(Senior) Software Engineer (d/f/m)

RWE; Swindon; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a developer to join its quantitative trading team. This role is pivotal in building applications that provide critical market data and insights, directly influencing trading decisions. You will have the opportunity to work closely with analysts and traders, tackling large datasets to enhance trading strategies. The position offers a dynamic environment where continuous improvement and innovation are encouraged, alongside exposure to new technologies in a collaborative team setting. If you are passionate about technology and eager to make an impact in the energy trading sector, this opportunity is for you.

Benefits

Supportive and inclusive work environment

Agile team collaboration

Diverse company culture

Exposure to new technologies

Flexible work arrangements

Qualifications

• 3+ years experience with SQL and proven C# project delivery.
• Strong Python skills and understanding of agile working.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with users to clarify and implement requirements.
• Support Traders and Analysts with emerging data insights.
• Automate and implement internal and external models.

Skills

C#

Python

SQL

DevOps

Agile methodologies

Data analysis

Timeseries data

Tools

AWS

Terraform

CICD pipelines

Job description

RWE Supply & Trading GmbH

To start as soon as possible, full time, permanent

About the role

Embedded IT is operating at the heart of our Trading Department, closely working together with RWESTs Analysis and Trading Desks. The quantitative trading team require a developer to work alongside our analysts and traders where you will have a direct and immediate impact on the desk's success. Your primary focus will be building applications to provide market data and insights to inform trading decisions. This role offers exposure to many aspects of trading, data management and analytics structure.

Your Responsibilities

• Collaborate with users to capture, clarify, implement and test use cases and potential requirements
• Support our Traders and Analysts with new and emerging data
• Taking on the challenge of RWESTs biggest datasets to deliver insight
• Automation and implementation of different internal and external models
• Wholistically look at our data infrastructure from a continuous improvement perspective and come up with ways to improve efficiency and speed
• Be forward thinking and keep an eye on market developments so that you are able to suggest and implement new market tools to further enhance our capabilities

Job requirements and experiences

• A growth mindset, being open to picking up new technical skills swiftly as markets change is essential
• Proven track record of delivering high quality C# projects
• Strong experience with Python and an understanding of agile ways of working
• 3+ years of professional experience of implementing and working with SQL
• DevOps experience with skills in pipelines, terraform and CICD is a plus
• Experience on Data storage and cloud infrastructure to drive continuous improvement in regards to our data infrastructure / landscape
• Proven knowledge in working with timeseries and forecast data, ideally for energy trading is preferred but not mandatory
• Experience of working with users to understand the problem statement, design, build and debug solutions
• Ability to work effectively within a team and independently
• RWEST experience to help navigate the commercial, and IT challenges

Advantageous, but not essential

• Experience in build solutions on AWS

What we value most is passion, willingness to learn and a determined and resilient work ethic. So, even if you think you do not yet display all of the skills above we would still like to hear from you.

Your Benefits

We really appreciate you going the extra mile and using every ounce of energy when the heat is on. That’s why we want to make your time with us as enjoyable as possible. At RWE Supply & Trading we value our employees and strive to create a supportive and inclusive work environment. With a range of competitive benefits, we not only offer excellent development prospects and an attractive remuneration package, but also take care of your well-being and understand that life-work integration is essential. Also our offer includes the following perks:

• 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

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