Software Engineer - Electricity Market modelling

London, England, United Kingdom

12/13/2024

About

About Baringa:

We set out to build the world’s most trusted consulting firm – creating lasting impact for clients and pioneering a positive, people-first way of working. We work with everyone from FTSE 100 names to bright new start-ups, in every sector.

You’ll find us collaborating shoulder-to-shoulder with our clients, from the big picture right down to the detail: helping them define their strategy, deliver complex change, spot the right commercial opportunities, manage risk, or bring their purpose and sustainability goals to life. Our clients love how we get to know what makes their organisations tick – slotting seamlessly into their teams and being proudly geeky about solving their challenges.

As a Certified B Corporation®, we've proven that we've built social and environmental good into every bit of what we do.

We have hubs in Europe, the US, Asia and Australia, and we work all around the world - from a wind farm in Wyoming to a boardroom in Berlin. Find us wherever there's a challenge to be tackled and an impact to be made.

Our Market, Advisory and Analytics practice are looking for experienced Electricity Markets Modelling Engineers.

The Electricity Markets Modelling Engineers within Baringa maintain and develop our industry leading suite of electricity markets modelling and analysis tools, enabling Baringa to remain at the forefront of electricity market analysis globally. We create the modelling and data frameworks that allow Baringa consultants to be the leading trusted advisor on electricity markets for our clients.

As a modelling engineer in Baringa you will embody our foundational culture of being entrepreneurial, creative and take pride in being at the heart of the energy transition and the changing energy landscape. 

We are now looking for talented modelling engineers to join us and contribute to the continued growth of our Market, Advisory and Analytics team, within our Energy & Resources practice. Working in the electricity markets group you will be at the forefront of electricity markets, developing the next generation of modelling tools, and the data and technical architecture that underpin them.

You will become part of a high calibre, curious and motivated team. You will get to work on exciting and challenging problems, collaborating with market facing consultants to ensure we keep our electricity markets analysis tools relevant in a rapidly changing energy industry. The role involves working closely with colleagues across our global offices to ensure a high quality and integrated approach to common issues and themes. 

What You Will Be Doing

You will be working within our experienced Market, Advisory and Analytics team to:

• Build new tools that facilitate analysis and modelling of Electricity markets.
• Maintain and develop our data and technical architecture.
• Create dashboards that provide valuable insights to our consultants.  
• Engaging with consulting teams to understand their modelling requirements.
• Provide support to the consulting team in using new and existing tools.
• Mentor, support and develop other team members to ensure high quality modelling engineering capability is created and maintained within the team.
  
  

Skills

Your skills and experience

We’re looking for people to join the team who will be committed to designing and building high quality models, tools, data frameworks and computing architectures, to enable market-leading insights for our clients.  We are looking for great candidates across a wide range of experience.

Essential 

• You have a strong quantitative background in subjects such as mathematics, physics, computer science, engineering, etc.
• You are comfortable developing in at least one general programming language (e.g. Java, Python, C# etc)
• You are comfortable developing in at least one SQL database management systems (e.g. SQL server, Postgres, Oracle, etc)
• You are great at problem solving and love tackling challenging problems.
• You can communicate complex concepts succinctly to both technical and non-technical colleagues and clients.
• You are a self-motivated, entrepreneurial, and responsible individual with the ability to perform well under pressure.
• You have excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to influence others, work collaboratively and constructively with project partners, external stakeholders, and internal teams to achieve positive outcomes.
• You are intellectually curious and enjoy learning. 
• You are passionate about working within the energy sector.
  
  

Desirable

• You can code to a high level in Python.
• You can develop to a high-level using SQL Server. 
• You have experience building dashboards in PowerBI. 
• You have experience working in an Agile team. 
• You have experience of computational modelling.
• You have experience/education within Energy. 
  
  

What a Career At Baringa Will Give You

Putting People First.

Benefits

Baringa is a People First company and wellbeing is at the forefront of our culture. We recognise the importance of work-life balance and flexible working and provide our staff amazing benefits. Some of these benefits include:

• Generous Annual Leave Policy: We recognise everyone needs a well-deserved break. We provide our employees with 5 weeks of annual leave, fully available at the start of each year. In addition to this, we have introduced our 5-Year Recharge benefit which allows all employees an additional 2 weeks of paid leave after 5 years continuous service.
• Flexible Working: We know that the ‘ideal’ work-life balance will vary from person to person and change at different stages of our working lives. To accommodate this, we have implemented a hybrid working policy and introduced more flexibility around taking unpaid leave.
• Corporate Responsibility Days: Our world is important to us, so all our employees get 3 every year to help social and environmental causes and increase our impact on the communities that mean the most to us.
• Wellbeing Fund: We want to encourage all employees to take charge and prioritise their own wellbeing. We’ve introduced our annual People Fund to support this by offering every individual a fund to support and manage their wellbeing through an activity of their choice.
• Career Progression: No one develops at the same pace. That’s why we have quarterly rather than annual promotion reviews. We don’t have any quotas: if you’re ready and delivering at the right level, you’ll get that promotion.
• Profit Share Scheme: All employees participate in the Baringa Group Profit Share Scheme so everyone has a stake in the company’s success.
  
  

Diversity and Inclusion.

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe that creating an environment where everyone feels a sense of belonging is central to our culture and that diversity is paramount to driving creativity, innovation, and value for our clients and for our people.

An award-winning workplace.

You can be a part of our ‘Great Place to Work’ – with our commitment to women and well-being in the workplace for all. Click here to see some of our recent awards and how we’ve achieved this.

Using business as a force for good.

At Baringa we believe that everyone creates a lasting impact when you put people - customers, employees, investors, suppliers, and society – first. Our B Corp™ certification shows that we’ve met and held ourselves accountable to high standards of social and environmental performance and transparency. Our award-winning people-first philosophy makes us distinctive - Be Kind. Be Curious. Be Great at Work.

We’re proud of our recent exploration of kindness and its role in business in our first-ever brand campaign: Economics of Kindness . You can see some additional recent impact work by clicking here .

Join us

All applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, nationality, disability, age, faith or social background. We do not filter applications by university background and encourage those who have taken alternative educational and career paths to apply. We would like to actively encourage applications from those who identify with less represented and minority groups. We operate an inclusive recruitment process, ensuring reasonable adjustments where needed. Please contact a member of our Recruitment Team to discuss further.