--- title: 'Associate Data Scientist – Optimization & Operations Research at Aera Technology' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/associate-data-scientist-optimization-operations-research-aera-technology-pune-0adzgjejpha5' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-09' --- # Associate Data Scientist – Optimization & Operations Research at Aera Technology - **Company:** Aera Technology - **Location:** Pune, India - **Employment:** full-time - **Work type:** hybrid - **Posted:** 2026-08-27 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-09 - **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/aeratechnology/d9271f5c-b9f8-49ff-8895-3a118c464114 ## Job description Aera Technology is a pioneer in the growing category of Decision Intelligence Platforms and a Leader in the Gartner® Magic Quadrant™for 2026– the technology to digitize, augment, and automate decision-making processes with AI and machine learning. Through our AI decision automation platform, Aera Decision Cloud™, we are helping the best-known brands in the world make smarter, faster decisions. The need for decision intelligence has never been greater. The digitization of the economy has introduced a paradox: Companies today are awash in data, yet the velocity, volume, and complexity of that information is outpacing their ability to make decisions with the speed and precision that today’s business environment demands. Decision intelligence represents the critical shift — moving from people making decisions with machine support to machines making decisions guided by people. As the digital economy accelerates into an era defined by agentic AI, this shift has become a competitive necessity, enabling organizations to act faster, adapt with confidence, and unlock value once beyond reach. Aera Technology is at the forefront of this agentic revolution.Recognized by IDC as a leader in decision intelligence and cited by Gartner in its Market Guide for Decision Intelligence, we’re the trusted choice of global market leaders. Built on a comprehensive and composable platform, Aera empowers organizations to optimize and automate all types of decisions, across every business area. We are looking for an Associate Data Scientist with exceptional strength and deep interest in Operations Research and mathematical optimization. In this role, you will turn complex planning, pricing, and supply chain problems into well-structured optimization models and help design algorithms that run at scale in real customer environments. ## Responsibilities - Work with real-world business data to formulate optimization problems in areas such as supply chain, inventory, production planning, and pricing. - Design, implement, test, and refine linear, integer, and mixed-integer programming models, along with heuristic or meta-heuristic approaches where needed. - Prototype and compare alternative formulations and solution strategies, balancing optimality, robustness, and runtime performance. - Use commercial and open-source solvers (e.g., Gurobi, CPLEX, COIN-OR) effectively, including model diagnostics, tuning, and performance analysis. - Collaborate with solution delivery and data engineering teams to integrate optimization models into end‑to‑end decision workflows. - Engage with customers and internal stakeholders to understand requirements, explain model behavior and trade-offs, and iterate on designs. ## About You - Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Operations Research, Applied Mathematics, Industrial Engineering, Computer Science, or a related quantitative field. - 1-3 of experience in optimization / OR, including internships, academic projects, or industry experience; outstanding fresh graduates are encouraged to apply. - Strong foundations in linear algebra, probability, optimization theory, and algorithms, with clear intuition for LP/MIP modeling. - Hands-on experience formulating and solving optimization models using at least one solver (Gurobi, CPLEX, COIN-OR, etc.) and one programming language (preferably Python). - Demonstrated passion for OR: coursework, theses, competitions, or open-source contributions. - Ability to reason from first principles, question assumptions, and propose alternative formulations when the first approach does not work. - Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment, taking ownership, and learning new problem domains quickly. ## Nice to Have - Exposure to supply chain, logistics, or pricing optimization problems. - Experience with large-scale data handling (SQL, Spark, or similar) to prepare input data for optimization runs. - Familiarity with building small services or scripts to operationalize optimization runs (e.g., scheduling, APIs, or batch jobs). If you share our passion for building a sustainable, intelligent, and efficient world, you’re in the right place. Established in 2017 and headquartered in Mountain View, California, we're a series D start-up, with teams in Mountain View, San Francisco (California), Bucharest and Cluj-Napoca (Romania), Paris (France), Munich (Germany), London (UK), Pune (India), and Sydney (Australia).  So join us, and let’s build this! Aera Technology is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, or disability status. ## Benefits Summary At Aera Technology, we strive to support our Aeranauts and their loved ones through different stages of life with a variety of attractive benefits, and great perks. In addition to offering a competitive salary and company stock options, we have other great benefits available. You’ll find comprehensive medical, Group Medical Insurance, Term Insurance, Accidental Insurance, paid time off, Maternity leave, and much more. We offer unlimited access to online professional courses for both professional and personal development, coupled with people manager development programs. We believe in a flexible working environment, to allow our Aeranauts to perform at their best, ensuring a healthy work-life balance. When you’re working from the office, you’ll also have access to a fully-stocked kitchen with a selection of snacks and beverages. ## About Aera Technology ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Aera Technology provides an agentic decision intelligence platform that automates and optimizes enterprise decisions in real time using AI. - **Entity Type**: Private (Series B+; total funding $173.7M) - **Headquarters**: Mountain View, California, United States - **Founded**: 2017 - **Founders**: Frederic Laluyaux (Co-Founder, President & CEO) and Shariq Mansoor (Co-Founder & CTO) ## Core Business - Primary industry/industries: Decision Intelligence, Enterprise AI, SaaS - Target customers: Large enterprises (B2B) across supply chain, operations, finance, and other functions - Mission or purpose statement: “To make decision intelligence the operating system of the global enterprise.” ## Products & Services - **[Aera Decision Intelligence Platform]**: A SaaS platform that crawls enterprise systems, augments data, predicts risks and opportunities, recommends actions, executes them autonomously, and learns from outcomes. The platform is marketed as “the first agentic decision intelligence.” ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed (private company) - **Key Metric**: Annual Revenue of $30M (source: LinkedIn) and Total Funding of $173.7M (across 8 rounds, latest in 2022) - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Not explicitly listed in the provided search results, but the company has raised from multiple investors (details not given). The leadership team includes experienced operators, and the company has a board of accomplished individuals. - **Growth Signals**: Headcount grew 3.3% YoY to 338 employees; operates in 5 countries (US, Romania, Australia, France, Singapore) with engineering hubs in Pune, India, and London, UK; expanding sales roles in the Americas and Europe. ## Competitive Advantages - First-mover in the “decision intelligence” category, unifying data, analytics, AI, and automation. - Agentic platform that not only recommends but also acts autonomously, learning from every decision. - Strong enterprise focus with end-to-end visibility across operations, enabling faster, more accurate decisions. ## Strategic Focus - Scale the platform globally across enterprise functions (supply chain, operations, finance). - Continue to invest in AI/ML and autonomous decision-making capabilities. - Expand sales and customer success teams, particularly in the Americas and Europe. ## Why Work Here - Culture highlights: Emphasis on innovation, big challenges, integrity, accountability, and global teamwork. Rated 3.7/5 on Glassdoor (187 reviews): Work-Life 3.7, Compensation 3.4, Culture 3.9, Career 3.5. - Remote/hybrid/office policy: Hybrid roles available (e.g., Pune, India) and some fully remote US positions (e.g., Senior Software Engineer – CALC engine). Offices in Mountain View, San Francisco, Paris, Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca, Munich, London, and Pune. - Notable perks: Comprehensive healthcare plans, stock option grants, challenging work, professional growth opportunities. Uses AI tools in hiring with transparency. ## Sources 1. [aeratechnology.com](https://www.aeratechnology.com/) 2. [aeratechnology.com/about-us](https://www.aeratechnology.com/about-us/) 3. [aeratechnology.com/careers](https://www.aeratechnology.com/careers/) 4. 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