Manager – Trading Algorithm Development

at  AGL Energy

Join the change. Together, we’ll make history.
As we keep the lights on for over four million customers and move towards a more sustainable way of life, it’s an exciting time to be at AGL. We’re re-imagining how homes and business live and work across the country and we want you to be a part of it. This moment will define our time, and your career as you work alongside Australia’s best and brightest minds. You’ll grow and learn in a collaborative, safe and supportive environment and play your part in changing the course of tomorrow.
Everyone at AGL is an important part of building a better energy future and we want you to join in.
AGL’s Physical Markets & Trading unit has an exciting opportunity for a Manager – Trading Algorithm Development.
Based in Melbourne, you will be building and leading a team of analysts and software developers to develop and optimise algorithms and systems that allow AGL to respond quickly to market conditions – particularly focused on battery technologies.
This role will be based in AGL’s Trading team, helping grow AGL’s trading capability in the expanding complexities as the NEM transitions to a more renewable supply mix.

What you’ll be doing:

• Leading a team of industry specialists who will be ensuring the continuous improvement of systems to allow for optimal response to market conditions
• Developing a roadmap for algorithm trading,
• Automation of procedural bidding steps and decisions
• Developing optimisation models, and performance tracking metrics of grid-scale generation and energy-storage assets
• Improving accuracy, breadth and performance of automated bidding algorithms in line with the rules of the NEM
• Implementing production-level algorithms to a high degree of coding discipline
• Working and communicating with the wider business to keep them up to date with the technology being used and implemented.

What you’ll bring:

• An understanding of Australian and or an international energy markets
• A collaborative approach to working with stakeholders across various disciplines
• Significant people leadership skills, with a solutions-focused approach to complex challenges
• Ability to interpret market and potential trading opportunities
• Outstanding presentation skills

Applications close 20 February.
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Location:
Docklands VIC 3008
Job Family Group:
Energy Marketing and Tradin

• Leading a team of industry specialists who will be ensuring the continuous improvement of systems to allow for optimal response to market conditions
• Developing a roadmap for algorithm trading,
• Automation of procedural bidding steps and decisions
• Developing optimisation models, and performance tracking metrics of grid-scale generation and energy-storage assets
• Improving accuracy, breadth and performance of automated bidding algorithms in line with the rules of the NEM
• Implementing production-level algorithms to a high degree of coding discipline
• Working and communicating with the wider business to keep them up to date with the technology being used and implemented