Senior Data Engineer m/f/t

Your future plans

Embedded IT is operating at the heart of our Trading Department, closely working together with RWE Supply & Trading GmbH (RWEST) Analysis and Trading Desks. We provide solutions in key areas such as Data Analysis, P&L Reporting, Position Reporting, Weather Data Visualization, Systematic Trading, Market Making and support any innovative trading ideas emerging from our desks utilizing today’s most recent cloud technologies.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with users to capture, clarify, implement and test use cases and potential requirements.
• Support our Traders and Analysts on our new Market Data Platform (Dremio, Databricks, Tableau, AWS).
• Manage the onboarding of new data on our Market Data Platform.
• Automation and implementation of different internal and external models/applications.
• Holistically look at our data infrastructure from a continuous improvement perspective and come up with ways to improve efficiency and speed.
• Be upskilled in the latest cloud and data capabilities, including Databricks, Dremio, and AWS.
• Be forward-thinking and keep an eye on market developments to suggest and implement new market tools to further enhance our capabilities.

Your powerful skills

• 5+ years of professional experience with Python/Spark and an understanding of agile ways of working.
• 5+ years of professional experience implementing and working with SQL.
• Experience in data storage and cloud infrastructure to drive continuous improvement in our data infrastructure/landscape.
• A growth mindset; we want to upskill you in Databricks, Dremio, and Tableau as the key tools of our data platform.
• Proven knowledge in working with timeseries and forecast data, ideally for energy trading, is preferred but not mandatory.
• A degree in or related to Computer Science or Mathematics, or equivalent experience.
• Experience working with users to understand the problem statement, design, build, and debug solutions.

Advantageous, but not a must

• Experience in building solutions on AWS is a major plus.
• Experience with Azure DevOps, Terraform, and Docker.
• Experience with GraphQL, gRPC, FastAPI, PyTest, and SQLAlchemy (as an ORM).
• Experience with Plexos.

What we value most is passion, willingness to learn, and a determined and resilient work ethic. If you can display most of the skills above, then we would like to hear from you.

Further, we welcome applications from individuals who may not be able to commit to full-time roles. At RWEST, finding the right person for the job is our top priority, and we are willing to explore flexible arrangements.

Benefits you can rely on

• Working in one of the most interesting business contexts; a mixture of energy supply, trading, and of course IT!
• Working in an agile team on topics close to end users.
• Open and diverse company culture.
• Work with new and emerging technologies in the cloud.
• Working with distributed teammates across different locations.