Avathon
Senior AI Scientist, Transportation & Logistics
Pleasanton, California, United States · Senior · Contract
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Sponsors, but it's cap-subject — you still face the weighted lottery (~61% per draw at Level IV). Good if you win; have a cap-exempt backup on your list.
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$15,136 more — $175,136 — moves this role to Level III and 3 lottery entries. That figure is inside the range the employer already advertised.
Based on the DOL prevailing wage for this occupation and worksite, a base salary of $175,136 would place this position at wage Level III. That figure is within the posted range, and I'd like to target it. This role classifies under "Computer and Information Research Scientists" for prevailing-wage purposes.
DOL prevailing wage, 2026-27 wage year · Computer and Information Research Scientists (15-1221) · San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA. Wage level is derived by USCIS from the offered wage, occupation and worksite; the occupation shown is inferred from the job title.
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About the role
- High-Growth Environment -- Thrive in a fast-scaling startup where agility, collaboration, and rapid professional growth are the norm.
- You will work on routing, scheduling, network optimization, ETA prediction and asset utilization across FTL, LTL, intermodal and maritime networks, including vessel scheduling and container repositioning.
- Our models run on top of a Computational Knowledge Graph that links shipments to the orders, parts and production they affect, so you can measure impact, not just delay.
Requirements
- Candidates must be based in the Bay Area, CA and are expected to report to our Pleasanton office 5 days a week.
Nice to have
- Solve maritime and container problems, including vessel scheduling, port operations and container repositioning
- Model the trade-off between expedite cost and production impact so recommendations make business sense
- Put models into production with engineering on cloud-native services, with monitoring, explanations and data validation
- Use graph features from the Computational Knowledge Graph and work with AI agents that triage exceptions and recommend actions
- PhD in Operations Research, Computer Science, Applied Math, Transportation Engineering or a related field
- 10+ years in AI, ML, optimization or supply chain systems
- Deep knowledge of routing algorithms (VRP, shortest path, heuristics and metaheuristics) and time series and probabilistic forecasting
- Hands-on Python (NumPy, pandas, PyTorch or TensorFlow) and optimization solvers (Gurobi, CPLEX, OR-Tools)
Compensation
- $160k - $240k salary annually.
- Pay for this position is based on a number of factors including geographic location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.
Equal opportunity
- Avathon is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
- If you need a reasonable accommodation, please contact us to discuss how we can assist you.
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