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About Optiml
Optiml is revolutionizing real estate with our Real Estate Decision Intelligence (REDI) software—a new category of AI-powered technology that helps decarbonize buildings while optimizing asset & portfolio performance.
Since our launch in April 2024, we have been scaling across Europe and the US, receiving significant industry recognition and winning three major PropTech awards, including:
🏆 2024 ULI Europe PropTech of the Year
🏆 2024 ZIA PropTech of the Year
We are backed by $6M in pre-seed funding from top-tier US and EU funds, including Innovation Endeavors (the fund of former Google CEO Eric Schmidt), Planet A, BitStone, and Kompas.
Tasks
- Lead the engineering development of a part of the core product.
- Ramp up quickly on domain knowledge in the real estate / buildings industry required to understand the problem space.
- Come up with innovative solutions to solve our customers' problems.
- Own the whole development lifecycle: prototype to specs to production.
- Collaborate with peers on architecture, design and code reviews.
- Simplify complexity, guide the team toward clear, pragmatic solutions.
- Mentor engineers, raise standards and help the team move faster with confidence.
- Build systems that can scale with Optiml’s growth from startup to scale-up.
Requirements
Who we are looking for
- Embrace Challenges: You prioritize speed and flexibility, adept at making swift compromises to maintain momentum.
- Push The Limits: You are able to quickly and efficiently execute tasks, demonstrating strong initiative and self-drive.
- Inspire Others: You bring kindness and humor to the team, enhancing both morale and collaboration.
- Champion The Customer: You do what is right for the customer and can deliver outcomes.
Must have
- MSc in Computer science, Math or equivalent.
- 7+ years of experience designing, building and maintaining data-intensive applications.
- Expertise in system architecture, algorithms, and performance optimization.
- Proven record of shipping and scaling back-end systems (Python, C++) in fast-moving environments.
- Experience bridging production grade engineering and research (Optimization, ML).
- Ability to make sound trade-offs and drive outcomes that balance speed and quality.
- Outstanding written and verbal communication skills in English.
- Desire to work from our Zurich office.
Nice to have:
- Experience from startup to scale up
- Knowledge of financial modeling or physics-based simulations
Benefits
- Learning and development budget of CHF 1k (conferences, certificates, etc.).
- Shit happens: 100% accident non-occupational accident insurance (UVG) covered.
- Flexible parental leave and hybrid work setup
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