Renewables Power Trader

You will be joining a team of 4 traders and 1 algo trader with high commitment and a strong trading skill-set that operates on a 7/7 day shift basis during working hours (and work closely with our analysts, originators, meteorologist, 24/7 intraday desk) in Olten, Switzerland. We manage a direct marketing virtual power portfolio, that consists of renewables assets and biogas units in Germany and in France.

**Your Responsibilities**:

- Trade and steer a virtual power plant portfolio of wind/solar in DE and FR on a 7/7-day shift basis in Intraday and Day Ahead market (during office hours).
- Develop and steer a virtual power plant portfolio optimization processes as well as intraday and day ahead proprietary trading strategies
- Participate in the development, design and operation of our new automated/ algorithmic trading strategies in the new built Algo Framework together with the team and our algo trader
- Daily Assessment of trading performance, analysis and back testing of executed strategies and of our automated and algo-based trading strategies
- Participate in elaboration of proper design and workflows around our existing automated services and our analysis tools
- Knowledge sharing with colleagues and 24/7 shift team
- Challenge our existing trading software landscape and work together with our analysts/developers team to enhance its development
- Help us to further develop our future set up for becoming a leading renewables team in an algo trading environment on continuous intraday power markets

**Your Profile**:

- University bachelor or master’s degree in Engineering, Economics, IT or similar
- Good knowledge of physical energy market including related data flows (ideally intraday power markets including the management and trading of a renewable assets portfolio)
- Good analytical skills and strategic thinking approach
- Open minded, multi-tasking and used to working under pressure
- Strong Team-player and problem-solver
- Excellent commercial mind-set and very good communicator
- Good programming and IT skills (ideally Python)
- Proficient level of English, German a big plus

**What is also important to us**

**Diversity and inclusion**

**Attractive employment conditions**
The energy business is a small and complex world and it’s important to us, to use contemporary and attractive employment conditions to attract the best talent. As a pan-European company, our conditions and benefits are adapted to the local markets. You can find more information about this on our **career site**. We are currently also reviewing our flexible working guidelines. If we meet in an interview, we will be more than happy to answer any questions you might have around this topic.

**Data protection and process**
- Federica Maraschio