Senior Applied Scientist, Operations Research

Requirements

• Solid experience in Operations Research and production-level Applied Science projects, with the ability and interest to own solutions end-to-end: from prototyping to deployment, maintenance, and continuous improvement.
• Deep understanding of Operations Research principles and a strong foundation in statistics.
• Proven ability to work in highly complex domains, break down challenging problems into manageable parts, and develop innovative solutions. Comfortable explaining technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience within logistics, optimization, or operational research domains is highly valued.
• Knowledge of experimental design and analysis, including A/B testing.
• Strong engineering skills with fluent coding ability in Python and experience working with databases (SQL). Experience with C++ or Go is a plus.
• Ideally, a degree in a field related to Operations Research or Applied Science.
• Analytical, curious, business-oriented, and proactive mindset, with the ability to independently drive work forward while collaborating effectively with stakeholders across teams.

What You'll Be Doing

• Owning applied science use cases as part of a product development team.
• Identifying opportunities, developing, and prototyping solutions.
• Supporting deployment, monitoring, and improving solutions in production.

Perks and Benefits

• Compensation will be a negotiable combination of monthly pay and DoorDash RSUs.
• Ownership in the company through DoorDash RSUs.