# Head of Applied Science at Rohlik

- Company: Rohlik
- Status: Open
- Workplace: Hybrid
- Location: Prague, Czech Republic · Remote · Group career pages
- Level: Principal
- Discipline: AI & ML
- Employment: Full-time
- Posted: 2026-10-06
- Skills: IT
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/rohlik/c085f3c9-2a81-4550-94c9-ca83c9b757b5

## Description

Rohlik is the leading Central European e-grocer. More than a million customers shop with us across Rohlik.cz http://Rohlik.cz, Knuspr.de http://Knuspr.de, Kifli.hu http://Kifli.hu, Gurkerl.at http://Gurkerl.at, and Sezamo.ro http://Sezamo.ro, choosing from over 20,000 items delivered within hours in 15-minute windows.

Behind every order is a continuous stream of automated decisions: how much inventory to buy for each warehouse, how many pickers to schedule on Thursday morning, where in the warehouse a product should sit, and which van carries which bags. Our models make these choices every day across five countries. When a forecast is accurate, shelves stay full and waste is minimized. When a plan is right, warehouses run on exact labor needs and orders arrive precisely in the customer’s chosen window. Get it wrong, and it immediately translates into shrink, overtime, tied-up capital, and missed customer deliveries.




WHY THIS ROLE IS EXCITING

 - Direct operational and business impact: Your team’s models directly drive availability, shrink, fulfillment costs, and working capital across all five markets.

 - True ownership with zero friction: We operate automated production pipelines with no committee between your team and deployment—a solid backtest is all you need to ship.

 - Unification of two core capabilities: You will bring Forecasting and Optimization into a single function, building an end-to-end decision-making ecosystem from the ground up.

 - AI-first environment: Our engineers use AI coding agents (Devin, Claude Code) daily, and we expect you to push the bou

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