Engineering Lead in Sydney

Our Quantitative Strategy team within Commodities and Global Markets is seeking an Engineering Lead to lead a small, high-calibre team of half a dozen software engineers embedded with the APAC Gas, Power and Carbon trading desk in Sydney. The team builds risk management tools and software solutions that support the desk's day-to-day activity and unlock new revenue-generating opportunities across the diverse power, gas and carbon markets in which the business is active throughout the Asia Pacific region.

You will partner closely with traders and the wider APAC Gas, Power and Carbon business to understand their needs and translate them into well-scoped technology solutions. You will lead, manage and develop a team of four to five software engineers, setting priorities, supporting career growth and maintaining a high-performing, collaborative culture. You will have oversight of the design, development and delivery of risk management tools, pricing and analytics models, trading software, and energy market systems that support physical gas and power scheduling and client servicing. You will be tasked with identifying and developing new opportunities for revenue generation across APAC power, gas and carbon markets through technical innovation. You will work with the global Quantitative Strategy group, including the London-based leadership, to align priorities, share best practice and leverage common frameworks and infrastructure. You will ensure strong standards of code quality, risk management and controls, and work with risk, technology and other support functions as required.

The successful candidate will sit on the trading floor alongside the APAC Gas, Power and Carbon business to ensure close collaboration and rapid iteration with the desk, while reporting into the global Quantitative Strategy structure.

What you offer:

• Strong software engineering background, with hands-on technical credibility in a trading or financial markets environment.
• Experience in energy or commodity markets (power, gas and/or carbon), ideally including exposure to APAC markets is preferred; alternatively, experience in global markets will also be considered.
• Demonstrated experience leading or mentoring technical teams.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, including the ability to work directly with traders and collaborate effectively with global colleagues.
• A commercial mindset, with the ability to prioritise work that drives business value.

What we offer:

• 1 wellbeing leave day per year.
• Up to 5 additional service bonus leave days per year.
• Up to 20 weeks’ paid parental leave for primary caregivers along with 12 days of transition leave upon return to work, and 6 weeks’ paid leave for non-primary caregivers.
• 2 days of paid volunteer leave and donation matching.
• Up to 12 months’ gender affirmation leave, including 6 weeks’ paid leave.
• Access to Employee Assistance Program and wellbeing benefits including skin and health checks, and flu vaccinations.
• Access to a wide range of salary packaging options.
• Access to a wide range of learning and development opportunities, including reimbursement for professional membership or subscription.
• Hybrid and flexible working arrangements, dependent on role.
• Reimbursement for work from home equipment.

Commodities and Global Markets is a global business offering capital and financing, risk management, market access, physical execution and logistics solutions to its diverse client base across Commodities, Financial Markets and Asset Finance.

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