A growing energy business is strengthening its Front Office trading capability, and is seeking an experienced Power Trader with a strong quantitative mindset.

The role offers the opportunity to combine hands-on short-term power trading and asset optimisation with the development of the models, algorithms and technology infrastructure supporting the business.

Key Responsibilities:

- Trading and optimising positions across Italian day-ahead, intraday, XBID and balancing markets
- Optimise renewable generation and battery storage assets to maximise portfolio value and manage short-term market exposure
- Working closely with quantitative and technology teams to develop systematic trading and optimisation strategies
- Co-developing algorithms for renewable dispatch, BESS arbitrage and portfolio optimisation




- Analyse market fundamentals, generation forecasts, demand, weather and price signals to identify and capture short-term opportunities
- Monitor trading and model performance, identifying areas for continuous improvement

Requirements:

- 5+ years’ Front Office power trading experience
- Strong knowledge of the Italian or European SPOT power markets
- A strong quantitative approach, with exposure to systematic/algo strategies
- Programming experience, ideally in Python or R
- Exposure to BESS optimisation or renewable dispatch would be highly advantageous

📌 Short-Term Power Trader (Milano)
🏢 Piper Maddox
📍 Milano