Model Developer

🕒 June 2

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Aurora Energy Research

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501 - 1000 employees

Founded 2013

⚡ Energy

💰 Private Equity Round on 2020-10

Energy • Renewable Energy • Analytics

Aurora Energy Research is a company based in Oxford that specializes in critical energy market analytics. They provide data-driven intelligence to clients for strategic planning, portfolio management, and investment decisions in the context of the global energy transformation. Their offerings include comprehensive market outlook packages, specialized software tools for assessing wind and battery projects, and bespoke advisory services. Aurora also hosts events and webinars aimed at fostering discussions on vital energy issues while delivering fresh insights through reports and podcasts.

📋 Description

• Design, implement, and maintain Python modules/packages in the modelling codebase; own components over time and steward their quality and usability for other teams. • Translate modelling methods into production‑quality code, collaborating with method owners in the Modelling team; ensure implementations are readable, tested, and traceable. • Improve code quality and developer experience by refactoring for clarity, strengthening interfaces and simplifying implementations. • Champion automated testing and TDD; driving the adoption of modern software engineering practices in the model development team. • Participate in code reviews and technical design discussions • Identifying and addressing architectural bottlenecks and opportunities to improve scalability and developer experience

🎯 Requirements

• Professional Python experience (3+ years) in a commercial, team‑based software environment, delivering components used by other teams/customers • Strong software engineering fundamentals • Comfortable collaborating with Modelling, Research, and Product teams to implement methods as robust, maintainable code; motivated to raise standards for others • A relevant degree in a quantitative field such as Mathematics, Physics, Engineering, or Computer Science • An interest in working in the energy/decarbonization sector • Experience working collaboratively in teams • Fluent English (C1 level or above) - only CVs submitted in English will be considered. • Experience building software using Test Driven Development and Continuous Delivery (desirable) • Experience developing modelling or simulation software, or with mathematical optimisation (LPs/MIPs) - particularly in the energy industry (desirable) • Experience stewarding internal libraries/SDKs, packaging (pyproject.toml, Poetry/uv) and dependency management at scale (desirable) • Experience in managing or mentoring junior colleagues (desirable)

🏖️ Benefits

• The opportunity to substantially influence major decisions in the energy sector • The opportunity to grow into a publicly visible industry expert • A fun, informal, collaborative and international work culture • A competitivre compensation package • Hybrid working model (our office is located close to Brigadeiro subway station in São Paulo, SP) • Access to the Aurora Academy, our training programme offering a range of opportunities to develop your skills within the responsibilities of your role and within the wider context of the industry