Quantitative Power Trader

A leading energy trading business is expanding its quantitative power trading capabilities and is looking for an experienced Quantitative Power Trader to join the team.

This is an opportunity for someone who wants to have a genuine impact on the trading book, from identifying opportunities and developing strategies through to live execution and performance.

What you will be doing:

Develop and trade quantitative strategies across European Intraday and Day Ahead power markets

Identify market inefficiencies and translate them into systematic trading opportunities

Research, backtest and optimise new strategies using large market datasets

Take strategies from research into production and monitor live performance

Work closely with traders, quants and developers to continuously improve the trading platform

Contribute directly to the growth of the European power trading book

What we are looking for:

2+ years experience in quantitative trading, quantitative research or systematic trading within European power

Strong understanding of European Intraday and/or Day Ahead power markets

Strong Python skills and experience working with large datasetsSolid understanding of statistical modelling, optimisation and backtesting

A strong quantitative, mathematical or technical background

Commercial mindset with a genuine interest in finding and exploiting market inefficiencies

Track record of developing strategies that have translated into live trading performance

Why this opportunity?

You will have the opportunity to work on strategies that directly influence the trading book rather than sitting purely within a research function.

There is scope to develop new strategies, expand across European markets and work closely with an experienced trading and technology team.

For an experienced quant trader looking for more ownership, this is an opportunity to build rather than simply maintain.

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