Quantitative Trader in Berlin bei Tibber

NB: I am on vacation for two weeks so your application will not receive a response until the start of July!

We are Tibber, the energy company that wants you to use less energy. Whaaat? That’s right. We’ll get back to that. Yes, we are by definition an energy company, but we’re more techy than most. How and why you might ask. Well, a third of our employees are actually working on developing products and solutions that can help you use energy in a smarter way and at a lower cost – all with the help of cool fancy tech. Good for our customers, their wallets, and the planet.

Our growth rate has been truly amazing, and still, we’re just getting started. With millions of smart devices connected to the Tibber platform (like electric vehicles and smart thermostats), we have one of the most unique portfolios trading energy on the market.

Hear this brand new Podcast with our Head of Trading Jacob Dalton on some of the latest and greatest projects Tibber are working on:

Job Mission

Tibber is on a path to dramatically disrupt the energy landscape with residential flexibility at the edge of the grid. Tibber was the first in Europe to deliver frequency control reserve at a commercial scale with an aggregated pool of electric vehicles and we are on a mission to build Europe's largest residential virtual power plant.

The Trading team is responsible for short-term power and flexibility trading of the Tibber portfolio. This includes developing and implementing algorithmic trading solutions that automatically balance our portfolio, trade and steer asset flexibility in real-time, and run proprietary trading activities. Additionally, the team is responsible for developing and managing demand and price forecasts in order to commercially optimise Tibber’s portfolio in the relevant energy markets. Some of your responsibilities (but not limited to) will include:

Develop robust optimization algorithms. These will be for a wide class of flexible assets such as electric vehicles, home batteries, and thermostatically controlled loads (TCLs).

Participate in the trading rotation. Take the opportunity to join a dynamic trading team covering both Day Ahead and Intraday including participating in a weekend rotation (1/4 weekend).

Develop decision and execution algorithms. These will be for flexible assets in relevant power and flexibility markets.

Contribute to building trading strategies. These will maximize the value of Tibber’s unique attributes and assets.

Data pipeline management. Continually contribute to the development and engineering of data pipelines necessary for algorithmic trading.

️Ideal Profile

Relevant industry experience:

• European short-term power market trading experience is a must.
• Developing trading optimization models experience is a big plus.
• Intraday power trader experience is a big plus.
• Bidding ancillary services experience is an asset.

Excellent university record. Such as, in mathematics, physics, computer science or business with strong quantitative focus.

Commercially minded. An analytical, curious, and commercial mindset with meticulous attention to detail.

Relevant technical knowhow. High diligence and quality in coding and model development, preferably experience in Python.

Analytical. Ability to solve analytical problems in a limited time when necessary.

Trading specific strategic and analytic skills. A strong ability to turn analysis into actionable trading strategies.

Autonomous. Proactive and independent way of working, high reliability, strong communication skills.

Adaptability. The desire to work in a dynamic and fast-paced start-up environment. You thrive in the chaos where no day is ever the same.

Collaborative. A drive to be a complete team player who enjoys leveraging the team’s skills in order to strive towards shared goals.

‍️‍Get Ready For

Innovation. A way to change the landscape of one of the most important industries on the planet.

Growth. A possibility to learn a lot and push the barriers of what you think is possible, with the possibility to grow personally and professionally.

Autonomy. An autonomous and humble culture in a scale-up adventure.

Empowerment. Your voice matters, we are a place to work where laughter and support amongst diverse and inclusive colleagues are guaranteed.

Flexible benefits. Whether this is towards, health, wellness, equipment, or other allowances important to you, we will do our best to accommodate your needs.