Senior/ Lead Quant

Aukera BV; Brussel; Remote; EUR 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Aukera BV is seeking a senior quant/trading analytics expert to design and own a pan-European BESS optimizer. You will work on revenue stacking, dispatch scheduling, and bid generation across day-ahead, intraday and ancillary services markets; collaborate with trading tech, risk, and investment teams to scale the platform.

You will shape models, tooling and live trading setup with autonomy, focusing on Europe’s short-term power markets and related optimization challenges.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in a front-office quant or trading analytics role in short-term European power markets.
• Strong modelling skills in BESS dispatch optimization, revenue stacking and price analysis.
• Proficient in Python and SQL with production-grade analytics experience.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and own BESS optimizer across markets and bid generation.
• Shape trading/optimization stack with algo bidding and risk tools.
• Develop market analyses and price curves for trading decisions.
• Create backtesting frameworks to evaluate strategies.
• Build PnL and risk reporting with the Risk Manager and mentor juniors.
• Collaborate with investment and finance teams to translate market insight into decisions.
• Develop and, when ready, execute trading strategies across markets in Europe.

Skills

Quantitative modelling

Trading analytics

Python

SQL

Education

Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, Economics

Tools

Backtesting frameworks

Data pipelines

Dashboards

Cloud tooling

Job description

About Aukera

Job Location: Berlin / London / Edinburgh / Bucharest / Rome / Spain/ Brussels/Remote

Background to Aukera

Aukera is a leading pan-European renewable energy developer and Independent Power Producer (IPP), dedicated to accelerating the energy transition across the continent. Headquartered in Belgium, we haveoffices in Brussels, Bucharest, London, Edinburgh, Rome, Berlin, Madrid and Seville.Aukera manage a diversified pipeline of over 15 GW in onshore wind, solar, and battery energy storage system (BESS) projects.

We pride ourselves on our values and our collaborative, supportive working environment. Our team is friendly, caring, highly professional, and deeply committed to making a real impact on the planet. As a rapidly growing company, we seek high performers from all backgrounds who are self-motivated, take ownership, and are passionate about driving improvements. We value diversity and are proud to have an international team representing 14 nationalities, with approx. 30% female employees. At Aukera, mutual respect and effective collaboration are at the heart of everything we do.

What you'll do

• BESS optimizer: Design, build and own our multi-market BESS optimizer, covering revenue stacking, dispatch scheduling and bid generation across day-ahead, intraday and ancillary services markets. Prove it out through shadow trading against live markets, then harden it into a production-ready system for live trading in key markets.
• Trading & optimizer tech stack: Work closely with the trading technology team to shape our trading and optimization stack: algo bidding, forecasting inputs, ETRM and risk tools.
• Market analysis & price curves: Build and maintain short- and medium-term power market analysis and price curves (day-ahead, intraday, ancillary services, capacity) across Aukera's markets, underpinning trading, dispatch and investment decisions.
• Backtesting frameworks: Design and implement robust backtesting frameworks to evaluate trading and dispatch strategies and to benchmark internal and third-party optimizer performance.
• Risk, PnL & reporting: Build exposure, PnL and performance reporting for the fleet in close collaboration with the Risk Manager; help establish risk frameworks and ensure compliance with market rules.
• Collaboration & mentoring: Partner with investment, asset management and finance teams to translate market insight into portfolio decisions; mentor junior analysts as the team grows.
• Trading strategies & execution: Develop, test and, as the in-house capability matures, execute trading and bidding strategies across day-ahead, intraday and ancillary services markets in Europe.

What you'll need

• 5+ years in a front-office quant, trading analytics, energy trading or asset-optimization role in short-term European power markets, with exposure to flexibility assets; direct BESS experience strongly preferred.
• Strong quantitative modelling skills: BESS dispatch optimization (e.g., LP/MILP), revenue stacking, price analysis and forecasting, and scenario modelling, with a solid understanding of modelling techniques, inputs and parameters, and their limitations.
• Proven proficiency in Python and SQL, with experience building production-grade analytics: data pipelines, backtesting frameworks and dashboards. Familiarity with optimization libraries and cloud tooling a plus.
• Strong knowledge of European short-term power markets, energy exchanges and ancillary services (e.g., EPEX Spot / Nord Pool day-ahead and intraday, FCR/aFRR/mFRR, capacity mechanisms); experience in Aukera's core markets a strong plus.
• Good understanding of risk and PnL management in an asset-backed trading context.
• Experience working with, or benchmarking, optimizers and route-to-market providers is a plus.
• Relevant degree in a quantitative field (Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, Economics, Finance); postgraduate qualifications or energy-trading certifications a plus.
• A pragmatic builder's mindset: comfortable in a scale-up environment where tools are built from scratch and priorities evolve quickly.

What is in it for you

You will join at the start of Aukera's optimization build-out, with a broad mandate and real autonomy. You will shape the models, the tooling and, over time, the trading setup of a pan-European BESS platform, with direct access to leadership and real influence on investment and route-to-market decisions.

We offer a market-competitive compensation package depending on geography.