Role Overview

This role combines algorithm design, applied optimization, and production software development.

Key Responsibilities

Optimization Model Design & Development
- Design and implement optimization models for rail crew rostering, considering operational, regulatory, and contractual constraints.
- Mixed Integer Linear Programming (MILP)
- Constraint Programming (CP)
- Metaheuristics (Genetic Algorithm, Simulated Annealing, Tabu Search, Large Neighborhood Search, etc.)
- Hybrid OR + metaheuristic approaches for large-scale optimization
- Model constraints including:
- Duty time limits, rest rules, and labor regulations
- Crew qualifications, route familiarity, and skill requirements
- Shift continuity, fairness, and crew preferences
- Coverage requirements and operational robustness
- Develop objective functions to optimize for cost, utilization, fairness, robustness, and operational efficiency.

Algorithm Engineering & Performance Optimization
- Design scalable and productive optimization algorithms capable of handling real-world rail network scale.




- Implement solution heuristics and decomposition strategies to improve performance.
- Perform benchmarking, tuning, and performance optimization.

Python Development & API Integration
- Develop modular, production-quality Python code for the optimization engine.
- Expose optimizer functionality via REST APIs (using FastAPI, Flask, or similar frameworks).
- Ensure clean architecture, modular design, and extensibility.
- Package and deploy optimization services for integration with enterprise systems.

Integration & Deployment
- Support deployment in cloud or on-prem environments.
- Ensure robustness, logging, monitoring, and error handling.

Validation & Continuous Improvement
- Validate optimization outputs with domain stakeholders.
- Improve algorithms based on real-world operational feedback.Document models, assumptions, and system architecture.

Required Qualifications

Education
- Master's or PhD in one of

📌 Trq27-0135-01-or Consultant (Karnataka)
🏢 IBS Software
📍 Karnataka