Role Description We are looking for a Senior Data Scientist to join our Price Optimization team. In this role, you will design, develop, and maintain optimization solutions that help drive smarter pricing and promotional decisions across retail use cases. This is a senior individual contributor role with technical leadership responsibilities, including solution ownership, mentoring, and cross-functional influence. This position is ideal for someone with a strong background in mathematical optimization and experience applying optimization techniques to real-world business problems such as: - Markdown optimization - Promotion planning - Retail pricing strategies You will work closely with cross-functional teams including Product Managers, Engineering teams, and fellow Data Scientists to deliver scalable, production-ready solutions. Beyond project delivery, we are looking for someone who can help champion optimization as a core capability across the business unit. Our teams operate with end-to-end ownership of the products they build — from solution design and development to deployment, monitoring, and operational support. Qualifications - Master’s or PhD degree in Mathematics, Computer Science, Operations Research, or a related field with a focus on Optimization - 5+ years of experience developing software solutions in Python, preferably in production environments - Strong SQL skills and experience working with large-scale datasets - Experience building and maintaining end-to-end production systems for data science, optimization, or decision automation workflows - Strong understanding of software engineering best practices, including version control, code review, testing, documentation, and agile development - Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English - Ability to collaborate effectively with Product, Engineering, Data Engineering, and business stakeholders Requirements - Lead the design, development, and ownership of Price & Promotions Optimization solutions at Centric Software - Develop scalable optimization models and production-ready data science solutions - Collaborate proactively with Product Managers, Software Engineers, and Data Scientists to deliver integrated solutions - Define and drive optimization strategies for business-critical use cases - Communicate technical concepts effectively to both technical and non-technical stakeholders - Mentor team members on best practices in data science, optimization, and distributed computing - Produce clear and maintainable technical documentation for architectures, workflows, and operational processes - Contribute to a culture of continuous improvement, innovation, and knowledge sharing Preferred Qualifications - Experience applying optimization techniques in retail domains such as pricing, markdowns, or promotions - Exposure to operations research techniques, mathematical programming (linear and mixed-integer programming), or large-scale optimization systems - Experience building and maintaining end-to-end production systems for data science or optimization workflows - Familiarity with Databricks, Spark, and distributed computing frameworks - Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS - Experience working with Backend and Data Engineers Benefits - Equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants - Commitment to building an inclusive, equitable, and diverse team