Quantitative Trader

Inductive Energy is seeking a Quantitative Trader to join their intraday trading team in Aarhus, Denmark. This role involves turning market data into trading decisions and quantitative ideas into real P&L, with a direct impact on live trading performance.

Inductive Energy is a proprietary trading company specializing in European power markets, founded in 2021 by experienced traders passionate about energy, markets, and technology. They leverage these disciplines to gain an edge in trading.

If you want to turn market data into trading decisions and quantitative ideas into real P&L, apply now by sending your CV and application to [email protected].

Company Overview

Inductive Energy is a proprietary trading company founded in Aarhus in 2021, specializing in trading the European power markets. They cover the markets 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. The company was established by three experienced intraday traders with the ambition to build an organization passionate about energy, markets, and technology, bringing these disciplines together to create their trading edge.

Quick Details

• Salary Range: Not Specified
• Job Type: Full-time
• Experience: 5 Year+
• Qualifications: Bachelors-degree

Key Responsibilities

• Developing, testing, and improving quantitative trading strategies.
• Turning market hypotheses into signals, models, and trading decisions.
• Taking part in trading decisions and contributing to real-time P&L.
• Monitoring and optimizing live trading performance, execution, and risk.
• Working with large, real-time and historical datasets (prices, forecasts, flows, weather, fundamentals).
• Identifying where models break down and improving robustness and performance.

Requirements

• Professional experience in power trading, ideally within European intraday markets.
• Strong quantitative background (e.g. Mathematics, Physics, Engineering, Economics, Computer Science, or similar).
• Proficient in Python and SQL; experience with PostgreSQL is a plus.
• Practical experience with modelling, forecasting, backtesting, and developing data-driven trading strategies.
• Comfortable working with messy, high-volume, time-dependent data.
• Curious about markets and motivated by performance and continuous improvement.

Benefits

• A role with direct impact on trading performance, strategy development, and live P&L.
• Close proximity to live markets and real-time decision-making.
• A collaborative environment with traders, analysts, and quantitative colleagues.
• A high degree of ownership and responsibility from day one.
• Short path from idea to live trading, with fast feedback loops and continuous iteration.
• A performance-driven environment where contributions are evaluated based on real trading performance and P&L impact.