Senior quantitative developer - energy trading (d/f/m)

Employment Type: Full-Time, indefinite term
• Language Requirement: C1 Level English
We are looking for a Quantitative Developer to tackle the software, data, and integration challenges across our Virtual Power Plant (VPP) ecosystem.
You will drive and own the roadmap for developing algorithmic execution strategies in the German intraday power market. Your software-engineering work will centre on architecture design, testing, and project coordination.
Contribute to the technical vision for how Flexa trades flexibility across energy markets and hardware assets, and help make it a reality
Identify new market opportunities and residential flexibility value to shape the data science roadmap and next-gen algorithms
Champion engineering rigor and best practices to foster an open, data-driven engineering culture.
Implement, deliver, and monitor well-engineered, data-driven solutions in our real-time production systems 
Be part of a cross-functional team of data scientists, software engineers, and other teams across Flexa's partner ecosystem 
Research, develop, and productionise algorithms and models that optimise financial returns from trading the flexibility of Flexa’s residential battery portfolio
Drive the delivery of complex, trading strategy projects from research to production deployment and monitoring — anticipating dependencies and resolving them early
University degree in a data-driven or analytical field (Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, Statistics, or a related quantitative discipline)
~5+ years applied data science and/or quant experience, with significant time spent developing trading algorithms in the energy or financial sectors
~ Proficiency in Python and software engineering practices: testing, code quality, code review, CI/CD, monitoring, and modular code design
~ Cross-functional collaboration mindset across data scientists, software engineers, and partner-company stakeholders
~ Deep understanding of trading mechanics: price formation, market microstructure, risk, and the constraints that turn a backtest into a live strategy
~ time-series data processing, analysis, and forecasting, with a focus on streaming settings
~ Excellent English communication and interpersonal skills
~ Direct experience with energy trading, especially for the flexibility of battery storage systems
Expertise in designing algorithmic trading strategies and modelling market impact within intraday continuous markets
Experience with both Machine Learning and mathematical optimization development
Benefits
~Professional Development: annual development budget of €3,000 for coachings, trainings, books, and similar
~ Health & Sport Subsidy: company-subsidised sports facilities membership, or Public Transportation Subsidy
~ Lunch/Dinner Allowance Vouchers: allowance for meals on working days as digital meal vouchers
~ MacBook or Windows laptop, iPhone (also for private use), and an ergonomic workplace setup with company-funded access to leading AI developer tools
~ Regular Team Events: knowledge sessions, afterwork, sports, offsites, Halloween, Pride Month, and more

Earlier in his career he worked on enterprise software at Hewlett Packard.
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Über uns Flexa, a Joint Venture between Enpal and Entrix, is chartered with delivering a Virtual Power Plant (VPP) delivering exceptional energy cost savings while supporting the transition to a 100% renewable electricity future.
The combination of delivering complete residential energy systems at great cost with savvy market participation in several revenue streams sets us up to deliver real world customer savings while improving customer satisfaction enjoying the advantages of a fully electrified and energy producing home.

Through a deep integration into the installed hardware and a direct connection to the customer interfaces, Flexa’s solution controls the energy assets (such as EV, heat pump, home storage and others) of the entire Enpal energy community with an exceptional level of accuracy, speed, transparency, and thus customer satisfaction. With intelligent real-time dispatching algorithms, Flexa maximizes Enpal customers’ usable flexibility and its returns on energy markets including costs, such as grid fees, asset degradation.