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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Data Scientist for Quantitative Modelling - Developing & Deploying IT/Data-Driven Solutions - **Company:** YoungCapital - **Location:** Essen, Germany - **Experience:** Experienced - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Computer Programming, Python (Programming Language), NumPy, SQL Databases, Strategies of Testing, Reinforcement Learning, Cloud Platform System, Deep Learning, Pandas, Scikit Learn, Information Technology, Data Analytics, Xgboost, Data Pipelines - **Published:** August 13, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.youngcapital.de/stellenangebote/7893003-data-scientist-for-quantitative-modelling-developing-deploying-it-data-driven-solutions-f-m-d ## About the Role * MSc or PhD in Data Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Physics, Computer Science, Operations Research, or a related quantitative field. * 3+ years of professional experience applying data science or quantitative modelling in an energy trading, energy tech, or commodity trading environment. * Deep understanding of European electricity markets (EPEX, Nord Pool, or equivalent) including day-ahead, intraday continuous, and balancing mechanisms. * Excellent programming skills in Python (pandas, NumPy, scikit-learn, LightGBM/XGBoost, or similar); SQL and cloud-based data platforms. * Experience with reinforcement learning, Bayesian methods, or time-series deep learning (LSTMs, Transformers) in a trading context. * Strong experience with optimisation techniques (LP/MILP, stochastic optimisation) applied to asset scheduling or portfolio optimisation. * Excellent communication skills: you can explain a complex model to a trader at 7 AM and defend your methodology in a technical review at 3 PM. * Autonomous and self-driven: you take ownership of your roadmap items, push them forward without constant guidance, and know when to escalate. * Strong team player: you thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment where traders, developers, and data scientists sit side by side. ## Description * Take ownership of the development and optimisation of quantitative trading strategies for dispatching flexible assets across intraday, day-ahead, balancing, and ancillary service markets. * Build in collaboration with other teams predictive models for price forecasting, asset availability, imbalance signals, and market spread identification to improve bidding and scheduling decisions. * Own the trading strategy roadmap, identify, prioritise, and deliver new features and model improvements in iterative cycles aligned with business value. * Collaborate closely with traders to validate hypotheses, back-test strategies against real P&L, and incorporate trader intuition into model design. * Scale strategies across geographies and asset classes, adapting to local market rules, grid codes, and asset-specific technical constraints (e.g., degradation, ramp rates, state-of-charge). * Design and maintain robust data pipelines that feed real-time and historical market, weather, and asset data into modelling and decision engines. * Monitor live strategy performance, detect drift or anomalies, and implement rapid feedback loops for continuous improvement. * Communicate results clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders, translate complex model outputs into trading insights and strategic recommendations. * Stay current with developments, and state-of-the-art methods in ML/optimisation relevant to energy trading. ## Related Videos - [Data Science, ML & AI in the Oil and Gas Industry at NDT Global - Dr. Katja Träumner](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1308-data-science-ml-ai-in-the-oil-and-gas-industry-at-ndt-global-dr-katja-traumner) - [TikTok's Privacy Innovation](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1036-tiktok-s-privacy-innovation) - [Advanced Typing in TypeScript](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/496-advanced-typing-in-typescript) - [Vectorize all the things! 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