Senior Trade Analyst

Recrew AI; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 2,600,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Seed-stage equity

Direct reporting to founders

Research-first culture

Job summary

Recrew AI in Bengaluru is seeking a Senior Energy Trader to execute and analyze trades in Indian and/or US power markets while guiding AI-driven decision models for energy infrastructure. You will partner with research and engineering teams to align market dynamics with AI agent development.

Ideal candidates have 3+ years of hands-on trading in power markets, deep market knowledge, and strong quantitative skills.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of hands-on trading experience in power/energy markets.
• Experience executing trades, managing positions, risk, and P&L.
• Strong knowledge of Indian and/or US power market structures.

Responsibilities

• Analyse day-ahead, real-time, ancillary services, and capacity market dynamics.
• Execute trades and monitor positions, risk, and P&L.
• Ensure regulatory compliance (CERC/IEX India or FERC/ISO-RTO US).
• Translate market insights into AI/agent design inputs for product roadmaps.
• Track market changes and synthesize intelligence for roadmap inputs.
• Define KPIs like P&L and risk-adjusted returns for product feedback.

Skills

Trading

Power markets

Quantitative analysis

Risk management

Education

Master's degree or MBA in Finance/Economics/Engineering

Job description

Function: Energy Trading / AI Domain Advisory

Type: Full-time

Industry: Information Technology & Services / Energy / Artificial Intelligence

About Company

The company is a research-first AI startup incubated at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc). It builds advanced AI for the planning and operations of critical networks.

Its core technology is a World Model that augments large language models to reason about network state and dependencies — even with limited or noisy data.

The company has just closed its seed round and is assembling a lean, high-ownership team.

Position Overview

This role sits at the intersection of energy markets and AI. The Senior Energy Trader will execute and analyse trades in Indian and/or US power markets while serving as the primary domain authority for research and engineering teams building AI agents for energy infrastructure. It is a rare opportunity to shape both market strategy and the design of next-generation AI decision models.

Role & Responsibilities

• Analyse day-ahead, real-time, ancillary services, and capacity market dynamics across Indian (IEX/CERC) and/or US (ISO-RTO/FERC) power markets to develop and refine trading strategies and market views.
• Execute trades in energy/power markets; monitor positions, risk exposure, and P&L within approved limits.
• Ensure compliance with applicable regulatory frameworks — CERC/IEX for India and/or FERC/ISO-RTO for US markets.
• Partner with research and engineering teams to translate market microstructure, price signals, and trading logic into agent design, reasoning benchmarks, and decision models for critical energy networks.
• Track regulatory changes, market structure evolution, and emerging trends; synthesise intelligence into actionable inputs for the product and AI roadmap.
• Define and validate market-facing KPIs — trading P&L, risk-adjusted returns, and market insight quality — that feed directly into product and agent improvement cycles.

Must Have Criteria

• 3+ years of hands-on trading experience in Indian (IEX/CERC) and/or US (ISO-RTO/FERC) power/energy markets.
• Demonstrated experience executing trades and managing positions, risk, and P&L at a power trading desk, utility, energy trading firm, or ISO/RTO.
• Deep working knowledge of power market structures — day-ahead, real-time, ancillary services, and capacity markets.
• Regulatory fluency in CERC/IEX frameworks (India) and/or FERC/ISO-RTO frameworks (US).
• Strong quantitative and analytical skills applied to market data, price signal interpretation, and trading system workflows.
• Demonstrated ability to translate market domain knowledge into structured inputs for technical teams (product, research, or engineering).

Nice to Have

• Master's degree or MBA in Finance, Economics, Engineering, or a related quantitative field.
• Prior experience collaborating with AI, quant, or data science teams on market modelling or decision systems.
• Familiarity with energy market data platforms, SCADA systems, or trading/risk management software.
• Exposure to algorithmic or systematic trading strategies in energy markets.
• Experience at an early-stage or research-driven organisation.

What We Offer

• Direct reporting line to founders — high visibility and influence over company direction from day one.
• Rare opportunity to embed deep market expertise into frontier AI systems for critical energy infrastructure.
• Seed-stage equity with meaningful upside, backed by a founding team with a track record of $100M+ raised.
• Research-first culture with IISc lineage — rigorous, experimental, and learning-oriented.