Operations Research Scientist
About the role
Use advanced optimization modeling techniques to build and deploy prescriptive tools to help drive critical business decisions in public safety operations.
Responsibilities
- Model and document operations processes to better understand how to approach improving them
- Work alongside Engineering and Operations teams to better understand issues and communicate plans and solutions
- Develop custom optimization algorithms to solve critical operations and logistics use cases
- Develop metrics to best measure effectiveness of a solution
- Perform data analysis to understand anomalies or aberrations
- Integrate and deploy solutions into existing operations systems
Qualifications
- BS/MS/PhD in Operations Research, Industrial Engineering, Data Science, Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, or related field, or equivalent industry experience
- 3+ years proven experience as an operations researcher or equivalent role
- Experience developing and maintaining end-to-end operations research production processes, including data modeling, algorithm development, testing, and metric tracking
- Strong experience using optimization packages such as CPLEX, Gurobi and OR-Tools
- Strong experience using programming languages such as C++, Java, and Python to implement optimization models
- Proficiency in SQL and data processing skills, with exposure/experience with dbt a strong plus
- Experience in data visualization tools (ex. Sigma, Tableau)
- Exposure to cloud infrastructure platforms and deployment patterns
- Ability to communicate with business partners and drive for solutions to complex and abstract problems
- Effectively communicate, and seek to understand and be understood
Skills
About Flock Safety
The first public safety operating system that eliminates crime.
Flock Safety provides the first public safety operating system that empowers private communities and law enforcement to work together to eliminate crime. We are committed to protecting human privacy and mitigating bias in policing with the development of best-in-class technology rooted in ethical design, which unites civilians and public servants in pursuit of a safer, more equitable society. Our Safety-as-a-Service approach includes affordable devices powered by LTE and solar that can be installed anywhere. Our technology detects and captures objective details, decodes evidence in real-time and delivers investigative leads into the hands of those who matter. While safety is a serious business, we are a supportive team that is optimizing the remote experience to create strong and fun relationships even when we are physically apart. Our flock of hard-working employees thrive in a positive and inclusive environment, where a bias towards action is rewarded. Flock Safety is headquartered in Atlanta and operates nationwide. We have raised $150M in our Series E led by Tiger Global at a $3.5B valuation.
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