Research Software Engineer/Quantitative Analyst

1 week ago


Manchester, United Kingdom Volcore Full time

About the Role:

We are seeking a highly skilled Research Software Engineer/Quantitative Analyst to join our team at Volcore. As a key member of our wholesale electricity trading and technical expertise team, you will play a crucial role in making real-time decisions that keep the electricity system stable and support increasing renewable generation.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Conduct research on suitable approaches and algorithms, including first principles problem solving, review of academic literature and industry reports, and structured discussions with the wider team.
  • Identify suitable data sets, ingest them into our systems, and add thorough documentation to our internal knowledge base.
  • Iteratively test hypotheses and develop proof-of-concepts to solve real-time forecasting problems.
  • Document and visualize results and discuss them with the wider team.
  • Prepare models and tools for deployment in high-performance, real-time contexts, and maintain and refine them over time.

Why Volcore?

  • We offer uncapped career development opportunities, recognizing and rewarding individuals for their contributions, regardless of job title or years of experience.
  • Our team focuses on impactful, leading-edge problem solving, with the ability to immediately and visibly affect our success and the industry more broadly.
  • We maintain a minimal bureaucracy, ensuring that ideas and feedback are listened to and valued.
  • Our modern tech stack allows for rapid development and deployment, without the need to navigate legacy code.
  • We prioritize teamwork over customer-facing roles, ensuring that all work is used by colleagues and contributing to a collaborative environment.
  • We are proudly based in Manchester, striving to be among the best employers in the North.

Requirements:

  • Excellent statistical/mathematical foundations and business acumen, with the ability to research solutions to adapt to the problem at hand.
  • Strong data science and modeling skills using both Python and SQL.
  • The ability to document and communicate complex ideas clearly.
  • Ownership of problems end-to-end and a drive to deliver results.
  • A clean criminal record (excluding spent convictions and traffic offenses).
  • Eligibility to live and work full-time in the UK.

We welcome applicants with relevant experience in real-time and online forecasting, signal processing, geospatial/meteorological data manipulation, compiled languages, Docker, and cloud infrastructure.

Our Hiring Process:

  • Submit CV/Application
  • Short maths quiz
  • Virtual interview
  • Take-home data science task
  • In-person final-round

We offer a competitive salary of £34,000.00 per year, along with a bonus scheme, casual dress, company events, and UK visa sponsorship.



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