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Market Specialist


At FlexPower, the quantitative trading team builds and operates fully automated strategies in European short-term power markets. We own our PnL and our systems end-to-end - from data collection to execution.

To deepen our understanding of market behavior, we’re looking for a Market Specialist who combines market intuition with analytical rigor - and wants to see their insights directly influence live trading.

No external dependencies. No bureaucracy. Just high-impact work with direct feedback from the market.

You enjoy to: 


  • Understanding what moves short-term power prices and spreads.
  • Turning complex market data into clear, testable hypotheses.
  • Working with quantitative researchers and engineers on model-driven strategies.
  • Spotting anomalies, regime changes, and emerging structural patterns.
  • Taking responsibility for your conclusions and their real-world outcomes.
  • Contributing to a focused, respectful, and performance-oriented team culture.

You will:


  • Analyze market behavior and identify key drivers of price and imbalance dynamics.
  • Interpret and contextualize model performance across different market conditions.
  • Build and maintain dashboards and monitoring tools for market signals and KPIs.
  • Provide structured, domain-grounded input for feature engineering and strategy refinement.
  • Help improve and stress-test automated trading logic under changing market regimes.
  • Execute small, structured test trades to develop intuition for market microstructure, liquidity patterns, and exchange behavior — purely for learning and strategy calibration.
  • Participate in the team’s rotation to monitor live model-based trading and address operational issues when they arise.

You bring:


  • A Master’s degree (or equivalent) in Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, Economics, or similar.
  • Solid understanding of European short-term power markets, ideally within Central Western Europe (e.g., DE, NL, FR, AT).
  • Ability to work with Python and SQL for data analysis.
  • Curiosity about automated trading and market microstructure.
  • A structured, thoughtful, and reliable working style.
  • Strong communication skills in English (German is a plus).

Bonus:


  • Experience in short-term power or balancing markets.
  • Familiarity with EPEX systems, market APIs, or balancing platforms.
  • Experience building dashboards for real-time or intraday monitoring.

What we offer


  • Direct impact on the PnL of one of Europe’s leading algorithmic power trading desks.
  • A fast-moving, technically rigorous environment.
  • A culture that values precision, clarity, and teamwork.
  • Competitive compensation and performance-based bonus.
  • Modern office in central Hamburg and a high-trust team.

Disclaimer

We are honest about the fact that energy is still considered a male-dominated industry by some—and we wholeheartedly disagree! We are building a diverse and inclusive team that welcomes minds who do not think alike.

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As part of our recruitment process, all references provided will be verified, and—where legally permissible—a criminal record extract (certificate of conduct) will be obtained in accordance with the Federal Central Register Act. The collection and processing of this data are carried out in compliance with data protection regulations and solely for the purpose of determining suitability for the intended position.