Job Description

Company Description

We are the world\xe2\x80\x99s largest independent energy and commodities trading company. Every day we use our expertise and logistical networks to distribute energy around the world, efficiently and responsibly. From 40 offices worldwide, we seek to add value across the energy supply chain, including deploying our scale and market understanding to help facilitate the energy transition. To date, we have committed over $2.2 billion of capital to renewable projects, and are identifying and developing low-carbon opportunities around the world.

Our people are our business. Talent is precious to us and we create an environment in which individuals can reach their full potential, unhindered by hierarchy. Our team comprises more than 65 nationalities and we are committed to developing and sustaining a diverse work force. .



You will sit on our business desk and work closely with the team; you will create new analytical tools and support applications. You will identify users\xe2\x80\x99 needs, translate them into new solutions and aim to tackle existing technological inefficiencies. The role will offer you an opportunity to impact the commercial decisions, and the business itself, far more than a traditional developer role. You will be involved in transforming the way analytics is developed and used across the firm.

The Role

• Sit directly with the trading teams to build and support market-focused analytical tools
• Independent analysis of both business and user requirements, and translating them into seamless UI/UX experiences
• Implementation of clean, well-documented, tested, and extensible code to satisfy those requirements
• Turning user feedback into actionable design improvements and bug fixes
• Suggesting innovative and reliable technical solutions to the business
• Help upskill the desk regarding coding best-practices and ensure mission-critical scripts are adequately productionized

• Relevant university degree
• 3+ years of experience in a similar role
• 3 + years of enterprise level in Python
• Passion for UI/UX design, experience in designing front end applications
• Full Stack development experience using a TypeScript framework ideally React.js

• Knowledge of Excel/VBA would be an advantage
• Database knowledge (Redis, Oracle, MongoDB) would be an advantage

• Results oriented and demonstrably commercial
• Incisive and accurate judgment
• Excellent attention to detail
• Outstanding communication and relationship management skills
• Global outlook. Able to work across organizational and cultural boundaries
• Team player, with an open non-political style and a high level of personal integrity
• Energetic, resilient and resourceful, with an ability to work accurately under pressure
• Creativity and problem solving

• Large variety of projects, creative freedom and direct access to our user community
• Potential for travel to our London, Geneva and Houston offices

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