In the role, your primary area of responsibility will be to establish a profitable trading book for short-term futures in relevant North American power markets. Further, your areas of responsibility will include the following:

analyze US power markets and their fundamental drivers

research, implement and refine trading strategies from idea to testing and deployment in the markets

support the development of automated model-based futures trading through collaboration with our Automated Trading team

build scalable trading tools and solutions to enable further growth in the overall business

proactively identify new areas of trading by staying up to date with regulatory changes and new products available on exchanges

analyze US power markets and their fundamental driversresearch, implement and refine trading strategies from idea to testing and deployment in the marketssupport the development of automated model-based futures trading through collaboration with our Automated Trading teambuild scalable trading tools and solutions to enable further growth in the overall businessproactively identify new areas of trading by staying up to date with regulatory changes and new products available on exchangesYou will join our US Short-Term Power Trading team at our US office in Stamford, CT. This is a young team, established just two years ago – yet, already profitable. We trade short-term power in the US, covering all exchanges and regional power markets from the West to the East. We create value by tailoring, designing and executing trading strategies, testing ideas and screening new markets and products by means of consistent and thorough data analysis. In its short existence, the short-term trading desk has had significant success and gained a meaningful market share in short-term power markets. We see great further development potential and to reach our ambitions, we are looking to expand the team. As a competitive collective, we strive to be the best at what we do and that truly drives our attitude towards our results. Finally, we have an informal work culture with flexibility in our daily schedules.In addition to your primary tasks as a trader, you will also work on your own projects and analyses. We imagine that you are not afraid of taking responsibility and that you are always looking to optimise things where possible. Further, you are someone who employs a data-driven and structured approach to solving problems as you will work with various cases that require thorough analyses to support decision-making.
Furthermore, we imagine that you:

have a relevant educational background in Economics, Finance, Engineering or similar

thrive on working in a result-driven trading environment

have a couple of years of experience with trading short-term electricity and/or gas or have an interest in learning the domain

are authorized to work in the United States

have a relevant educational background in Economics, Finance, Engineering or similarthrive on working in a result-driven trading environmenthave a couple of years of experience with trading short-term electricity and/or gas or have an interest in learning the domainare authorized to work in the United StatesYou can read more about our recruitment process here. Please note that if you are an international candidate, we will reimburse travel expenses in connection with potential interviews and support you with the relocation process.hereWe're a tech-driven energy trading company present in 40 markets across five continents. Our +450 people are driven by a need to constantly better things. If you are too, we could very well be the right place for you. You'll join a collective of thinkers and doers. Aspiring chefs, runners, parents, beekeepers, gamers – the list goes on. We're highly specialised experts within our fields. But it’s actually our diversity of ideas we’re most proud of, which is why we continuously work on strengthening an inclusive culture where diverse teams thrive. Our organisation is flat with an open-door policy. We expect you to care. About your work. About your own and your colleagues’ collective successes. And about the difference we make at Danske Commodities. Together with our parent company Equinor, we have the vision and strength to accelerate the energy transition and make an impact. Like no other.Luckily, we often have lots of other interesting positions available that might prove to be a better match.