Software Engineer - Algo Infrastructure

Are you a self-starter with a dedication to creating a robust and reliable foundation for our algorithmic trading and coding? Do you want to make a difference in a digital and agile environment? Do you like to work in a dynamic trading environment closely together with traders and quants – a tight community, focusing on deep tech and high impact? Do you want to contribute to successful algorithmic trading activities with your infrastructure and software solutions? In that case this job could be the right one for you.

Vattenfall is one of Europe’s leading energy companies with trading activities in the global energy markets. We are strongly expanding into algorithmic trading and automated trade execution.

Software Engineer - Algo Infrastructure

for our office in Hamburg. 

Your key responsibilities

• Develop, support, and continuously improve worldclass software solutions for algorithmic trading directly together with algorithmic traders, algo developers in the front-office in a fast moving agile working environment, highly solution oriented
• Support algorithmic traders in solving crucial ad-hoc issues that arise during day-to-day operations
• Drive the integration of new markets/exchanges and addition of new features
• Enhance our existing, containerized landscape towards our ambitious goals
• Ensure fast and stable test/training and production environments (on-premise, cloud, and co-location)
• Keep track of the latest market developments around algorithmic trading technologies and provide related advise

Vattenfall is a European energy company with approximately 21 000 employees. For more than 100 years we have electrified industries, supplied energy to people’s homes and modernized our way of living through innovation and cooperation. We now want to make fossil-free living possible within one generation. To be able to reach this ambitious goal we are looking for talented individuals who, in addition to their passion for their own role, also have strong team spirit and want to contribute to supporting a meaningful corporate mission. 

Business Area (BA) Markets’ role in Vattenfall is to maximize the value of the overall portfolio by optimizing and dispatching, hedging, and sourcing for Vattenfall's sales and generation volumes. We serve as Vattenfall’s single access to energy commodity markets and trade electricity, emissions, fuels, freight, and renewable certificates. We employ around 500 professionals who are active across Europe with offices in Sweden, Germany, The Netherlands, and the United Kingdom.

In BA Markets the mission of the Unit OU Operations is to drive the digital transformation. OU Operations consists of diverse and highly skilled employees from more than 20 countries. We work internationally from our locations in Stockholm, Hamburg and Amsterdam.

We have a culture of care and growth. You will collaborate with inspiring people around you, on complex and interesting topics. Together, we drive the energy transition and contribute to a journey towards becoming fossil-free.

Your profile:

• Relevant university degree / apprenticeship or corresponding work experience
• Excellent programming skills and experience (>=3 years) in C#
• Very good experience with distributed systems and cloud/container technologies (Kubernetes, ideally in Azure)
• Excellent problem-solving abilities, including expertise in root cause analysis
• Very good experience in CI/CD and automated deployment (ideally Azure DevOps, pipelines)
• Very good experience with Linux environments
• Fluency in English (both written and spoken)
• Team player with excellent communication skills
• Ideally knowledge about FIX protocol and/or Reuters/LSEG
• Ideally experience working in a trading environment

Benefits

Your development is a priority at Vattenfall BA Markets. Your professional journey will benefit from working in the exciting industry of energy trading, and in interdisciplinary teams. To support your career, we offer opportunities to grow through training, job rotations, talent programs and a working environment that stimulates learning.

Our work culture at Vattenfall is excellent. We have an open corporate culture with flat hierarchies. Modern and flexible working conditions, including mobile work, promote wellbeing. In Germany, our work week consists of 37.5 hours with, in many cases, the possibility to work part-time. Up to 49% of your working time can be mobile work, and you are entitled to 30 days of vacation per year.

Your health is important to us. We provide several health programs and support throughout potentially challenging life situations.

Your colleagues will be another highlight. We employ inspiring people with diverse backgrounds. Together with our culture and your tasks, they form an interesting and fun place to work.

You can find our new state of the art office next to Elbbrücken.

More information 
We welcome your application in English, no later than 4th of July 2025. We kindly request that you do not send applications by any means other than via our website as we cannot guarantee that we will be able to process applications that are not made via our website. 

For more information about the recruitment process you are welcome to contact our Recruiter Jil Ungethüm via phone at +49 40 79022 1378. 

At Vattenfall we are convinced that diversity contributes to build a more profitable and attractive company and we strive to be good role model regarding diversity. Vattenfall works actively for all employees to have the same opportunities and rights regardless of gender, ethnicity, age, transgender identity or expression, religion or other belief, disability or sexual orientation.

The security of Vattenfall and its employees is essential. For that reason, a pre-employment screening will be part of your recruitment process. The screening is based on the role you will fulfill within Vattenfall. The screening will be performed by a third party, called Validata. In addition, a certificate of good conduct (i.e. criminal record certificate) is required for certain positions.
 

We look forward to receiving your application!