Workload: 80-100% | Start: from 1 November or by arrangement for 6 months

You will work as an intern alongside experienced quantitative analysts & software developers, contributing to improving operational trading strategies for our existing and upcoming battery assets. You will gain valuable experience in the optimisation algorithms used for battery assets, in software development, and learn about trading strategies.

Tasks and responsibilities:

• Create a backtesting framework for assessing revenues for a given bidding strategy.

• Develop and evaluate new bidding strategies for the intraday continuous and aFRR energy markets. This may include building a hyper parameter optimisation to find the optimal parametrisation given historic data.

• Optional: integrating bidding strategies and recurring parameter optimisation into our cloud infrastructure and operational tools.
  

What you bring and who you are:

• Currently pursuing or recently completed a degree in a quantitative field such as computer science, natural science, math, engineering, energy science, or quantitative finance.

• Strong programming skills in Python and experience with git or a similar VCS.

• Either: experience with mathematical optimisation / operations research.

• Or: knowledge of financial markets or energy markets.

• Fluency in English; knowledge of German is a plus.
  

About the team:

The Batteries & Hybrids division develops battery energy storage systems (BESS) all over Europe and operates battery assets in collaboration with other Axpo teams. The optimisation team provides market scheduling algorithms for business case valuations and battery operations.

Benefits:

At our company, we strive to create a culture of continuous learning, personal growth, and inter- national community involvement. We're passionate about providing our employees with the tools and resources they need to succeed, and we're confident that you'll love being part of our team!

• Working Hours
  Enjoy flexible working hours and the option to work up to 50% remotely – for the perfect work-life balance.
  

• Generous pension plan
  We pay 60% of your pension contributions - for a secure future.
  

• Health comes first
  100% continued payment of salary in the event of illness or accident and access to an exclusive mental health platform with five free sessions with a psychologist.
  

• Parental leave
  16 weeks maternity leave (100% continued pay) and 10 days paternity leave (100% continued pay) to spend valuable time with your family.
  

• Support for your family
  Up to 20% reimbursement of childcare costs (max. CHF 4,800 per year).
  

• Exclusive discounts
  Attractive discounts on petrol, insurance and mobile telephony with partner companies such as Shell, Avia, Sunrise and Swisscom.
  

At Axpo Group, we are dedicated to fostering a culture of non-discrimination, tolerance, and inclusion. As an equal opportunity employer, we welcome applications regardless of race and ethnicity, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, as well as socioeconomic, cultural, and religious background. We are committed to ensuring a respectful and inclusive recruiting process and workplace for everyone.