Energy Trading Full Stack Engineer – Spark

Requirements

• Substantial commercial experience in the design and delivery of full stack applications.
• Strong command of programming and computer science concepts, preferably in a low-level language.
• Proficiency in modern browser-based JavaScript, including ES modules, web components and data-intensive interfaces.
• Sound working knowledge of SQL and relational and analytical databases.
• Demonstrable ability to work directly with non-technical colleagues and translate an imprecise request into a clear and testable requirement.

Nice to Haves

• Python, Rust, JavaScript, and HTML.
• AWS and the deployment of distributed environments.
• ClickHouse or another columnar or analytical database.
• AG Grid or comparable data-grid technologies.
• Front-end frameworks, including Alpine.js and FAST Element web components.
• Commodities, energy or financial markets. Prior exposure is advantageous but not required, as the domain can be taught.

What You'll Be Doing

• Engage directly with traders, operations staff and other business users to understand their requirements and shape them into deliverable work.
• Implement features end to end across the Spark platform, encompassing interfaces, data models and the screens upon which users depend.
• Extend the platform to support new trading locations, markets and products as the business expands.
• Maintain and improve the existing estate as a long-lived production system.
• Contribute alongside colleagues to the platform’s technical direction and the standard of the codebase.
• Take genuine ownership of work from the first conversation through to production.
• Work within a small team that maintains high engineering standards, with limited process between the engineer and deployment.

Perks and Benefits

• Equal opportunity employer fostering diversity.
• Initiatives and programs to enable employees to achieve a healthy work-life balance.