Application Guide

How to Apply for Remix Scheduling Principal

at Via Transporation

🏢 About Via Transporation

Via Transportation is revolutionizing public transit by using advanced software to create efficient, on-demand transportation networks that complement traditional fixed-route systems. Unlike conventional transit tech companies, Via partners directly with cities and transit agencies to implement dynamic routing solutions that increase accessibility while reducing costs and environmental impact. Working here means contributing to tangible urban mobility improvements worldwide.

About This Role

As a Remix Scheduling Principal at Via, you'll serve as the expert bridge between transit agencies' operational realities and Via's scheduling optimization technology. You'll directly influence how public transit systems are designed by translating complex labor rules and collective bargaining agreements into actionable scheduling strategies that save agencies money while maintaining service quality. This role impacts both Via's product adoption and real-world transit efficiency.

💡 A Day in the Life

You might start your day reviewing a partner agency's schedule data and CBA to prepare for a working session, then lead a virtual demo showing potential savings through Remix's blocking optimization. In the afternoon, you could collaborate with Via's Partner Success Team to develop agency-specific implementation strategies, followed by creating help-site content to address common scheduler onboarding challenges. The role blends deep analytical work with client-facing consultation and product enablement.

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🎯 Who Via Transporation Is Looking For

  • Has 6-10 years of hands-on scheduling experience across multiple transit agencies, with specific expertise in runcutting, blocking, and rostering under union contracts
  • Possesses a hybrid background combining transit operations knowledge with technology implementation experience (e.g., has worked with scheduling software implementations)
  • Can articulate how scheduling algorithms interact with real-world constraints like CBAs, labor rules, and operational tradeoffs
  • Demonstrates experience creating training materials and leading workshops for transit agency staff on scheduling tools and methodologies

📝 Tips for Applying to Via Transporation

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Quantify your scheduling impact: Include specific metrics like percentage cost savings achieved, service hours optimized, or labor efficiency improvements in past roles

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Highlight multi-agency experience: Explicitly list different transit agencies you've worked with and the varying CBAs/labor rules you've navigated

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Showcase your technical-translation skills: Provide examples where you've explained complex scheduling algorithms to non-technical transit agency stakeholders

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Demonstrate Via-specific knowledge: Reference their Remix platform and how you'd approach scaling training for digital onboarding of agency schedulers

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Include workshop/consulting examples: Detail specific workshops or demos you've led to showcase scheduling savings to transit agencies

✉️ What to Emphasize in Your Cover Letter

["Your direct experience with transit agency CBAs and labor rules, with specific examples of how you've balanced optimization with union constraints", 'Concrete examples of leading successful scheduling workshops or demos that resulted in agency adoption of scheduling solutions', 'Your approach to creating scalable training materials for transit technology products, particularly for digital onboarding', "How you've previously served as a strategic advisor to agencies on service design decisions and their operational/financial impacts"]

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🔍 Research Before Applying

To stand out, make sure you've researched:

  • → Via's current transit agency partners and case studies (particularly those mentioning scheduling improvements)
  • → The Remix platform's specific features for runcutting, blocking, and rostering optimization
  • → Via's public statements about their approach to public-private partnerships in transit
  • → Recent news about Via's expansion into new markets and how scheduling fits into their growth strategy

💬 Prepare for These Interview Topics

Based on this role, you may be asked about:

1 Walk us through how you'd analyze a new transit agency's existing schedule and CBA to identify optimization opportunities
2 Describe a time you had to balance algorithmic scheduling recommendations with real-world operational constraints or union pushback
3 How would you structure a workshop to demonstrate Remix's scheduling savings to a skeptical transit agency leadership team?
4 What metrics would you track to measure the success of Via's scheduling products with partner agencies?
5 How have you previously scaled training or documentation for scheduling tools across multiple agencies with different needs?
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⚠️ Common Mistakes to Avoid

  • Focusing only on technical scheduling skills without demonstrating understanding of transit agency politics, union dynamics, and implementation challenges
  • Presenting generic technology implementation experience without specific transit scheduling context
  • Failing to show how you've previously created tangible business value (cost savings, efficiency gains) for transit agencies through scheduling optimization

📅 Application Timeline

This position is open until filled. However, we recommend applying as soon as possible as roles at mission-driven organizations tend to fill quickly.

Typical hiring timeline:

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Application Review

1-2 weeks

2

Initial Screening

Phone call or written assessment

3

Interviews

1-2 rounds, usually virtual

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