Spot Trader

GreenPoint Energy; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Brighton office fitout

Employee discounts

Job summary

GreenPoint Energy in Melbourne seeks an energy markets trader to join the spot trading roster. You will monitor real-time market conditions, test strategies, and collaborate with analytics and technical teams to implement trading tools.

The role emphasizes data-driven decision making, familiarity with NEM or comparable markets, and a proactive approach to AI-enabled day-to-day trading. Join a fast-growing renewables platform.

Qualifications

• Prior experience in electricity markets and energy analytics.
• Ability to test and refine trading strategies using data.
• Familiarity with Python/SQL-based tools is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Trading and Market Monitoring: Continuously monitor spot market conditions and adjust strategies in real-time.
• Back-testing & Simulation: Test strategies using historical data to evaluate performance and robustness.
• Data Analysis: Utilise in house and third party tools to identify risks and opportunities what will impact spot prices leading to improved trading decisions.
• Collaboration: Work with cross-functional teams to refine models and improve execution efficiency.

Skills

Electricity spot trading

Energy markets analytics

Quantitative trading

Discipline under pressure

Fast decision-making

Commercial judgement

Tools

Python

R

SQL

Job description

Trade a growing battery and wind portfolio in the NEM, backed by long-term institutional capital.

About GreenPoint Energy

GreenPoint Energy is an Australian renewable energy and battery storage platform backed by long-term institutional capital. We are building a 2.5GW portfolio of battery energy storage (BESS) and wind assets connected to the National Electricity Market, with more than AUD 6.1 billion of equity raised and managed across the region.

The Melbourne Renewable Energy Hub, a 600MW/1,600MWh battery delivered with SEC Victoria, reached full commercial operation in December 2025. We are now building the Calala BESS in New South Wales and the Koolunga BESS in South Australia, alongside wind projects at Bell Bay in Tasmania and Jackson North in Queensland.

The team is small and people here own their work rather than a slice of it.

Why GreenPoint Energy

• GPE is building a portfolio of scale with the view to have long term ownership of assets.
• 600MW of operational BESS capacity, with another 250MW targeting operations in mid-2027.
• A further 1.7GW of BESS and Wind capacity in near term assets reaching FID in the next 2-3 years.
• A flat structure with all team members given the opportunity to take full ownership over their workstreams.
• We are growing across every NEM-connected state, so there is room to move as the business scales.
• GPE takes the discipline of major global investors into a fast-growing business. As such team members can actively pursue opportunities for the business that interest them.
• Cultural awareness and community engagement in the regions where we build, run through partnership programs with First Nations facilitators and Elders.

What You'll Do

You will join the GreenPoint spot trading roster.

• Trading and Market Monitoring: Continuously monitor spot market conditions and adjust strategies in real-time.
• Back-testing & Simulation: Test strategies using historical data to evaluate performance and robustness.
• Data Analysis: Utilise in house and third party tools to identify risks and opportunities what will impact spot prices leading to improved trading decisions.
• Collaboration: Work with cross-functional teams to refine models and improve execution efficiency.

What You'll Bring

At least one year in energy markets preferable, covering:

• Electricity spot trading, energy markets analytics, or quantitative trading, ideally within the National Electricity Market (NEM) or a comparable power market.
• Strong understanding of spot market dynamics, dispatch processes, and price formation.
• Experience developing and executing trading strategies, including monitoring markets and adjusting positions in real time.
• Strong analytical and data interpretation skills, including the use of historical data to test and refine trading strategies.
• Ability to work effectively with analytics and technical teams to improve trading tools and automated bidding strategies.
• Strong commercial judgement and decision-making in a fast-paced trading environment.
• Experience trading or optimising Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) or other flexible energy assets.
• Familiarity with auto-bidding or algorithmic trading tools used in electricity markets.
• Experience using analytical tools such as Python, R, or SQL.
• Willingness to use AI in day to day work

What We Offer

• Competitive remuneration, paid health insurance and a new custom office fitout in Brighton.
• Our employee benefits program offers discounts across Uber One, Fitness First, Peninsula Hot Springs and Bared Footwear.
• Direct exposure to senior leadership and real scope to shape how things are done as the business grows.
• Work on assets that are already energised and generating, alongside the next ones in construction.