{"id":1172808,"url":"https://alion.io/job/coupa-software-principal-operations-research-scientistgurobicplexxpresspythonjavacc-go12years-11780","title":"Principal Operations Research Scientist(Gurobi/CPLEX/Xpress)(Python/Java/C++/C#/ Go)(12+years) - 11780","company":{"id":8573,"name":"Coupa Software","domain":"coupa.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/coupa","size_band":"201-500","is_staffing_agency":false,"is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Lever","truth_index":{"grade":"A","score":89,"open_postings":9,"ghost_share":0,"stale_share":0.222,"repost_share":0,"time_to_fill_p50_days":62,"computed_at":"2026-09-24T05:45:00Z"}},"role":"AI/ML","role_family":"AI/ML","seniority":"lead","employment_type":null,"work_mode":"hybrid","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Bengaluru, India"],"countries":["IN"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":{"min_usd":39000,"max_usd":93000,"period":"year","method":"global_role_cell_scaled_by_country","sample_n":636},"experience_years_min":12,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"C#","optional":false},{"name":"C++","optional":false},{"name":"Java","optional":false},{"name":"NLP","optional":false},{"name":"Python","optional":false},{"name":"Machine Learning","optional":true},{"name":"pySpark","optional":true},{"name":"Spark","optional":true},{"name":"SQL","optional":true}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-07-31T10:45:36Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-07-31","last_verified_at":"2026-09-24T13:56:56Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":55,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":55},"description":"The Impact of Principal Operations Research Scientist to Coupa:\nAt Coupa, we are building the smartest Business Spend Management (BSM) platform in the world. Our Supply Chain and Sourcing engineering teams develop advanced tools that help global enterprises design resilient supply chains, optimize procurement events, and maximize the value of every dollar spent. The Operations Research team is at the heart of this mission. As a Principal Operations Research Scientist, you will act as the principal hands-on architect for our core optimization engines, driving technical excellence and turning complex mathematical theories into scalable, production-ready enterprise software.\nWhat You’ll Do\nAlgorithmic Leadership: Take end-to-end technical ownership of complexoptimization features. Formulate, prototype, and implement advanced\nmathematical models (MIP, LP, NLP, Network Flow, and custom heuristics) to\nsolve strategic sourcing and supply chain challenges.\n\nArchitecture & Scalability: Partner with software architects to integrateoptimization models into Coupa’s high-throughput, multi-tenant SaaS platform.\nEnsure the code is modular, well-tested, and built to handle massive enterprise\ndatasets.\n\nSolver Tuning & Optimization: Bench-test, profile, and tune commercial solvers(e.g., Gurobi, CPLEX, Google OR-Tools) to dramatically improve performance,\nsolve times, and memory footprint under strict application SLAs.\n\nTechnical Mentorship: Act as a force multiplier by mentoring senior and juniorengineers/scientists. Establish code review standards and run design sessions to\nelevate the team's mathematical and engineering practices.\n\nCross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with Product Managers and SeniorEngineering leaders to define feature requirements, translate business objectives\ninto technical specifications, and manage algorithmic trade-offs.\n\nEmpirical Validation: Design robust validation frameworks and simulationenvironments to thoroughly test model behavior, ensuring stability and\nmathematical correctness against highly variable, messy real-world data.\n\nWhat You Will Bring to Coupa\nMaster’s degree or Ph.D. in Operations Research, Industrial Engineering,Applied Mathematics, Computer Science, or a closely related field.\n\n12+ years of industry experience applying operations research methods anddeploying production-level optimization models in commercial environments at\nscale.\n\nExpert knowledge of mathematical programming and deep experience withauthoring model formulations for commercial solvers (such as Gurobi, CPLEX, or\nXpress).\n\nStrong programming proficiency in Python, Java, C++, C# or Go, with a solidunderstanding of software design patterns and object-oriented programming.\n\nDeep understanding of computational complexity, advanced data structures, andalgorithmic design.\n\nExcellent communication skills, with a proven ability to explain highly complexmathematical behaviors to product and business leaders.\n\nYou are an elite mathematical modeler who also loves writing clean, production-grade code.\n\nYou are highly analytical, self-driven, and excel at converting ambiguous, high-level business constraints into structured, elegant algorithms.\n\nYou enjoy mentoring others and are passionate about cultivating a highlycollaborative, intellectually rigorous engineering culture.\n\nYou embody Coupa’s core values: Ensure Customer Success, Focus on Results,and Strive for Excellence.\n\nWhat Will Give You a Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications)\nDeep domain expertise in Supply Chain Network Design, Inventory Optimization,Production/Scheduling Optimization, Routing Optimization, Strategic\nProcurement, and/or Logistics.\n\nExperience utilizing Machine Learning techniques (e.g., forecasting, clustering) intandem with mathematical optimization models.\n\n Experience with PySpark, SQL, and processing large-scale datasets indistributed computing environments.","description_format":"text","description_chars":3906,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":12,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"master","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"India","iso":"IN","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Industrial Engineering","Software","Transportation & Logistics","Supply Chain"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-24T08:56:35Z"}],"liveness":{"score":57,"band":"ok","label":"Likely open","p_open":1,"p_active":0.757,"p_room":0.75,"age_days":55,"expected_fill_days":62,"reasons":["conf:6","win:late"],"computed_at":"2026-09-24T20:01:45Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/coupa-software-principal-operations-research-scientistgurobicplexxpresspythonjavacc-go12years-11780","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/coupa-software-principal-operations-research-scientistgurobicplexxpresspythonjavacc-go12years-11780.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-09-24T20:01:45Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers"}}