As an Energy Markets Intern, you'll develop quantitative risk models, analyze energy markets, and recommend risk management strategies to maximize profits for customers.
About Voltus
Voltus represents the "potential of us" to better manage energy through simple, cost and risk-free demand response programs. Our commercial and industrial customers generate cash by allowing us to maximize the value of their operational flexibility in energy markets. We hire teammates who are bright, gritty, and good and who have a genuine passion for delivering a cleaner energy future and for working in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment.
The Role
Voltus is hiring a whip-smart, entrepreneurial, proud energy nerd with an unparalleled desire to learn about energy markets and demand side management. The energy markets team is responsible for helping our customers profit from their involvement in energy markets. If you are bright, gritty, good, and intellectually curious, and if your brain marries creativity and engineering diligence, you’re a great fit.
This internship can be full-time or part-time. We will work with you to help grow your knowledge base of the energy industry, while improving on your process improvement, operational, and analytical skillset.
Responsibilities for this role:
- Develop scalable quantitative risk models and automated tooling to inform market positioning strategies for energy commodities
- Create analysis tools to statistically weight possible outcomes of various positions as well as associated risks
- Support research into energy markets to identify and model key long-term supply and demand drivers for energy market products
- Recommend risk management strategies based on research outcomes, and develop processes for implementation of such strategies across Voltus’s energy market portfolios
Key Requirements:
- Desire to become an expert in understanding the role of demand-side resources in energy markets
- Background in a quantitative field such as Mathematics, Economics, Finance, or Engineering is required; MBA experience is preferred
- Proficient in Python, R, Matlab or similar, as well as SQL and Excel.
- Strong understanding of financial markets, risk management strategies, and statistical/probabilistic modeling.
- Previous experience in energy markets, trading, or market analysis is highly desirable, but not required
- Must be Bright, Gritty, and Good as well as intellectually curious and comfortable working through ambiguity in a remote, fast-paced environment. Demonstrable prior success in a remote environment strongly preferred.
Please note that at this time, we do not sponsor visas or transfers for new hires. Voltus teammates need to be authorized to work from their home location (in the US or Canada, unless otherwise indicated on the role description).
Additionally, while Voltus is an all-remote workplace, we have limitations on where employees are able to work for regulatory and security reasons. We expect that Voltans are working primarily from their home country. Working while traveling to other countries must be approved as per our Global Remote Travel Policy.
At Voltus, we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer because we recognize that a diverse organization begins with a diverse candidate pool. This means we do not tolerate discrimination of any kind and are committed to providing equal employment opportunities regardless of your gender identity, race, nationality, religion, age, sexual orientation, veteran status, disability status, or marital status.
Top Skills
Excel
Matlab
Python
R
SQL
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