Head of Short-Term Trading

Volatile energy prices, intermittent renewable production, electrification of heat and transport, explosion of data sources; the electricity grid is changing at high speed towards a future less reliant on fossil fuels. Are you up for this transformation?

About us

Augmented Energy is on the mission to offer turn-key solutions to energy players, enabling them to transition towards a decarbonised electricity mix and ultimately offer greener energy services. We are developing software solutions to integrate and manage all types of intermittent and flexible assets within our customer's existing operations (onsite renewable generation, behind-the-meter batteries, charging stations), to improve their electricity carbon footprint as well as their revenues.

We are a young company with a team of experienced founders and we are growing strongly; we have landed several contracts at the forefront of energy innovation in France. We are looking for talents to tackle the challenges of today’s energy transition!

About the rôle :

As we experience an increased demand for our solutions, our team is entering into the next stage of growth, scaling up our operations to manage hundreds of intermittent and flexible assets on behalf of our clients.

We are looking for an experienced head of short-term trading to lead our efforts improving trading strategies and winning new asset mandates.

Tasks

• Take leadership of all short-term markets operations
• Build continuous intraday operational process
• Develop and execute trading algorithms for asset-backed trading.
• Improve existing renewable balancing strategies
• Build short-term prices prediction with the support of the tech / ML team.
• Help develop pricing and optimization models for flexible assets (batteries, cogens, demand response, etc.) with the support of the overall tech team.
• Support the Augmented Energy team in developing new flexibility-oriented services.

Requirements

We are looking for someone eager to work in a start-up environment and take ownership of critical tasks

• Bachelor’s degree in economics, finance, engineering or math.
• Minimum experience of 3 years in power markets and short-term trading, preferably in the French markets.
• Strong understanding of the short-term markets microstructure
• Operational exposition to power trading
• Experience and understanding of balancing markets (aFFR, RR, imbalance calculation, etc) is a plus.
• Excellent quantitative and analytical skills, with experience in data science and optimization algorithms
• Proficient in Python

Benefits

• Fully remote (within 2h time difference of CET)
• French CDI or exclusive service contract elsewhere
• Pay 70-90k, flexible remuneration package

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. We can’t wait to hear from you!

You are joining an entrepreneurial adventure with a flat structure, real autonomy and project ownership as well as the ability to further build your team in the future.

We believe in a fully remote company and we currently have people in 6 different countries. You are expected to help define the workstyle and lifestyle of the company.

We do not discriminate and will consider absolutely anyone as long as you have the right skills, drive and attitude.

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