Data Scientist Flex Trading Strategy Development (fmd)

Energy Markets GmbH Permanent Full time; Part time

Energy Markets GmbH (EEM) is a subsidiary of the Group based in Essen. Our main purpose is to coordinate access to trading markets for our regional business units to bundle the associated chances and risks plus to provide innovative services. Our core competencies include portfolio strategies risk management and data processing. With activities in various European countries we shape the future of energy.

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Ready to become a Playmaker of the energy transition Join our team in Essen and apply online as Data Scientist - Flex Trading Strategy Development (f/m/d). Are you brave enough to drive progress and forge new paths Lets make it work and create real impact together. We cant wait to meet you! Its on us to make new energy work.

Key Responsibilities

• Take ownership of the development and optimisation of quantitative trading strategies for dispatching flexible assets across intraday day-ahead balancing and ancillary service markets.
• Build in collaboration with other teams predictive models for price forecasting asset availability imbalance signals and market spread identification to improve bidding and scheduling decisions.
• Own the trading strategy roadmap identify prioritise and deliver new features and model improvements in iterative cycles aligned with business value.
• Collaborate closely with traders to validate hypotheses back-test strategies against real P&L and incorporate trader intuition into model design.
• Scale strategies across geographies and asset classes adapting to local market rules grid codes and asset-specific technical constraints (e.g. degradation ramp rates state-of-charge).
• Design and maintain robust data pipelines that feed real-time and historical market weather and asset data into modelling and decision engines.
• Monitor live strategy performance detect drift or anomalies and implement rapid feedback loops for continuous improvement.
• Communicate results clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders translate complex model outputs into trading insights and strategic recommendations.
• Stay current with developments and state-of-the-art methods in ML/optimisation relevant to energy trading.

Your Profile

• MSc or PhD in Data Science Statistics Mathematics Physics Computer Science Operations Research or a related quantitative field.
• 3 years of professional experience applying data science or quantitative modelling in an energy trading energy tech or commodity trading environment.
• Deep understanding of European electricity markets (EPEX Nord Pool or equivalent) including day-ahead intraday continuous and balancing mechanisms.
• Excellent programming skills in Python (pandas NumPy scikit-learn LightGBM/XGBoost or similar); SQL and cloud-based data platforms.
• Experience with reinforcement learning Bayesian methods or time-series deep learning (LSTMs Transformers) in a trading context.
• Strong experience with optimisation techniques (LP/MILP stochastic optimisation) applied to asset scheduling or portfolio optimisation.
• Excellent communication skills: you can explain a complex model to a trader at 7 AM and defend your methodology in a technical review at 3 PM.
• Autonomous and self-driven: you take ownership of your roadmap items push them forward without constant guidance and know when to escalate.
• Strong team player: you thrive in a fast-paced collaborative environment where traders developers and data scientists sit side by side.

Do you have questions
For further information please contact Linda Sloboda Are you already convinced that this is the next step in your career If yes we would be happy if you would register and apply online (ID 245210). Just a quick note: Please only use our official application portal to apply. Unfortunately we cant consider applications sent via email. We really appreciate your understanding!

What you need to know:
Contract type: Permanent
Work Model:Hybrid
Working time: Full time; Part time
Company: Energy Markets GmbH
Location:Essen
Function area: IT/Digital

Required Experience:

IC

Employment Type : Full Time
Experience: years
Vacancy: 1