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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Applied Scientist (all genders) - B2B Data Science and Algorithms - **Company:** Zalando - **Location:** United States (Remote available) - **Experience:** Experienced - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Testing (Software), Batch Processing, Big Data, Continuous Integration, General-Purpose Computing on Graphics Processing Units, Integer Programming, Machine Learning, Monte Carlo Methods, Recommender Systems, Service Design, SQL Databases, Prophet, Large Language Models, Deep Learning, Git, Virtual Agents, Docker - **Published:** July 29, 2026 - **Apply:** https://arc.dev/remote-jobs/j/redirect/p8bo0d27y2 ## About the Role * Educational background in a quantitative field - Masters degree or higher preferred. * 3+ years of hands-on industry experience in an Applied Scientist, Data Scientist, or Research Scientist role, applying scientific methods to solve business problems. * Industry demonstrated knowledge and skills in at least one the following areas * Machine Learning or Deep Learning, particularly applied for time-series forecasting (e.g., LGBM, ARIMA, Prophet, Transformers, Nixtla, Darts,...) * Machine Learning Engineering (e.g. service design, batch processing, GPU computing, git, docker, CI/CD, software testing) * Operations Research and Optimization, (e.g., stochastic inventory models, linear/integer programming, Monte Carlo simulations, …) * Agentic AI & MCP evaluation frameworks * Proficiency in SQL and experience working with large-scale datasets. * Strong communication skills with the ability to explain complex scientific concepts to product managers and business stakeholders. A collaborative, product-oriented mindset and a desire to see your work create real-world impact. * An entrepreneurial mindset, you value a diverse and fast-paced business environment, and hence balance your passion for research with pragmatism to drive actions and create impact for our customers. * You have a passion for learning and growing by doing. We are here to help you. One of the preferred values of the team is "High Challenge, High Support"! * Excellent communication skills! We cherish our open and direct feedback culture in the team! ## Description We are seeking an Applied Scientist who is fueled by the desire to build innovative and impactful ML/Optimization systems for our B2B logistics partners. You will join an existing team of Applied Scientists, and Machine Learning Engineers and work in a cross-functional setup with Product Managers, Data and Software Engineers. The team's focus is helping our B2B partners improve inventory health and order fulfilment efficiency. You will be building various ML/DL forecasting models (demand, returns, lead-times), stochastic inventory optimization solutions, recommendation services and emerging Agentic AI systems that generate these key insights for our partners and enable them to make data-driven decisions about their article assortment and inventory. You will play a key role in a cross-functional team! WHY YOU SHOULD BE INTERESTED… * Shape the Product from Day One You won't be a "model factory" stuck in a silo! You will be a core scientific partner, working directly with product and user research to define the problem , not just solve it. Your expertise will directly influence the product roadmap and identify new opportunities to create value for our partners. * Solve High-Stakes, Complex Scientific Problems This is your chance to go beyond standard forecasting. You'll be tackling cutting-edge challenges in stochastic inventory optimization, multi-echelon demand forecasting (including returns and lead-times), and building recommender systems for assortment planning. Your work will be at the absolute core of our partners' profitability. * Pioneer Agentic AI & Robust Evaluations As we explore opening up MCP servers to our partners, you will contribute to defining how we measure their performance/success in the user's agentic journey. You will design and implement rigorous Agentic AI evaluation frameworks/metrics (e.g., LLM-as-a-judge, trajectory evaluation, and safety guardrails) to ensure the autonomous systems connecting to the MCPs act reliably and logically on behalf of our B2B partners. * End-to-End Ownership You will have the autonomy to see your ideas through from initial research and prototyping all the way to production. You will define the metrics for success, collaborate with engineers to deploy your models as scalable services, and monitor their real-world impact on partner KPIs. * Drive Impact at a multi-merchant scale Your solutions won't just help one partner. 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