# Quantitative Researcher, Optimisation

Relay is fundamentally reshaping how goods move in an online era. Backed by Europe’s largest-ever logistics Series A ($35M) led by deep-tech investors Plural, and a recently closed Series B ($95M), Relay is scaling faster than 99% of venture-backed startups. We're assembling the most talent-dense team the logistics industry has ever seen Relay’s Mission is to free commerce from friction. Today, high delivery costs act as a hidden tax on e-commerce, quietly shaping what can be sold online and limiting who can participate. We envision a world where more goods move more freely between more people, making the online shopping experience seamless and accessible to everyone. THE TEAM ~160 people, around half in engineering, product and data 45+ advanced degrees across computer science, mathematics and operations research Thousands of data points captured, calculated, analysed and predicted for every single parcel we handle An intellectually vibrant culture of first-principles thinking, tight feedback loops and relentless experimentation Millions of parcels, thousands of couriers, and routing, pricing and scheduling decisions needed in real time and under uncertainty. Relay's last mile is

- **Id**: 3972706
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/relay-technologies-limited-quantitative-researcher-optimisation>
- **Role**: Data Science
- **Role family**: Data Science
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: London, United Kingdom
- **Countries**: GB
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-09T14:28:40Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-09
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-09T16:48:05Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 4150
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Commerce, Delivery

## Company

- **Id**: 3799710
- **Name**: Relay Technologies Limited
- **Domain**: relaytech.co
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/relaytech>
- **Size band**: 51-200
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Ashby

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 95
- **Open postings**: 24
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 152
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-09T06:03:00Z

## Technologies

- **Recommender Systems** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: phd
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-09T16:48:05Z

## Visa

- Country: GB; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: Licensed UK visa sponsor (Skilled Worker); Route: Skilled Worker

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 152
- **Reasons**: conf:2, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-09T19:37:01Z

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