Trafigura

Python Engineer, Beacon – Gas, Power & Renewables Technology

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2 months ago
Houston, TX, USASenior

Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and maintain risk and analytics solutions for the Power and Gas trading desk using Python and Beacon Platform.
  • Integrate quantitative models developed by the quant team into Beacon and connect them to relevant market data sources.
  • Own the full development lifecycle from gathering requirements through production delivery.
  • Engage directly with traders, quants, analysts, and deal desk professionals to understand business needs and present technical solutions.
  • Collaborate with Beacon engineers on consistency, code quality, and shared best practices.
  • Contribute to the evolution of the Gas, Power & Renewables technology stack.

Requirements

  • Strong Python development skills.
  • At least 2 years of hands-on development experience with Beacon Platform, Quarts, or Athena; SecDB development experience is also considered.
  • Understanding of quantitative modelling concepts sufficient to integrate and work with models developed by the quant team.
  • Good knowledge of commodities markets, preferably US power and gas, including physical and paper markets.
  • Familiarity with heat rate options, gas storage products, PPAs, and tolling agreements is highly desirable.
  • Ability to work under pressure, receive direct feedback constructively, and communicate effectively with non-technical stakeholders.
  • Apache Kafka experience is a plus.

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