Quantitative Trader - eTrading Desk

About US (GEMS):

ENGIE Global Energy Management & Sales (GEMS) provides energy supply solutions and risk management services to support its clients through their decarbonization journey, while optimizing ENGIE’s assets and contributing to value creation.  

ENGIE is a global reference in low-carbon energy and services with a leading energy management business, piloted by its entity "Global Energy Management & Sales" who built its savoir-faire managing the Group’s large and diverse asset portfolio over 20+ years. 

3,300 employees around the world develop our solutions, through +20 international business platforms. We cover the full energy mix: renewable and thermal power, natural gas & LNG, biomass, environmental products. Our experts provide tailor made solutions based on a wide range of savoir-faire in energy management with a strong focus on decarbonation and decentralization. 

Our +120,000 clients span the entire value chain: producers, asset developers, financial players, utilities, distributors and industrials. Our global reach and strong local presence enable us to offer these diverse clients tailor-made services and respond to rapid changes in mature or emerging markets alike. 

Our 4 expertise: 

•     Asset management 
•     Energy transition services 
•     Energy supply & global commodities 
•     Risk management & market access 

At GEMS we encourage breakthrough results, team spirit, curiosity and innovation while preserving the right work/life balance for you. 

More info on GEM Hub (https://gems.engie.com) or LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/engie-global-energy-management-solutions). 

Context: 

Within the Cluster Risk Management & Supply, eTrading is Engie’s algorithmic trading desk managing a wide range of activities:   

• Designing, optimizing and running tailor made strategies: smart execution, arbitrage, asset optimization 
• Providing centralized market access: aggregating Engie’s flows and optimizing execution through in-house algorithms
• Acting as a liquidity provider / market maker on exchanges

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Role: 

• Designing new trading strategies;
• Developing, testing and documenting new algorithms; 
• Running and monitoring trading algorithms;
• Quantitative market making;
• Interacting with brokers and exchanges;
• Developing and maintaining tools to supervise trading decisions;
• Enhancing existing infrastructure and algorithms;
• Manipulating and analyzing large datasets. 

Hard Skills: 

• Analytical skills;
• Strong programming skills: Python, C# is a plus;
• Data management skills.

Soft Skills: 

• Team Player;
• Pragmatic;
• Result driven;
• Attention to detail;
• Stress resistance.

Education and professional background: 

• Top academic background in engineering IT, mathematics, finance
• Confirmed experience as an algo trader or algo developer  

Languages:

• Fluent in English

Location: 

Position based in Paris for the first 6 to 12 months, with opportunities to move to Houston or Singapore or Melbourne at a second stage.

If you meet these requirements, then you are the talent we are looking for. Do not waste time! 

Apply by attaching your updated CV, regardless your gender.

ENGIE Global Energy Management & Sales is committed to create a gender-neutral environment that unlocks the potential of everyone and provide equal employment opportunities for all individuals. 

All our positions are open to people with disabilities, please let your recruiter know if you need reasonable accommodations to be able to participate in the recruitment process, they will be happy to assist you. 

About ENGIE:

Our group is a global reference in low-carbon energy and services. Our purpose (“raison d’être”) is to act to accelerate the transition towards a carbon-neutral world, through reduced energy consumption and more environmentally-friendly solutions, reconciling economic performance with a positive impact on people and the planet. We rely on our key businesses (gas, renewable energy, services) to offer competitive solutions to our customers. With our 170,000 employees, our customers, partners and stakeholders, we are a community of Imaginative Builders, committed every day to more harmonious progress.