Core Strategist

vor 4 Wochen


Geneva, Schweiz Vitol Vollzeit
Job Description

Are you a passionate, entrepreneurially minded quant/engineer who wants to help build a next-generation Risk & PnL engine to value and drive global energy flows? Do you thrive in a flat hierarchy, team-oriented environment that values ideas and individual contributions? Then we are looking for you to join us at Vitol 

As a Core Strat, you will contribute to the development of a next-generation Risk & PnL engine to value Vitol’s global portfolio – from vanilla forward trades to complex financial and physical deals with rich embedded optionality. We are growing rapidly and are looking for exceptional candidates to help us deliver on a market-leading risk platform that will be the foundation for our traders’ daily decision-making. In this role, you will have the opportunity to work closely with our traders in various commodity markets, ranging from power, LNG, natural gas and oil to carbon certificates and guarantees of origin, as well as with our desk-affiliates quants and the various software engineering teams at Vitol.

Your responsibilities

As a core member of the Risk Systems team, you will develop core components for the new Risk & PnL engine:

  • Technical excellence: Implement clean, well-documented, tested, and extensible code
  • Ownership: Be responsible for the performance and reliable operation of core components of the new Risk & PnL engine
  • Teamwork: Collaborate closely with the rest of the team to implement high-performance pricers for our full spectrum of physical and financial trades 
  • Architectural vision: Ensure integration in broader Vitol infrastructure and systems, develop an overall understanding of our systems architecture and become a sparring partner to the Risk Architect

Qualifications

  • 8+ years’ experience/full proficiency in C++; Some familiarity with Python
    • Ability to architect and implement code to address high-level requirements
    • Experience implementing high-performance algorithms & grid computations
  • Master’s/PhD in computer science, applied mathematics, financial engineering, or an equivalent field from a top university
  • Strong sense of ownership, ability to work independently as well as in a team
  • Interest in business and how end users will use the product
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
  • Full proficiency communicating in English in a business context (verbal & written)


Additional Information

Qualifications that will help you stand out

  • Substantial prior experience with implementing or working with a Risk & PnL engine
  • Interest in financial and commodities markets
  • SysAdmin experience, e.g. cloud infrastructure, Redis, Kafka, CMake, network sockets tech

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