Developer & Business Analyst - Trading Systems

Core System Development & Business Support

Join a team dedicated to maintaining and evolving a proprietary Commodity Trading Risk Management (CTRM) system that serves as the core of global business processes. This role involves working with established technologies to support trade entry, middle-office operations, P&L reporting, price risk management, and invoicing across various commodities, including electricity, renewables, gas, crude oil, refined products, biofuels, and carbon certificates.

Key Responsibilities

• Actively contribute to the development of the core system by creating new features based on user requirements to meet evolving business needs.
• Collaborate with a wide range of users to identify and prioritize requirements and design technical solutions.
• Maintain and further improve system modules, including both newly built and existing components.
• Provide business applications support and training to users regarding day-to-day issues.
• Manage systems integration processes related to recent acquisitions.
• Work with established technologies, including PL/SQL and Oracle Forms Builder, to understand the data model and business logic while adding value to the business.
• Participate in future technology migration opportunities as they arise.

Qualifications

• University degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or an equivalent field.
• Proven data modelling skills to translate business situations into data structures, along with proficiency in SQL.
• At least three years of experience in similar positions, such as a user-facing DB engineer.
• Entrepreneurial drive and the ability to work independently as well as within a team.
• A proactive and user-focused “make it work” mentality with a genuine interest in both functional and technical aspects of challenges.
• Comfort with a daily release cycle model.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Full proficiency in communicating in English in a business context, both verbally and in writing.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with PL/SQL or a similar procedural DB programming language, such as T-SQL.
• Previous experience in the commodities and/or trading industry.
• Practical experience with Oracle Forms Builder.
• Experience with programming in C#, C++, or Python.
• French language skills.
• Willingness to work in an office-based role with one day per week of home office.