Vitol is a leader in energy and commodities. Vitol produces, manages and delivers energy and commodities to consumers and industry worldwide. In addition to its primary business of trading, Vitol is invested in infrastructure globally, with $10+billion invested in long-term assets.
Vitol’s customers include national oil companies, multinationals, leading industrial companies and utilities. Founded in Rotterdam in 1966, today Vitol serves its customers from some 40 offices worldwide. Revenues in 2023 were $400bn.
For more information: vitol.com
The Software Engineer will contribute to the maintenance, improvement and support of internal applications, tools and deployment processes used across Vitol’s trading technology landscape.
This role is focused on improving application deployment, developer tooling, automation and operational reliability. The successful candidate will work closely with software engineers, architects and support teams to ensure robust delivery processes, high-quality releases and efficient development workflows.
The position offers exposure to a broad range of technologies and business-critical applications in a global trading environment.
Maintain and improve internal application installation and deployment tools used across trading technology platforms.
Support and enhance reporting components, including spreadsheet-based and service-based reporting tools.
Maintain and improve internal communication and messaging tools used by business applications.
Support batch-processing components and background services used by core trading systems.
Contribute to the reliability and performance of tools supporting reporting, data exchange, processing workflows and application integration.
Maintain, improve and support deployment processes for commercial and internally developed applications.
Maintain and improve developer tools and development environments, integrating AI technology.
Support and enhance CI/CD and software quality tooling, including tools such as Jenkins, Git, Bitbucket and SonarQube.
Maintain and improve developer tools and development environments.
Support documentation, workflow and collaboration tools such as Jira and Confluence.
Participate in application installation and release preparation processes.
Improve integration between development tools and automate recurring tasks.
Contribute to the development and adoption of unit testing frameworks and quality practices.
Identify opportunities to improve developer productivity, reduce manual effort and increase release reliability.
Work collaboratively across different teams, domains and technology topics.
2 to 5 years of experience in a software development, application engineering, DevOps, release management or architecture team.
Strong programming skills in .NET / C#.
Familiarity with standard software development and deployment tools, such as:
- Jenkins
- Git or Bitbucket
- SonarQube
- Visual Studio Code
Knowledge of PL/SQL and database development tools would be an advantage.
Experience with application deployment, automation, CI/CD pipelines or developer tooling is beneficial.
Understanding of batch processing, reporting tools, APIs or background services would be a plus.
Strong problem-solving skills and a pragmatic approach to delivery.
Experience with, or strong interest in, AI-enabled development tools and their practical application to software delivery, automation, testing and documentation.
Interest in automation and continuous improvement.
Ability to work on several topics in parallel across different teams and domains.
Collaborative mindset and willingness to support and enable other developers.
Good communication skills in English.
We are a leader in the energy sector with a presence across the spectrum; from oil through to power, renewables and carbon credits. Every day we use our expertise to distribute energy around the world. We source from producers, refiners and intermediaries and deliver to refineries, utilities, airlines and retail distribution networks as well as wholesalers and other traders. We manage the physical risk associated with moving energy.
Our business is global: we trade over 7 million barrels per day of crude oil and products and charter around 6,000 ship voyages a year. We also use our technical expertise to manage a global network of energy infrastructure that we deploy to help meet supply and demand flows worldwide. Our trading and logistical expertise is supported by a suite of proprietary technology applications that we build and maintain in-house.
From more than 40 offices worldwide, we seek to add value across the energy supply chain, including deploying our scale and market understanding to help facilitate the energy transition. To date, we have committed over $2 billion of capital to renewable projects and sustainable energy solutions. The focus of our business is changing, and we are always looking for new people to help build the company for the next decade and beyond.
We are a flat organisation that has a collaborative and entrepreneurial ethos. Vitol’s people are empowered to own their decisions and take responsibility for their actions. The culture is underpinned by our core values of integrity, honesty and humility. Our colleagues comprise c.1,600 people with 65+ nationalities represented, making us a truly global organisation.
For more information: www.vitol.com
Our latest ESG report can be downloaded here: https://www.vitol.com/about/esg-report/
