Quantitative Developer/Analyst (Energy Trading)

TL;DR

Quantitative Developer/Analyst (Energy Trading): Building and maintaining tooling, data foundations, and workflows for proprietary quantitative trading strategies with an accent on reliable development, testing, and deployment. Focus on optimizing backtesting frameworks, analyzing market data, and translating front-desk needs into technical solutions for the dynamic energy market.

Location: Hybrid in Rotterdam, Netherlands, with the flexibility to work abroad for up to 3 weeks/year (max 2 consecutively) with manager approval.

Salary: €90.000 – €145.000 gross annual

Company

hirify.global is at the forefront of the energy transition, developing and running proprietary quantitative strategies for smart risk management and data-driven decision-making in the volatile energy market.

What you will do

• Build and maintain tooling, data foundations, and research/production workflows for systematic trading strategies.
• Improve trading strategy backtesting and optimization frameworks for scalable runs and robust result storage.
• Refine trading strategies through backtesting, tuning parameters, and scenario analysis.
• Build analytical and real-time dashboards for traders, displaying strategy status, controls, and performance.
• Analyze new market data sources, define requirements, and ensure data quality and availability for research and production.
• Liaise with Compliance, Risk, IT, and Trade Operations teams to ensure appropriate controls, infrastructure, and system interaction.

Requirements

• 4–5+ years of relevant experience in quantitative development, trading tooling, or front-office analytics support, building production-grade Python code.
• Solid understanding of financial markets, preferably energy commodities, and trading desk operations.
• Comfortable with quantitative trading analysis, including descriptive statistics, backtesting, and interpreting performance metrics.
• Strong Python skills with a focus on modular, performant, and testable code, including OO design and asynchronous programming.
• Experience with good software delivery practices: Git, unit/integration/regression testing, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Ability to design reliable real-time and historical market data pipelines with strong attention to data quality and latency.

Nice to have

• Experience working directly with traders and front-desk analysts to translate needs into solutions.
• Experience with cloud-based platforms and scalable infrastructure (Docker/Kubernetes).
• Familiarity with analytics platforms (Databricks) and orchestration tooling (Airflow).
• Performance-oriented tooling (NumPy/pandas/Polars/Numba) and/or exposure to C++ or Rust.

Culture & Benefits

• Gross annual salary between €90.000 and €145.000, including FlexBudget and 8% holiday allowance, with potential for a bonus or profit sharing.
• FlexBudget can be paid out, used for extra holiday days, or saved.
• Commitment to personal and professional development.
• Hybrid working model: 40% office, 40% home, 20% flexible.
• Work abroad for up to 3 weeks/year (max 2 consecutively) with manager approval.
• Join an international, fast-paced, and highly collaborative environment within Asset Backed Trading.