Quantitative Researcher - Berlin, Deutschland - TrailStone Group

TrailStone Group

Geprüftes Unternehmen

Berlin, Deutschland

vor 3 Wochen

Geschrieben von:

Lena Wagner

beBee Recruiter

Beschreibung

About Trailstone
Trailstone is a global energy and technology company, operating at the intersection of renewable and conventional power.

We trade energy in global markets, and we provide a best-in-class service to manage the inherent intermittency of renewable power generation across the short, medium and long term.

As an energy trader, we buy and sell electricity and gas which is physically delivered on the grids, and we leverage our physical market knowledge to trade financial commodities.

As a provider of renewable energy management services, we take on the complexity of managing renewable power across different countries so that our customers can focus on their core mission of investment and growth.

Trailstone offers an efficient, fully automated front-to-back renewable power management platform underpinned by our long-standing market experience, proprietary technology, data analytics and meteorology.

About the Role
Quantitative Researchers at Trailstone play a central role in our mission of making sustainable energy sustainable.

You will be a key member of a multi-disciplinary team of quantitative and fundamental analysts, developers, traders and meteorologists engaged in the expansion of our renewable asset management business, power and gas trading, and traditional wholesale structured transactions.

As a Quantitative Researcher, you will:

Design, enhance and implement rigorous scientific processes to identify data sources and models that predict prices, price variability, and liquidity in European power and gas markets at various time resolutions
Synthesize quantitative research with your colleagues' domain expertise to design, productionize, and continuously improve systematic trading strategies that can successfully adapt to an evolving commodities landscape
Uncover opportunities to enhance PNL and/or R&D output through new models, tools or technologies, and build or adapt such resources to reflect the firm's particular needs
Work closely with developers and our Technology team to ensure robust implementation of models and tools consistent with Trailstone's technology roadmap

Essential Qualifications

Experience developing systematic trading strategies in a quantitative trading business or commodities business
A disciplined scientific and commercial instinct supported by masterful probabilistic and statistical reasoning
Interpersonal and communication skills that drive productive technical discussions, spirited collaborations, and knowledge dissemination across the firm
Proficiency with Python for both general computer programming and for quantitative analysis
A degree in a quantitative field (e.g. Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Physics, Electrical Engineering, Economics). Very strong, relevant working experience is also accepted in the absence of such a degree

Advantageous Qualifications

Masters or PhD in a quantitative field
Experience with the endtoend process for research and production of intraday trading algorithms or tradeexecution algorithms
Ability to communicate and collaborate effectively across different levels of the global business
Academic or industrybased knowledge of European power markets
A demonstrable interest in developing a career in energy trading and renewables management
SQL proficiency at intermediate level or above
Proponent of software engineering techniques and methods, e.g., version control, agile development, continuous integration, code review, unit and integration testing
Experience with other scientific and mathematical programming languages, especially Julia
Familiarity valuing and hedging swaps, derivatives, and other financial instruments

We're different, and we like it that way
Here at Trailstone, we value our differences. In fact, our success depends upon them.

Differences in backgrounds, identities and experiences lead to differing views of the world. Different world views lead to healthy differences in opinions. Different opinions are essential to creating a robust marketplace of ideas. And it is our ideas that will make Trailstone a market leader in energy innovation and disruption

By our commitment to a diverse and inclusive workforce, Trailstone is creating value for our employees, our investors, and our communities.

So regardless of your gender, race, ethnicity, orientation, physical limitations, how you identify, how you pray, who you love, where you went to school, who you consider family, or how old you areyou can belong here