Habitat Energy is a quick 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 90+ 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 an Energy Spot Trader, in Australia, to join our team. As an integral member of our commercial team, you will shape our asset optimisation and trading efforts. The role will focus on the Australian National Electricity Market (NEM) and will be based in our office in Melbourne.
Asset & Client Onboarding
Assess risks and opportunities of asset operations by coordinating with the client team
Support relationships with key clients, market operators, and other key stakeholders
Asset Planning & Reporting
Develop and refine Habitat trading protocols and operational workflows
Provide input into the product development roadmap and service offerings, identifying new market opportunities, and work internally to establish requirements and execute on service development
Trading, Optimisation, and Dispatch
Optimization of physical and financial trading positions within real-time electricity markets with a key focus on maximizing value capture for our clients
Collaboration within Habitat teams to develop and implement trading strategies to achieve targets whilst complying with risk limits and trading control procedures
Support analysis and platform improvement to aid in achieving profit targets and the optimal dispatch of client portfolios
Real-time management and optimization of trading positions to achieve operational goals
Performance Monitoring, Reporting & Analysis




Comparison of Habitat's results with similar assets in the market
Performance monitoring of trading outcomes and client portfolios
Analysis of the NEM to understand fundamental drivers of market characteristics
Risk Management & Structured Products
Risk management in the electricity market and regulatory risks
Additional Responsibilities
Algorithm improvement and analysis of trading strategies
Market analysis, including Habitat's view of price forecasts and other inputs to the forecasting models
Requirements
A degree in business, economics, finance, computer science, engineering or related field
2+ years of physical or financial trading experience in Australian electricity markets trading
Experience in providing outstanding customer service
Intuition, can-do attitude and adaptability to embrace new ways of thinking
Strong judgement in high pressure, high value situations
Ability to prioritise workload in time pressured environment
Passion for delivering complex problems to a range of audiences
Strong understanding of the operations, rules, infrastructure and organisations in the NEM
Knowledge of real-time energy and ancillary service wholesale market fundamentals
Nice to have skills and experience
Experience with operations or asset management for renewables, battery storage and hybrid assets
Comfortable working with analysis packages that are python based.
Ability to query relational databases and visualise results in business intelligence tools.
Experience with linear optimisation programming.
Ultimately we are looking for someone who is a great fit for our company so we encourage you to apply even if you may not meet every requirement in this posting. We value diversity and our environment is supportive, challenging and focused on the consistent delivery of high quality, meaningful work.
In return, we'll give you a competitive salary, flexible working arrangements and a lot of personal development opportunities. This role works to shift patterns that may include some weekends and night shifts.
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📌 Energy Trader (Melbourne)
🏢 Habitat Energy
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