Avathon
Engineering Lead, Planning
$160K–$220K
Pleasanton, California, United States · Full-time · Posted Oct 19, 2026
- Experience
- 8+ years of software engineering experience, including 3+ years leading engineers.
- Education
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Operations Research, or a related field.
About the job
Leads hands-on engineering for Avathon’s Planning product, turning forecasting and optimization models into scalable production planning software.
What you'll do
- Own Planning architecture, data pipelines, plan generation, scenario runs, and production quality and reliability.
- Productionize forecasting and optimization models and integrate planning data with the Computational Knowledge Graph and other platform components.
- Lead and mentor engineers; partner on roadmap and releases and support customer go-lives and escalations.
What they ask for
- 8+ years of software engineering experience, including 3+ years leading engineers.
- Built planning, scheduling, forecasting, or optimization software.
- Strong backend skills in Python, Java, or similar, with experience building data pipelines and APIs; experience integrating optimization solvers and ML models into production.
- Solid understanding of supply chain planning concepts and experience with large-scale data processing and cloud platforms (GCP or AWS).
Nice to have
- Graph data models are a plus.
- Planning software experience at a vendor such as Blue Yonder, o9 Solutions, Kinaxis, Oracle SCM, SAP IBP, or Anaplan, or on planning systems at a large manufacturer.
Pay
$160,000-$220,000 USD base salary
Tools
Python, Java, Gurobi, CPLEX, OR-Tools, GCP, AWS
AI focus
Productionize forecasting and optimization models with AI scientists, integrate ML models into production planning systems, and work with the agent team on plan explanations, exception flags, and recommended actions.
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