Energy Trading Specialist

Black6; Greater London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - GBP 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An emerging AI infrastructure start-up based in Greater London is seeking a Power Trading, Energy Analytics & Optimisation Specialist. In this critical role, you will execute trading strategies, forecast prices, and analyse market data to support energy trading and optimisation. The ideal candidate has a background in energy trading, strong analytical skills, and is interested in leveraging AI for decision-making. Join us to shape how a next-generation company operates at scale.

Qualifications

• Experience in a high-pressure trading environment.
• Ability to analyse large data sets for data-driven decisions.
• Strong communication skills for senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Execute short-term trading and imbalance management strategies.
• Forecast forward power prices for trading decisions.
• Monitor market conditions to adjust risk positions.

Skills

Experience in an energy or commodities trading environment

Experience trading power, including import and export positions

Strong understanding of short-term trading

Excellent analytical skills

Ability to communicate complex information

Experience with flexible assets or generation portfolios

Programming or advanced analytics skills (Python, SQL, VBA)

Interest in applying AI and machine learning

Job description

We are an emerging AI infrastructure start-up building next-generation data centres and high-performance compute environments to power AI, LLM training, and cloud-scale workloads, powered by renewable energy, rooted in sovereign capability, and designed to give enterprises and innovators the compute they need. Backed by leading investors, we are rapidly expanding our site development pipeline, engineering capabilities, and commercial partnerships.

We are seeking a Power Trading, Energy Analytics & Optimisation Specialist to support energy trading, balancing, and optimisation activities across the portfolio. The role combines short-term and forward power trading, imbalance management, analytics, and stakeholder engagement, with a strong focus on value delivery, governance, and continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities

• Execute short-term trading and imbalance management strategies
• Forecast forward power prices and support import and export trading decisions
• Optimise flexible assets across OTC, balancing, and ancillary services markets
• Monitor market conditions and adjust positions to manage risk and maximise value

Analytics & AI Enablement

• Analyse market and operational data to support trading and optimisation
• Develop and maintain pricing, forecasting, and asset optimisation models
• Contribute to the use of AI as a decision-support tool for forecasting and analytics

Reporting & Stakeholder Engagement

• Produce clear reporting on trading performance, imbalance costs, and optimisation outcomes
• Provide insight to senior leadership and the wider business
• Act as a key interface between the Energy team and operational asset teams

Governance & Contracts

• Ensure compliance with trading governance and regulatory requirements
• Support contract review and negotiation for power and energy agreements
• Assess charging structures and tariffs to optimise commercial outcomes

Team Contribution

• Support wider business activities including forward strategy, systems, and data
• Contribute to knowledge sharing and development within the team

Required Skills & Experience

• Experience in an energy or commodities trading environment
• Experience trading power, including import and export positions
• Strong understanding of short-term trading, imbalance management, and optimisation
• Excellent analytical skills with the ability to interpret large data sets
• Ability to communicate complex information to senior and non-technical stakeholders
• Experience with flexible assets or generation portfolios
• Programming or advanced analytics skills (Python, SQL, VBA)
• Interest in applying AI and machine learning to trading and analytics

Why Join Carbon3.ai

You’ll be joining a mission-driven start-up building critical national infrastructure, where operational excellence directly enables growth. This role offers high visibility with leadership, real autonomy, and the chance to shape how a next-generation company operates at scale.