Energy Trader, Portfolio Management Group US

Equilibrium Energy, Inc.; Mississippi; On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative climate tech company is seeking a skilled Energy Trader to join its dynamic Portfolio Management group. In this role, you will develop and execute trading strategies across various ISO/RTO markets while conducting fundamental market analysis. Collaborating with quantitative researchers and engineers, you will optimize trading positions and contribute to the continuous improvement of trading models and tools. This position offers the chance to work in a flexible, remote-first environment with a team of industry experts dedicated to revolutionizing the clean energy transition. Join us in shaping the future of energy markets!

Benefits

Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and 401k package

Equity grant opportunity

Unlimited vacation

Flexible work schedule

Remote work from anywhere in the US, Canada & Europe

Professional growth and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in trading or supporting a trading desk with focus on Virtuals, PTP, and FTRs.
• Strong proficiency in Python and data analysis for trading strategies.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute trading strategies across multiple ISO/RTO markets.
• Conduct fundamental market analysis to identify trading opportunities.
• Collaborate with risk management and portfolio management teams.

Skills

Fundamental market analysis

Trading strategies development

Python

Collaboration with quantitative researchers

Data analysis

Power flow analysis

ISO market structures knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Mathematics, Economics, or Computer Science

Master's degree preferred

Tools

PowerWorld

Dayzer

SQL

R

Job description

US

About our Company

Equilibrium Energy is revolutionizing the clean energy transition by developing innovative grid-scale energy storage solutions. Our technology and market platform helps utilities, independent power producers, and commercial customers optimize their renewable energy assets, improve grid reliability, and accelerate decarbonization. As a fast-growing climate tech company, we're building infrastructure that will shape the future of energy markets and enable a sustainable energy economy.

Equilibrium Energy is a well-funded, Series B clean energy startup backed by some of the most prominent institutional investors in climate. New colleagues will share our vision that a next-generation energy company must be built from the ground up on deep industry expertise combined with an unwavering commitment to modern digital approaches. We’re looking for collaborative, talented, passionate and resourceful folks to join our team and help us lay the foundation for our important mission and ambitious plan.

What we are looking for

The Energy Trader role will be a part of the Equilibrium Portfolio Management group, working as part of a collaborative team of quantitative researchers, software engineers and traders developing proprietary virtual, PTP and FTR strategies across multiple ISOs while supporting fundamental based forecasting efforts.

What you will do

• Develop and execute Virtuals and FTR trading strategies across one or multiple ISO/RTO markets (ERCOT, PJM, MISO, SPP, CAISO)
• Conduct fundamental market analysis, leveraging power flow models such as PowerWorld and Dayzer, or similar to identify congestion patterns and trading opportunities.
• Work closely with quants and engineers to integrate fundamental modeling forecasts and insights into existing and new strategies
• Analyze nodal price formation, transmission constraints, and generation dispatch to optimize trading positions.
• Maintain an in-depth understanding of ISO rules, policy changes, regulatory impacts on trading strategies and act as a subject matter expert on short term and congestion trading approaches.
• Collaborate with risk management and portfolio management teams.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of trading models, automation tools, and market data pipelines.

The minimum qualifications you’ll need

• Bachelor's or advanced degree in Engineering, Mathematics, Economics, Computer Science, or a related field, masters preferred.
• Proven experience in trading or supporting a trading desk, with a focus on Virtuals, PTP and FTRs.
• Strong expertise in fundamental grid modeling and power flow analysis, using tools such as PowerWorld, Dayzer, or similar
• Deep knowledge of ISO market structures, bidding strategies, and congestion modeling in any of ERCOT, PJM, MISO, and SPP.
• Strong proficiency in Python, with experience in data analysis, automation, and model development for trading strategies.
• Ability to interpret market data and transmission constraints to drive trading decisions.
• Strong collaboration skills with quantitative researchers and software engineers to refine and scale trading models.
• Experience with SQL, R, and other analytics/data tools a plus

What we offer

Equilibrium is composed of deeply knowledgeable industry experts across all our functions, with decades of experience in energy-specific commercial structuring, power systems engineering, machine learning, computational research, operations research, distributed and compute-intensive infrastructure, and modern software & ML engineering. Our experience in the space means we’ve previously built versions of nearly every technical component of our platform. We are now designing them better, and combining them in a holistic and novel way, to achieve global scale and climate impact. We pride ourselves on our deeply empathetic & collaborative culture, honest and direct but respectful communication, and our balanced, flexible, and remote-first work environment.

Employee benefits include:

• Competitive base salary and a comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and 401k package
• Opportunity to own a significant piece of the company via a meaningful equity grant
• Unlimited vacation and flexible work schedule
• Ability to work remotely from anywhere in the United States, Canada & Europe, or join one of our regional hubs in Boston, SF Bay Area, or London
• Accelerated professional growth and development opportunities through direct collaboration and mentorship from leading industry expert colleagues across energy and tech

Equilibrium Energy is a diverse and inclusive, equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, nationality, sexual orientation, veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.

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