When you join EDF Trading, you’ll become part of a diverse international team of experts who challenge conventional ideas, test new approaches, and think outside the box.
Energy markets evolve rapidly, so our team needs to remain agile, flexible, and ready to spot opportunities across all the markets we trade in power, gas, LNG, LPG, oil, and environmental products.
EDF Group and our customers all over the world trust that their assets are managed by us in the most effective and efficient manner and are protected through expert risk management. Trading for over 20 years, it’s experience that makes us leaders in the field. Energy is what we do.
Become part of the team and you will be offered a great range of benefits, which include (location dependent) hybrid working, a personal pension plan, private medical and dental insurance, bi-annual health assessments, corporate gym memberships, an electric car lease programme, childcare vouchers, a cycle-to-work scheme, season ticket loans, volunteering opportunities, and much more.
Gender balance and inclusion are very high on the agenda at EDF Trading, so you will become part of an ever-diversifying family of around 750 colleagues based in London, Paris, Singapore, and Houston. Regular social and networking events, both physical and virtual, will ensure that you always feel connected to your colleagues and the business.
Who are we? We are EDF Trading, part of the EDF Group - a world leader in low-carbon, sustainable electricity generation.
Join us, make a difference, and help shape the future of energy.
Job Description:
What we do
The Front Office Delivery IT team looks after the Traders, Originators and Analysts bespoke IT requirements. We provide a wide range of solutions for both commercial Decision Support and more tradition ‘IT’ based activities, such as interfacing with third party systems for control/processes. Generally, we build in a Microsoft stack working closely with the traders/analysts wherever possible.
The team is streamlined and the work ranges from a couple of weeks to several months in length. Equally we often find ourselves multitasking to fit in the more immediate demands. Some of the work requires excellent engineering skills, while others a better grasp of what drives values for the commercial desks. The team encourages empowerment and accountability which sees us employ a flat organisational structure with an emphasis on getting the job done. The environment is friendly – and as a team we work to support each other.
Most systems are distributed solutions utilising Angular, WebAPI, C# and relational databases (Oracle or SQL Server), however we are bursting into more open source tech as needed.
What we are looking for
We have an opening for someone talented to join our commercial-facing Front Office IT Delivery team.
Ideally to thrive the skills we are look for are:
Experience required
Ideally experienced working at a top tier energy trading house, investment bank or a leading software house specialising in providing software based solutions.
Preferably having experience in building automated trade execution systems.
Technical requirements
These are the technical skills needed to do the job:
Ideally, the candidate should have knowledge in some of the following technologies:
Hours of work:
40 hours per week between Monday and Friday.
Hybrid (a combination of office and home working) is the normal practice.
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