Equilibrium Energy · 12 hours ago
Quantitative Scientist (Staff / Sr Staff) - Power Markets
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
2+ years expEquilibrium Energy is a clean energy startup focused on transforming the power sector through innovative AI solutions. They are seeking a Senior Quantitative Scientist to lead research and development in trading strategies, contributing to the company's mission of advancing energy transition and enhancing trading performance.
CommercialEnergyPower Grid
Responsibilities
Use research insights to shape product direction and deliver innovative client solutions: Influence product and engineering roadmaps through presentation of research insights, experimental results, and trading strategy backtest metrics, in order to evolve organizational direction and drive positive impact at EQ's clients
Initiate and lead cross-functional engagements to surface, prioritize, and structure advanced novel quantitative analytics or machine learning techniques that can drive outsized impact on company trading strategies and client solutions
Investigate driving factors in trading over/under performance, identifying learnings, and drive a fly-wheel of continuous strategy improvement and team education
Research, develop, backtest, and deploy novel quantitative trading signals and strategies in the energy domain: Identify and extract sources of trading alpha by researching multiple energy datasets, surveying industry techniques & domain intuition, and executing hands-on experimental models & backtests
Drive the design, specification, development, and production deployment of our suite of novel quantitative trading solutions
Lead short to medium term research projects that advance the state-of-the-art in quantitative research techniques, as applied to energy asset management and financial trading
Qualification
Required
Passion for clean energy and fighting climate change
An degree in computer science, data science, machine learning, artificial intelligence, operations research, engineering, or related quantitative discipline
2+ years experience in quantitative research & analytics or systematic financial trading, or similar role, in the US Power Markets
2+ years experience with python and the supporting computational science tool suite (e.g. numpy, scipy, pandas, scikit-learn, tensorflow, etc)
Experience in the electricity and energy domain (e.g. wholesale market prices)
Experience developing, releasing, and tracking performance of quantitative trading strategies in production
Experience communicating mathematical concepts, analytical results, and data-driven insights to both technical and non-technical audiences
A collaboration-first mentality, with a willingness to teach as well as learn from others
Preferred
Experience designing and building novel statistical models on time series data, including characterizing probabilistic outcome uncertainty
Experience with database technologies and sql
Experience with probability, hypothesis testing, and uncertainty quantification
Experience with optimization techniques (e.g. stochastic optimization, robust optimization)
Experience with data visualization and dashboarding technologies (e.g. plot.ly Dash, Streamlit)
Experience leading and mentoring a team of analysts
Benefits
Competitive base salary and a comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and 401k package
Opportunity to own a significant piece of the company via a meaningful equity grant
Unlimited vacation and flexible work schedule
Accelerated professional growth and development opportunities through direct collaboration and mentorship from leading industry expert colleagues across energy and tech
Company
Equilibrium Energy
Equilibrium Energy is a Climate Generation power company focused on the creation and proliferation of clean energy.
51-200 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2024 (2)
2023 (1)
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$100MKey Investors
GS Energy
2025-03-12Series B· $28M
2023-12-26Series B· $39M
2023-08-01Series A· $33M
Leadership Team
Ryan Hanley
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Recent News
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