Role: Senior Quant Developer – Energy Trading
Client: High-performing European energy trading firm
Compensation: Competitive
Location: European Economic Area (Remote)
Overview
We are supporting a high-performing European energy trading firm in the build-out of a new quantitative and algorithmic trading capability. This is a rare opportunity for an experienced energy-focused Quant Developer to play a foundational role in shaping models, strategy, and technical direction from day one. The firm trades across Nordic and Continental European power markets, with a clear focus on electricity futures and FTR products. This is not an intraday trading environment.
The Role
You will join a lean, highly technical team tasked with developing forward-looking price models and converting them into systematic trading strategies used in live markets. The role covers the full lifecycle: data, research, modelling, back-testing, and production deployment.
Key responsibilities include:
• Development of structural and market-based power price forecasting models (FBMC, Order book/bid curve, Supply stack).
• Feature engineering from fundamental, market, and flow data.
• Application of machine learning techniques to improve forecast accuracy and decision-making.
• Quantitative research into systematic trading strategies for power futures.
• Implementation of models into algorithmic signal generation frameworks.
• Close collaboration with traders on discretionary and automated execution.
Requirements
• Direct experience in quantitative energy trading (essential) with proven exposure to electricity futures and/or FTR markets.
• Strong software development skills in Python (required); performance-oriented languages are a plus.
• Advanced modelling & machine learning capability with hands-on experience applying ML to financial or energy markets.
• Quantitative finance & statistical expertise with a solid grounding in forecasting and strategy evaluation.
• Deep understanding of European power market structure; pure intraday profiles will not be considered.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent; Master’s in ML, AI, or Applied Mathematics is advantageous.
What’s on Offer
• Rare opportunity to play a foundational role in a new quantitative and algorithmic trading capability.
• Foundational influence on models, strategy, and technical direction from day one.
• Lean, highly technical environment with high ownership.
• Exposure to the full lifecycle of data, research, modelling, and production deployment.
If you are interested in this Senior Quant Developer position and meet the above requirements please apply immediately.