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Power Quant Analyst - Zug

The Zug power quant develops models for European energy trading and origination. Work covers renewable profiles, forward curves and structured-contract optionality.

What you’d work on

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Build power and renewable-product valuation tools
Model generation shapes and forward-curve risk
Implement Python analytics for traders and originators
Extend analysis across gas and carbon exposures

What they ask for

Required

Five or more years in quantitative work
European power-market expertise
Python implementation
Renewable and structured-product experience
Commercial interpretation of models

Preferred

Gas and carbon expertise

Education: No degree requirement is specified.
Experience: 5+ years of relevant quantitative experience.
Languages and tools: Python
Markets: commodities, options

How to prepare

Model a renewable generation profile and its shape exposure
Explain optionality in a structured power contract
Build a tested Python valuation tool with scenario analysis

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SelfMadeQuant wrote this summary from the employer’s public posting, last checked 6 November 2026. SelfMadeQuant isn’t affiliated with Balyasny Asset Management and doesn’t handle applications.