{"id":769489,"url":"https://alion.io/job/aimpointdigital-principal-decision-scientist-applied-optimization-and-simulation-2026-us","title":"Principal Decision Scientist, Applied Optimization and Simulation 2026 - US","company":{"id":693561,"name":"Aimpoint Digital","domain":"aimpointdigital.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/aimpointdigital","size_band":"11-50","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Breezy","truth_index":null},"role":"Science & Research","role_family":"Science & Research","seniority":"lead","employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"remote","remote_scope":"stated_countries","remote_scope_basis":"posting_text","remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"explicit","locations":["Atlanta, United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":["US"],"hiring_countries_total":1,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":{"min_usd":109000,"max_usd":218000,"period":"year","method":"role_seniority_country_remote_cell","sample_n":38},"experience_years_min":5,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"Agentic Workflows","optional":false},{"name":"AI Agents","optional":false},{"name":"Claude","optional":false},{"name":"Databricks","optional":false},{"name":"Machine Learning","optional":false},{"name":"Python","optional":false},{"name":"Snowflake","optional":false}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-09-09T20:17:49Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-10-19","last_verified_at":"2026-10-31T08:41:21Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":51,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":51},"description":"Aimpoint Digital is an AI and data consulting firm that turns AI ambition into production reality, built on the data and analytics foundation required to scale. This position is within our decision sciences practice which focuses on delivering production solutions via mathematical optimization and machine learning for our Federal customers.\nWhat you will do\nAs a part of Aimpoint Digital, you will focus on enabling our Federal clients to get the most out of their data. Our Decision Science practice focuses on business, data, and process understanding to identify the best approach to solve our client’s complex problems. We focus on delivering tangible value with models in production, not chasing theoretical boundaries with prototypes. Typical solutions will utilize machine learning, artificial intelligence, statistical analysis, automation, optimization, and data visualizations. As a Lead Decision Scientist you will be expected to work independently on client engagements, manage tasking for more junior decision scientists, take part in the development of our practice, aid in business development, and contribute innovative ideas and initiatives to our company. As a Principal Decision Scientist you will:\nBecome a trusted advisor working with clients to design and build end-to-end analytical solutions from initial solution architecture design through feature engineering, modeling, deployment, and maintenance\nWork independently to solve complex decision science use-cases across various industries using mathematical optimization, simulation, machine learning, statistical/mathematical modeling, and analytics to solve use cases for our federal clients\nUse your experience with decision science to build and manage agentic workflows to complete modeling tasks\nFlexibly lead projects, from hands-on single developer engagements through complex projects coordinating between account management and a team of developers across Aimpoint\nManage or mentor junior decision scientists through their career at Aimpoint\nSynthesize insights and construct narratives to influence decision making using optimization, simulation, statistics, ML modeling, and other techniques\nWrite code in Python following software engineering best practices\nTake models from development to production in client environments following DecisionOps/MLOps best practices\nCollaborate with stakeholders and customers to ensure successful project delivery\nAssist with technical proposal and GTM material development\nContribute to the Aimpoint perspective on agentic and AI accelerated decision science\nLead and deliver internal practice development initiatives\nWho we are looking for\nWe are looking for collaborative individuals who want to drive value, work in a fast-paced environment, and solve real business problems. You are a coder who uses AI to write efficient and optimized code. You are a problem-solver who can deliver simple, elegant solutions as well as cutting-edge solutions that, regardless of complexity, your clients can understand, implement, and maintain. You genuinely think about the end-to-end machine learning pipeline as you generate robust solutions. You are both a teacher and a student as we enable our clients, upskill our teammates, and learn from one another. You want to drive impact for your clients and do so through thoughtfulness, prioritization, and seeing a solution through from brainstorming to deployment. In particular you have these traits:\nMS/PhD in Operations Research, Industrial Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering, or other STEM-related field\nMS + 5-6 years practical experience\nPHD + 4-5 years practical experience\nStrong theoretical knowledge of optimization techniques, including linear programming and integer programming and/or dynamic programming and graph theory\nProficiency in a programming language such as Python, and/or proficiency in an optimization platform, AIMMS/AMPL/GAMS/Pyomo\nPractical experience with open-source solvers and commercial solvers, such as Gurobi, CPLEX or XPRESS\nRequired competency in Python for data manipulation and modeling via classical ML methodologies\nDemonstrated evidence of experience with end-to-end model development including but not limited to:\nRequirements gathering\nSolution design / architecture\nEDA / data validation\nModel development and testing\nModel deployment\nModel maintenance\nBusiness user handoff / training\nExperience communicating complex topics and results to high-level stakeholders. Strong written and verbal communication skills are required.\nSelf-starter with excellent communication skills, able to work independently, and lead projects, initiatives, and/or people\nWant to stand out?\nConsulting Experience\nDatabricks Machine Learning Associate or Machine Learning Professional Certification\nSnowflake SnowPro Core Certification or SnowPro Advanced: Data Scientist Certification\nClaude certification or experience to generate skills / agents for decision science tasks\nExperience with mathematical optimization and data science for Federal clients\nWe are actively seeking candidates for full-time, remote work within the US.","description_format":"text","description_chars":5139,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":5,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"master","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United States","iso":"US","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Artificial Intelligence","AI Consulting & Integration"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-11T21:11:38Z"}],"visa":[{"country":"US","licensed_sponsor":true,"evidence":"H-1B filings in 12 months: 4 · green card filings: 1","filings_12m":4,"filings_prev_12m":18,"green_card_filings_12m":1,"median_offered_wage_usd":150500,"route":null,"cap_exempt":false,"checked_at":"2026-10-29T16:27:21+00:00","sources":["US Department of Labor: LCA disclosure data (H-1B, H-1B1, E-3)","US Department of Labor: PERM disclosure data (green cards)"],"filings_for_role_12m":0}],"liveness":{"score":24,"band":"cold","label":"Long shot","p_open":1,"p_active":0.434,"p_room":0.55,"age_days":51,"expected_fill_days":35,"reasons":["conf:1","win:tail"],"computed_at":"2026-10-31T05:58:55Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/aimpointdigital-principal-decision-scientist-applied-optimization-and-simulation-2026-us","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/aimpointdigital-principal-decision-scientist-applied-optimization-and-simulation-2026-us.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-31T11:57:39Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":18460,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-01T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":693561},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=693561"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Faimpointdigital-principal-decision-scientist-applied-optimization-and-simulation-2026-us"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Faimpointdigital-principal-decision-scientist-applied-optimization-and-simulation-2026-us"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Faimpointdigital-principal-decision-scientist-applied-optimization-and-simulation-2026-us"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/aimpointdigital-principal-decision-scientist-applied-optimization-and-simulation-2026-us\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Faimpointdigital-principal-decision-scientist-applied-optimization-and-simulation-2026-us"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":769489}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"aimpointdigital.com","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":769489},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. Docs: https://alion.io/developers"}}