Real Time Trader

Habitat Energy is seeking a Real Time Trader for its Austin, Texas office. The role involves optimizing trading positions in electricity markets, conducting market analysis, and managing client assets. Candidates should have experience in short-term power trading and strong interpersonal skills. The position requires shift work, including weekends and nights, and is not a remote position.
Job Description
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Habitat Energy is a fast growing technology company focussed on the trading and algorithmic optimisation of energy storage and renewable assets around the world. Our mission is to deliver outstanding returns to our clients to increase the attractiveness of renewable energy globally and support the transition to a clean energy future. Our rapidly growing team of 85 people in Austin, TX, Oxford, UK, and Melbourne, Australia brings together exceptionally talented and passionate people in the domains of energy trading, data science, software engineering and renewable energy management.

We have a vacancy for a RT Trader to join our US team based in Austin, Texas. This role will predominantly be based on-site in our Austin office and will involve shift work (to include weekend and overnight hours).

You will be responsible for:
• Optimizing physical and financial trading positions within day ahead and real-time electricity markets with a key focus of maximizing value capture for clients’ battery storage, wind and solar assets, including strategies for Ancillary Services and DART trading for renewables.
• Undertaking market analysis to understand near term supply and demand dynamics, competitor strategies and transmission constraints to identify opportunities to maximize gross margin .
• Scoping required internal tools and operational processes which will enable scalability and success for the business
• Supporting asset onboarding and ISO related monitoring and documentation requests as needed.
• Assessing real-time market opportunities and risk while managing client assets and maintaining compliance as part of our shift desk rotation.

‘Must have’ skills and experience:
• Experience or strong interest in a short-term power trading role managing dispatch of physical assets and executing on trading strategies in physical and financial markets.
• Attention to detail and ability to adhere to strict operating protocols including ERCOT business practices and nodal protocols as well as NERC operating guidelines.
• Ability to understand and communicate complex issues in an accessible way and to prioritize workload in a time-pressured environment.
• Excellent interpersonal skills for developing trust with clients, third-party vendors, and teammates.
• Ability to exercise good judgement in high pressure, high-value situations and provide justification for decisions.
• Flexibility to participate in the shift desk rotation (weekends and over night).

‘Nice to have’ skills and experience
• Knowledge of the operations, rules, infrastructure and key players of the ERCOT market.
• Direct experience managing battery storage, wind, or solar technologies in competitive power markets
• Knowledge of the drivers of real-time power and ancillary services market prices and the opportunities they create for asset owners.
• Previous experience of regulatory/System Operator engagement and/or set-up of a trading and operations desk in ERCOT, CAISO, MISO, etc.
• Experience in risk management or post-trade analytics.
• Working knowledge of Python (Pandas, etc.), as well as experience querying relational databases (e.g. SQL)
• Comfort presenting to clients, board members, prospective clients.

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