Energy Market Analyst

Criterion Research, LLC; Houston (TX); Hybrid; USD 52,000 - 68,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with company match

Health insurance

Paid vacation

Hybrid work arrangement

Job summary

Criterion Research, LLC in Houston seeks an entry-level market analyst to own daily market coverage and help develop new data products. You will shape client-facing insights with editorial judgment and data-driven analysis.

You will work closely with a small team, combining writing with SQL/Python data work, and use AI tools daily to deliver concise, timely research for energy clients.

Qualifications

• Four-year bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• Strong writing and numerical skills, with the ability to be concise under deadline.
• Working familiarity with SQL and at least one programming language, typically Python.
• High-level organization, with the judgment to prioritize under volume.
• Authorization to work in the United States.
• Work alongside the team in our Houston office four days a week, with one day work-from-home.

Responsibilities

• Monitor daily news, press releases, earnings materials, and regulatory filings across natural gas, LNG, and power.
• Write and edit short-form research for daily publication.
• Query our data directly to support and challenge your own analysis.
• Contribute to long-form research and recurring reports.
• Work with the team to design and launch new datasets and publications.
• Use AI tooling as a daily part of the job.

Skills

Strong writing

Numerical skills

SQL

Python

Editorial judgment

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

PostgreSQL

Python

Job description

Criterion Research builds natural gas market intelligence for traders, utilities, midstream operators, and financial institutions. Our platform combines real-time interstate pipeline nomination data, maintenance and constraint tracking, supply and demand modeling, and written research into a single product suite used by clients across the energy and financial sectors. We launched our web platform in 2026 and count investment banks, power generators, and midstream developers among our enterprise clients.

We are a small team. There is no layer between an analyst here and the work that reaches clients.

The Role

This is an entry-level position with two halves.

Daily market coverage

Data and market analysis are the foundation of everything Criterion produces. You will own the flow of daily market intelligence, deciding what matters to our clients and turning it into published analysis. Increasingly this means working alongside an internal drafting system rather than writing every piece from a blank page: your value is editorial judgment, market context, and the analysis a drafting system cannot produce on its own. You will decide what runs, what gets killed, and what deserves a deeper look.

Product and data development

Criterion is expanding its data and report offerings across natural gas, LNG, and power. You will help scope, build, and launch new datasets and publications. This is hands-on work: pulling data, testing ideas against it, and shipping something clients pay for. Analysts here bring ideas forward and see them built.

What You Will Actually Do

• Monitor daily news, press releases, earnings materials, and regulatory filings across natural gas, LNG, and power
• Write and edit short-form research for daily publication
• Query our data directly to support and challenge your own analysis
• Contribute to long-form research and recurring reports
• Work with the team to design and launch new datasets and publications
• Use AI tooling as a daily part of the job,

This Job Might Be for You If

• You are curious about how energy actually moves, physically and commercially
• You can self-teach and find information quickly without being handed a process
• You have opinions about your own work and will argue for them
• You are comfortable in a time-sensitive environment where the day's market activity sets the agenda
• You want to build things, not just describe them

Requirements

• Four-year bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
• Strong writing and numerical skills, with the ability to be concise under deadline
• Working familiarity with SQL and at least one programming language, typically Python
• High-level organization, with the judgment to prioritize under volume
• Authorization to work in the United States
• Work alongside the team in our Houston office four days a week, with one day work-from-home

Preferred

• Coursework or prior experience in energy, commodities, economics, engineering, or a quantitative field
• Experience with PostgreSQL or a comparable relational database
• Familiarity with working alongside AI tools in a professional setting
• Prior exposure to natural gas, power markets, or midstream operations

Compensation and Benefits

• 401(k) with 6% company match
• Health insurance
• Paid vacation
• Hybrid schedule: four days per week in our Houston office, one day work-from-home