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About the role:
JDA Software is looking to hire a bright, innovative software engineer in the area of operations research.  This is a hands-on role where you will use your depth and breadth of knowledge to create innovative solutions to the some of the most challenging Supply Chain problems in the areas of factory scheduling, transportation, and inventory optimization.  You will be embedded within our product team's highly experienced Operations Research team and will work closely with our research group called JDA Labs.  

What you will do:

• Participate as a scrum team member.
• Contribute to Boston based optimization problems including factory scheduling, inventory optimization and transportation.
• Understand customer problems and create generalized solutions within the products existing optimization toolsets and frameworks.
• Develop constraint technology improvements that will be utilized in interactive scheduling - Participate in product design and code reviews
• Construct automated regression tests for all newly developed code.
• Understand business requirements of various JDA customers as needed
• Present and rationalize design strategy and decisions to diverse audiences through written reports and oral presentations.

Required Skills:
We are looking for individuals with a minimum of 2 years of experience, a strong background in software engineering, and knowledge of one or more of the following:   C++, Java, Python, CPLEX, other optimization programming language and frameworks.  

About You:

• You are passionate and optimistic.
• You are Innovative. You challenge assumptions.
• You evoke inspiration in those around you and encourage those around you to create their best work.
• You work for the best interest of the group at all times.
• You are not "political."
• You have an insatiable thirst for knowledge and improvement.
• You have a life outside of work. You are in sports leagues, take cooking classes, attend basket weaving seminars… you like to be involved in activities.
• You have unwavering personal integrity and work ethic.
• You have impeccable communication skills.
• You enjoy building new things and coming up with new solutions, not just working on existing products. You like being closely involved from the inception.
• You never fail at getting the right information out of people and then translating it to various technical and non-technical audiences.
• You are proactive.
• You graciously give and receive critical feedback.
• You define "good attitude."
• You believe that corporate scrum teams should function with the autonomy of an agency.

Why is JDA a great place for Product Development?

• Our Product Development Team is highly valued across the organization.
• JDA has 4,800 employees worldwide.
• You will get the stability of a large corporation, with the autonomy of a Scrum team.
• Our Boston office is located in the up-and-coming South Boston innovation district.  
• Our software is sustainable and is used by thousands of companies worldwide. We believe in work/life balance wholeheartedly.
• We have relentlessly high standards when it comes to the people we hire and the designs we produce.
• We are tied to our community.
• You will collaborate with a highly talented, fun and supportive team of colleagues.