When you join EDF Trading, you’ll become part of a diverse international team of experts who challenge conventional ideas, test new approaches, and think outside the box.
Energy markets evolve rapidly, so our team needs to remain agile, flexible, and ready to spot opportunities across all the markets we trade in power, gas, LNG, LPG, oil, and environmental products.
EDF Group and our customers all over the world trust that their assets are managed by us in the most effective and efficient manner and are protected through expert risk management. Trading for over 20 years, it’s experience that makes us leaders in the field. Energy is what we do.
Become part of the team and you will be offered a great range of benefits, which include (location dependent) hybrid working, a personal pension plan, private medical and dental insurance, bi-annual health assessments, corporate gym memberships, an electric car lease programme, childcare vouchers, a cycle-to-work scheme, season ticket loans, volunteering opportunities, and much more.
Gender balance and inclusion are very high on the agenda at EDF Trading, so you will become part of an ever-diversifying family of around 750 colleagues based in London, Paris, Singapore, and Houston. Regular social and networking events, both physical and virtual, will ensure that you always feel connected to your colleagues and the business.
Who are we? We are EDF Trading, part of the EDF Group - a world leader in low-carbon, sustainable electricity generation.
Join us, make a difference, and help shape the future of energy.
Department
IT Delivery(Control Functions)
IT Deliverybuildsbespoke software solutionsin order tokeep EDF Trading’sunique businessmodelhigh-performing,efficientand flexibleIn some situations, IT Delivery willbe responsible forbuilding theintegration componentsneeded toimplement a vendor solution.
Technically, IT Delivery employs alargely Microsofttechnical stacktargeting a mix ofon-premiseand Azure cloudsolutions.
Control Functions,isone of the three business aligned-veriticalsin IT Delivery(the other two being Front Office andTrade Operations)Control Functionsfulfils the requirementsin the area ofvaluation,market and credit risk,financialcontrolandregulatorycompliance.
Position purpose
The team's core responsibilityincludesdeveloping bespoke systems, reportingsolutionsand integrations into proprietary andthird partyvendor systems to meet the business needs forTreasury, Finance, Tax,Market Risk,Credit Risk, Regulatoryand Product Control.The team focus is on delivering solutions that are best-in-class and strategically aligned
The role as such involvesunderstandingneedsacross a broad spectrum of business areas, to deliver a diverse set of solutions requiring determiningthe scope,planning and prioritising through to defining the requirements and working together in an agile way with a team of developers and QA in a very hands-on manner at all stages of lifecycle to ensure a timely delivery
Work as a senior member of the teamtoenhancethe systems
Participate in the analysis and design phases asrequired
Participate in SCRUMprocesses and ceremonies as part of ongoing delivery
Be responsible forend to enddelivery of functionality from solution design through to implementation and release
Experience required
Expert levelNetknowledge with at leastfiveyearsofcommercial developmentNetexperiencewith some of that inbuilding distributedsystems.
Verystrongknowledgebacked up with commercial experienceof database architecture and design
Experience of processing significant volumes of data
Technical requirements
The candidates will have solid experience of developing solutions utilising the following technologies:
NetDevelopment
Microsoft C#withNet6(or above),WebAPIs
Arelationaldatabasetechnology (for example SQL Server, Oracle,MySql)
Very strongANSI StandardSQL
Angular (version 13 or above)
Distributed &Parallel programming&Multithreading experience
MicrosoftAzure (Service Bus, MicrosoftEntraId, Azure SQL)
The candidate will be proficient at the following development techniques:This needs to be ata good levelwithinpreviouswork experience.
Automated unit test development and knowledge ofInversion of Control techniques
Agile development (SCRUM preferred)
Automated continuous integration pipeline, including automated deployment
Ideally, the candidate should have knowledge in some of the following technologies:
Vendor system integration
Cloud development (preferably Azure)
Team Foundation Server for continuous integration, automated testexecutionand source code management(TFS GIT)
Behaviour-driven developments (BDD) techniques
NET Core
Preferably, the candidate will have experience in working in a financial trading environment with knowledge of traded products and their full life cycle.
Person specification
Hands-on approach, flexible and positive attitude
Ability to understand business processes quickly
Strong communicationand inter-personal skills
Ability to fullyparticipatein multi-faceted team environment
Attention to detail and strong focus on accuracy of information
Hours of work:
8.30am – 5.30pm, Monday to Friday
Place of Work:
EDF Trading has a flexible office/remote working policyThis role requires a minimum of two days per week in our London office.
EDF Trading is a leader in the international wholesale energy markets. We manage a portfolio of assets which give us the ability to source, supply, transport, store, blend and convert physical commodities around the world. These capabilities enable us to deliver essential asset optimisation services, risk management and wholesale market access to the EDF Group and our third-party customers, helping them to realise the value inherent in their asset portfolios.
EDF Trading is active in the electricity, natural gas, LPG, oil and environmental products markets. We are also active in the LNG and coal and freight markets via JERA Global Markets. We are one of the largest wholesale market traders in Europe for power and gas. In North America, we are one of the leading marketers of gas and power, one of the main providers of generation services for power generation companies and a leading energy retailer for large commercial and industrial customers.
We are a 100% owned subsidiary of EDF SA., one of the world’s biggest electricity generators and a leader in low-carbon production.
EDF Trading recognises the importance of attracting, retaining and developing diverse world-class professionals. We identify, foster and reward all talent, valuing and leveraging the diversity amongst our people to offer creative and innovative products and services to the EDF Group and our third-party customers. We have a culture that enables us to be forward thinking and agile and at EDF Trading, individuals can really make a difference. Everyone shares a common vision and a team spirit that encourages people to make things happen. EDFT is about working together, embracing the challenge and delivering exceptional customer service.
With offices in London (Headquarters), Paris, Houston and Singapore, we have a cosmopolitan mix of more than 35 nationalities from our global employee base of around 800 people.
Photo: c. EDF
