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Every breakthrough in artificial intelligence depends on one thing: access to electricity. But across the country, aging grid infrastructure and years-long interconnection queues are slowing the deployment of the data centers that will power the next generation of innovation. Solving this challenge isn't just about energy-it's about unlocking the future of AI.\nAt Verse, we're building the energy intelligence platform for the AI economy. Our software helps the world's largest energy consumers achieve faster, cheaper, and cleaner power by combining real-time control of energy assets with complete visibility into their energy portfolio. Backed by Bessemer Venture Partners, GV, Coatue, and NVIDIA, and built by pioneers in grid-scale batteries, energy markets, and enterprise software, we're redefining how the world's most ambitious organizations access and manage energy.\nThe Role\nWe're seeking an experienced Senior Optimization Engineer to join our Data Science Team. In this role, you will lead the design, development, and deployment of optimization models that power our software platform across applications including electricity markets, renewable energy, and battery energy storage systems.\nYou will be responsible for developing production-grade optimization engines that solve complex operational and planning problems at scale. This role requires deep expertise in mathematical optimization, strong software engineering skills in Python, and experience building optimization models that integrate with production systems. The ideal candidate has significant experience in the energy industry, particularly electricity markets and battery storage optimization.\nThis position emphasizes technical leadership, ownership of complex optimization projects, and collaboration across engineering, product, and commercial teams to deliver high-impact optimization solutions.\nKey Responsibilities\nLead End-to-End Optimization Engineering: Lead the development of optimization solutions from mathematical formulation through production deployment. Translate business requirements into scalable optimization models and implement them as robust, maintainable Python software. Design reusable optimization frameworks and services that integrate seamlessly into Verse's cloud platform and support long-term product development\nOptimization Modeling & Solver Development: Design and implement mathematical optimization models using linear, mixed-integer, quadratic, and related optimization techniques. Formulate robust models for scheduling, dispatch, planning, and operational decision-making, and improve solver performance through model reformulation, decomposition methods, warm starts, heuristics, and parameter tuning to ensure scalable, production-ready optimization solutions.\nEnergy Systems Modeling: Develop optimization models for electricity markets, battery energy storage systems, renewable energy assets, and other distributed energy resources. Translate market rules and operational constraints into mathematically rigorous optimization formulations.\nSoftware Engineering & Productionization: Write clean, well-tested, and maintainable Python code following modern software engineering best practices. Contribute to architecture decisions, testing frameworks, CI/CD pipelines, and deployment of optimization services.\nCross-Functional Collaboration: Partner closely with product managers, software engineers, data scientists, and commercial stakeholders to understand business requirements and deliver optimization capabilities that integrate into customer-facing products.\nTechnical Leadership: Mentor junior engineers, establish best practices for optimization modeling and software development, conduct code reviews, and help shape the technical direction of Verse's optimization platform.\nWhat We're Looking For (Minimum Qualifications)\n5+ years of professional experience developing mathematical optimization models in production environments\nDemonstrated experience independently leading complex optimization projects from formulation through deployment\nProfessional experience developing production software in Python\nExperience deploying optimization models into scalable production systems\nProfessional experience in the energy industry is required\nExperience with battery energy storage optimization is strongly preferred\nMaster's degree or higher in Operations Research, Industrial Engineering, Applied Mathematics, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related quantitative field. A bachelor's degree with significant relevant experience may also be considered.\nWhat Will Make You Stand Out (Preferred Qualifications)\nExperience optimizing battery energy storage systems in wholesale electricity markets\nKnowledge of market optimization problems involving ISO/RTO markets (CAISO, ERCOT, PJM, MISO, NYISO, ISO-NE, etc.)\nFamiliarity with stochastic optimization, robust optimization, or multi-stage optimization methods\nExperience developing optimization services for real-time or operational decision support systems\nExperience mentoring engineers or leading technical projects\nPhD in Operations Research, Applied Mathematics, Industrial Engineering, or a related quantitative discipline\nWhat makes Verse a great place to work? \nLead with Empathy: We lift each other up with humility and kindness, always putting colleagues and customers first\nBe Honest & Transparent: We prioritize effective communication to build trust with our team, customers, and stakeholders\nMove with Balance & Precision: We believe speed and perseverance must be accompanied by thoughtfulness and reflection\nLeave the World a Better Place: We are passionate about our mission, and we strive to create a sustainable world for future generations\nBase Pay Range\n$150,000-$210,000\nThis is the estimated base salary range for this position, which does not include the value of benefits or a potential equity grant. A wide range of factors are considered in making compensation decisions, including but not limited to skill sets, market conditions, experience and training, licensure and certifications, and business and organizational needs.\nBenefits and Employee Perks \nCompetitive compensation and equity grant at a high-growth start up \nComprehensive benefits package including medical, dental and vision insurance, and 401k \nFlexible hours and unlimited PTO \nDiverse and inclusive working environment \nVerse is an equal opportunity employer. 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