. We measure success in tangible ways, allowing each team member to see the positive outcomes of their work and celebrate shared victories.

Location: Remote in these states: AL, AZ, CA, CO, FL, GA, KS, KY, IA, ID, IL, IN, LA, MA, ME, MI, MN, MO, NC, NH, NJ, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI 

Role Description: 

We are looking for an Applied Scientist III for our Supply Chain, tasked with optimizing ShipBob's end-to-end supply chain (inventory placement, fulfillment, transportation) for cost and quality. This pioneering role involves supporting our complex network through advanced analytical methods, modeling, and simulation. You will strategically establish the optimal fulfillment center topology and line haul network design, considering cost, customer experience, and conversion. Collaborating with Product and Engineering, you'll employ optimization, simulation, and machine learning techniques to develop system components, evaluate improvements, and navigate trade-offs. This position demands self-motivation, analytical thinking, a data-focused approach, and effective collaboration with various stakeholders across operations, supply chain, finance, revenue, product, and engineering. This role reports to the Senior Staff Applied Scientist. 

What you’ll do: 

• Work across fulfillment, transportation, and revenue teams to optimize our fulfillment center topology to reduce cost and improve service. 
• Collaborate with product, engineering, and data science teams to develop algorithms, improve first time product placement, and develop transportation cost savings entitlements for thousands of merchants. 
• Run and execute machine learning and modelling projects/products end-to-end: from ideation, analysis, prototyping, development, metrics, through to production and monitoring. 
• Identify opportunities to reduce costs and transit times through new middle mile connections and improvements to parcel carrier allocations. 
• Brief complex studies and analyses related to network optimization to senior level leadership (Director to C-Suite). 
• Additional duties and responsibilities as necessary. 

What you’ll bring to the table: 

• 3+ years of building models for business application experience. 
• ·Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language. 
• Hands-on experience with optimization solvers like Gurobi or CPLEX, and modeling frameworks like Pyomo or OR-Tools is required. 
• Experience in any of the following areas: algorithms and data structures, parsing, numerical optimization, data mining, parallel and distributed computing, high-performance computing, neural deep learning methods, machine learning. 
• Graduate studies (MS/PHD) in engineering, technology, computer science, machine learning, robotics, operations research, statistics, mathematics, or equivalent quantitative field is a plus. 
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills. 
• Experience in applied machine learning and cloud deployment skills (particularly Azure ecosystem) preferred. 

Perks & Benefits: 

• Medical, Dental, Vision & Basic Life Insurance 
• Paid Maternity/Parental Leave Program 
• Flexible Time Off Program 
• Paid Sick Leave  
• Floating Holidays (2 days/year) 
• Wellness Days (1 day/quarter) 
• 401K Match  
• Comprehensive Benefits Package >>> https://www.shipbob.com/careers/ 
• See Our High-Performing Culture >>> Check us out on Instagram (@lifeatshipbob) 

ShipBob believes in transparency while providing a competitive total compensation package with a pay for performance approach. We are targeting a salary range of $112,910 - $150,547 for this role. The full base pay range for this position in our compensation architecture is $112,910 - $188,183. In addition to base salary, this role includes the opportunity to be eligible for participation in the Company's discretionary bonus plan based on Company's plans and in accordance with Company’s policies. 
 

We recognize that people come with a wealth of experience and talent beyond just the technical requirements of a job. If your experience is close to what you see listed here, please still consider applying. Diversity of experience and skills combined with passion is a key to innovation and excellence; therefore, we encourage people from all backgrounds to apply to our positions. 

About You: 

The work we do at ShipBob is both challenging and rigorous, which means our environment isn’t the right fit for everyone, and that’s okay. We welcome energetic high performers who thrive in a dynamic, collaborative, results-driven environment. We value individuals who embrace accountability and humility, push boundaries, and are motivated by challenging work. Every team member, no matter their role or tenure, is expected to roll up their sleeves and tackle the complex problems we face in today’s global supply chain. 

Learn more about our core values and how we perform at a high level in our day-to-day work on our Culture page (https://www.shipbob.com/careers/culture/).

About Us:  

ShipBob is a leading global supply chain and fulfillment technology platform designed for SMB and Mid-Market ecommerce merchants to provide them access to best-in-class capabilities and to deliver a delightful shopper experience. Merchants can outsource their entire fulfillment operations, utilize ShipBob’s proprietary warehouse management system for in-house fulfillment, or take advantage of a hybrid solution across ShipBob’s dozens of fulfillment center network in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Europe, and Australia. ShipBob is backed by leading investors like Menlo Ventures, Bain Capital Ventures, Hyde Park Venture Partners, and SoftBank Vision Fund 2, and is one of the fastest-growing tech companies headquartered in Chicago. 

ShipBob provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. 
 
This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.