Algorithms Researcher

Via is using technology to transform transportation around the world. From changing a single person’s daily commute to reducing humanity’s collective environmental footprint — we’ve got huge goals.

As an Algorithms Researcher at Via, you'll join a team that explores the vast collection of relevant data and creates the optimization algorithms that drive Via's mass scale, complex, multi-dimensional automated dispatch.

What You'll Do:

• Mathematically model the competing demands on Via's system.
• Develop online decision-making systems that optimize system utilization while maintaining quality of service for riders.
• Develop algorithms that implement decision-making systems in an efficient and scalable way.
• Use sophisticated statistical methods to analyze demand, traffic and fleet performance, and generate insights that inform algorithm development.

Who You Are:

• M.Sc./PhD Computer Science / Mathematics / Physics or similar
• Significant academic research experience in relevant fields.
• Extensive knowledge of algorithms, with a focus on graph theory and combinatorial optimization.
• Minimum of 4-5 years of experience in hands-on algorithms development.
• Analytical: you can extract the essential features of a complex real-life problem to arrive at a simple and relevant mathematical model.
• Experience in Python programming - Advantage.
• Fast learner: you can quickly master concepts, disciplines and methods.
• Strong interpersonal and communications skills.
• Hands-on: you are able to realize your ideas in code.

Compensation and Benefits

• Joining a global employer with over 700 mobility deployments in 40+ countries
• Our product impacts millions of users around the world providing alternative transport solutions that are more: efficient and accessible, changing cities to make them greener.
• Competitive compensation package which includes base salary and stock options
• Health insurance with a discount for family members
• Hybrid work and a lovely office situated in the heart of TLV, in Midtown, close to the light rail and train station
• Career development and growth opportunities
• Other perks: Freefit and other sports lessons, 10bis/Cibus - you choose!, happy hours, team events, communities and many more benefits.

Founded in 2012, Via pioneered the TransitTech category by using new technologies to develop public mobility systems — optimizing networks of buses, shuttles, wheelchair accessible vehicles, school buses, autonomous vehicles, and electric vehicles around the globe. 

Building the world's most efficient, equitable, and sustainable transportation network for all passengers — including those with limited mobility, those without smartphones, and unbanked populations — Via works with its partners to lower the costs of public transit while providing transportation options that rival the convenience of a personal car while reducing environmental impact. 

At the intersection of transportation and technology, Via is a visionary market leader that combines software innovation with sophisticated service design and operational expertise to fundamentally improve the way the world moves, providing technology in 650 communities and more than 35 countries and counting.

We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace. If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles. All backgrounds, identities, and voices are welcomed and celebrated at Via.

Ready to join the ride?

Via is an equal opportunity employer.