Senior Solutions Architect - Optimization (Italy) [445]
D-Wave Systems7 months ago
Remote, Italy or Milan, ItalySenior
Responsibilities
- Build customer applications on D-Wave quantum computers and develop internal tools.
- Review customer business problems, gather requirements, and propose solutions using D-Wave hybrid solvers and quantum systems.
- Lead brainstorming sessions, mathematically model use cases, and design, develop, test, and deploy quantum hybrid applications.
- Collaborate with delivery leads, application developers, solutions architects, internal teams, and external customers to deliver projects and achieve customer business value.
- Communicate technical information clearly, provide technical leadership from requirements through implementation, and maintain relationships across D-Wave groups.
- Share customer and project insights with product and tools teams and help prioritize new product features.
- Deliver projects on time with predictable quality and participate in an inclusive, collaborative work environment.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience with Python.
- Master's, PhD, or equivalent in Operations Research, Data Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, Physics, or a related technical field is preferred.
- Experience working directly with external customers, ideally in a consulting role, to identify requirements and advise on complex business solutions.
- Experience with leading optimization tools such as CPLEX or Gurobi, plus strong mathematical modeling and optimization solution techniques.
- Experience building production applications that solve complex business problems for customers.
- Experience with version control software such as Git.
- Technical leadership experience spanning business-problem definition, functional requirements, solution design, and implementation.
- Collaborative interpersonal skills, strong project-delivery judgment, urgency, and a record of successful on-time delivery.
- Experience with NumPy, Pandas, Scikit-learn, and NetworkX is a bonus.
- Industry experience in manufacturing, logistics, retail, or services is preferred.
Benefits
- The role may start as 100% remote and later transition to a hybrid role based in Milan, Italy.
- D-Wave offers company ownership, competitive pay, base compensation, equity, bonuses, perks, and benefits; specific total rewards are reviewed during the interview process.
About D-Wave Systems
D-Wave Systems builds quantum computing hardware and software, focused on quantum annealing, with access delivered via its Leap cloud and on-premise systems. It sells subscriptions, systems, and professional services to commercial, government, and research users tackling optimization and machine-learning workloads. Founded in 1999 and headquartered in Palo Alto, it is a public company listed on the NYSE.