Vattenfall is a European energy company with approximately 20.000 employees. For more than 100 years we have electrified industries, supplied energy to people’s homes and modernized our way of living through innovation and cooperation. We are looking for talented individuals who, in addition to their passion for their own role, also have strong team spirit and want to contribute to supporting a meaningful corporate mission.
Right in the heart of Vattenfall, at Business Area (BA) Markets, you will find an inspiring international environment, with a culture of care and personal growth, enabling you to be who you are, having fun, building strong relationships and learning every day. Find out what our colleagues think about our culture:
We employ around 500 professionals who are active across Europe with offices in Sweden, Germany, The Netherlands, and the United Kingdom to drive the energy transition together. Our role in Vattenfall is to maximize the value of the overall portfolio by optimizing and dispatching, hedging, and sourcing for Vattenfall's sales and generation volumes. We serve as Vattenfall’s single access to energy commodity markets and trade electricity, emissions, fuels, freight, and renewable certificates.
In BA Markets the mission of the Unit OU Operations is to drive the digital transformation. OU Operations consists of diverse and highly skilled employees from more than 20 countries. We work internationally from our locations in Stockholm, Hamburg and Amsterdam.
Job Description
At Vattenfall, we don’t just “do energy”, we exist to help our customers power their lives in ever climate smarter ways and free from fossil fuel within one generation. If you are looking for interesting challenges and the opportunity to be part of this change, then join our diverse and talented team and make a difference.
Our Business Area (BA) Markets is looking for the right person to fill the position as
Senior Quantitative Analyst
for our office in Hamburg.
In close cooperation with front office, you will develop new asset optimisation and power trading algorithms for our 24/7 operations. By applying mathematical programming methods, you will turn real-world business problems into robust quantitative models. This enables us to find the most profitable and reliable economic dispatch for our asset fleet.
Your key responsibilities:
* Develop and improve robust optimisation and algorithmic trading strategies
* Implementation and operation of models in a cloud infrastructure and constant seeking opportunities to improve our processes
* Drive the automation of both dispatch and intraday trading decisions and all the steps to execute them
* Find root causes of problems as they arise, propose solutions, and fix them
* Consult Front Office and take in their feedback for continuous improvement
* Close collaboration with other team members in an international and agile setup
Qualifications
As a Senior Quantitative Analyst, you have a solid mathematical background and are comfortable working with sophisticated models. As a natural communicator you have the willingness to have direct and frequent interaction with Power Traders and Dispatchers, and you are enthusiastic about working closely with other members of your team – sharing ideas and developing models together. You have a curious and analytical mind and enjoy innovating and taking own initiatives.
Qualifications
and capabilities:
* STEM degree
* Experience developing and operating Python models and systems
* Experience with Git, CI/CD, and cloud technologies
* Professional working proficiency in English
Exposure to the following would be advantageous:
* Experience with a statically typed programming language e.g. Rust, C++, C#, Java
* Experience developing real-time systems and streaming technologies e.g. Apache Kafka
* Experience with mixed-integer linear programming models
* Understanding of the European power system and energy markets
* Understanding of market microstructure models
Additional Information
Benefits
Your development is a priority at Vattenfall BA Markets. Your professional journey will benefit from working in the exciting industry of energy trading, and in interdisciplinary teams. To support your career, we offer opportunities to grow through training, job rotations, talent programs and a working environment that stimulates learning.
Our work culture at Vattenfall is excellent. We have an open corporate culture with flat hierarchies. Modern and flexible working conditions, including mobile work, promote wellbeing. In Germany, our work week consists of 37.5 hours with, in many cases, the possibility to work part-time. Up to 49% of your working time can be mobile work, and you are entitled to 30 days of vacation per year.
Your health is important to us. We provide several health programs and support throughout potentially challenging life situations.
Your colleagues will be another highlight. We employ inspiring people with diverse backgrounds. Together with our culture and your tasks, they form an interesting and fun place to work.
You can find our new state of the art office next to Elbbrücken.
More information
We welcome your application in English, no later than October 29th, 2025. We kindly request that you do not send applications by any means other than via our website as we cannot guarantee that we will be able to process applications that are not made via our website.
For more information about the recruitment process you are welcome to contact our Recruiter Carina Böhle via mail carina.boehle@vattenfall.de.
At Vattenfall we are convinced that diversity contributes to build a more profitable and attractive company and we strive to be good role model regarding diversity. Vattenfall works actively for all employees to have the same opportunities and rights regardless of gender, ethnicity, age, transgender identity or expression, religion or other belief, disability or sexual orientation.
The security of Vattenfall and its employees is essential. For that reason, a pre-employment screening will be part of your recruitment process. The screening is based on the role you will fulfill within Vattenfall. The screening will be performed by a third party, called DISA. In addition, a certificate of good conduct (i.e. criminal record certificate) is required for certain positions.
We look forward to receiving your application!