LEAD DATA SCIENTIST - Dubai, UAE
Cobblestone Energy - Dubai, UAE.
Description
Cobblestone Energy is an energy trading company specialising in the Great Britain and European wholesale electricity markets. Founded in 2017, we are part of the next generation of companies defining the future of global commodity trading.
We make use of advanced data analytics and extensive research to drive profitable decision making, trading enough electricity every day to power a small country, and growing every day. In doing so, we help to balance the electricity grid, lowering the cost to end consumers, and aiding the transition to a renewable future. Technology and risk management form the backbone of our business.
At Cobblestone Energy, we are a diverse team of over 50 people from 20+ nationalities - we believe in hiring extraordinary talent from all around the world. Our flat organizational structure helps us in giving our team members complete ownership of the work and ensures ideas come from every level. We believe in providing unlimited growth opportunities to our people alongside constant feedback and support, which allows us to cover our vulnerabilities and grow as a team in new and interesting ways. With the right performance and potential, you could be managing the power desk for an entire country within eighteen months in your role. Come join our dream team!
Cobblestone Values
- • Lifelong learning with continuous reflection
- • Independent thinking through a meritocracy of ideas
- • The team is more important than the individual
- • Being the best in any market we enter
- • Hiring and keeping only the most effective people
- • Others must benefit from our existence
What we offer in this role
- • A full-time position on our Commercial team
- • Committed and remarkably talented colleagues
- • Highly competitive compensation dependent on performance
- • An exciting, challenging and fulfilling career
- • Investment in your development to ensure that you always remain the best in business
- • Equity participation for strong contributors, ensuring our interests are all aligned long term
Summary: We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Lead Data Scientist to join our team. In this role, you will be responsible for leading development and implementation of advanced analytics solutions to support our power and gas trading operations. You will work closely with traders and other stakeholders to identify key business challenges and opportunities and use your expertise in data science to develop innovative solutions that improve decision-making and drive business performance.
Responsibilities:
- • Develop and implement advanced analytics and infrastructure solutions to support power and gas trading operations
- • Collaborate with traders and other stakeholders to identify key business challenges and opportunities
- • Use data science techniques to build predictive models and other solutions that drive value for our organization
- • Develop systematic trading strategies across all of our markets.
- • Continuously monitor and evaluate the performance of analytics solutions, and make recommendations for improvement
- • Lead the development of data strategy and road map for the trading team, including defining data requirements, sourcing and integration, and governance
- • Mentor and guide junior analysts on the team
Requirements:
- • Bachelor's or master's degree in a related field (e.g., Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics)
- • 3+ years of experience as a Data Scientist, with a focus on power and gas trading industries
- • Strong experience with predictive modelling and optimization algorithms
- • Strong P&L generating experience
- • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build strong relationships with stakeholders
- • Experience mentoring and developing junior team members
- • Proficiency in python programming language.
- • Experience with data visualization tools such as Tableau
If you are passionate about data and analytics and have a background in power and gas trading, we would love to hear from you!