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Your work will directly improve aircraft utilization, scheduling efficiency, connectivity, and cost optimization across a global airline network.\nThe ideal candidate has strong expertise in optimization, mathematical modeling, and large-scale system development, with hands-on experience building Operations Research solutions for complex real-world scheduling and planning problems as well as deep programming skills.\nAs a Senior Developer - Operations Research at United Airlines, you will:\nBe a member of the product development team responsible for designing and developing new and existing applications supporting airline network planning and scheduling solutions.\nBuild and implement high-quality Operations Research (OR) or ML models following software engineering best practices.\nDevelop mathematical programming models, including linear programming, mixed-integer programming, nonlinear optimization, or ML/ statistical models, to solve complex airline operational problems.\nWork closely with engineering teams to integrate optimization models into applications and digital platforms.\nDevelop optimization solutions considering constraints such as aircraft allocation, connectivity, airport slot constraints, availability, and operational cost efficiency.\nSolve large-scale optimization problems using CPLEX and similar commercial solvers or Extensive experience designing, training, and operationalizing machine learning solutions, including LightGBM and other gradient boosting frameworks, in large-scale enterprise environments with high-volume data and business-critical decision-making processes.\nCollaborate with Operations Research specialists and stakeholders to translate business requirements into analytical and algorithmic solutions.\nAnalyze model performance and provide recommendations to improve operational efficiency and decision-making outcomes.\nContinuously enhances optimization model efficiency, scalability, and robustness through research-driven improvements.\nProduction support.\nThis position is offered on local terms and conditions. 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