Senior Quant — BESS & European Energy Markets

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

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.