Power Market Analytics Developer Full Time

Edinburgh, Midlothian
Lane Clark and Peacock LLP

Power Market Analytics Developer

LCP Delta is looking for a Power Market Analytics Developer to join our short-term energy markets practice. This is an opportunity to work at the intersection of power market expertise, software development and data analysis, helping shape the evolution of our market-leading trading platform, Enact.

You will play a key role in turning ideas about how power market data should be analysed and visualised into features used daily by traders, analysts and asset owners across the GB power market. Coding is a central part of this role: you will help build both back-end data systems and front-end visualisations, turning market insight into powerful analytical tools.

From the outset, you will have the opportunity to take ownership of ideas, influence the direction of the platform and build solutions that directly shape how market participants understand power market dynamics.

LCP Delta’s Short-Term Power Markets Team

The power markets practice at LCP Delta spans several teams, including Power Trading, Storage and Power Modelling.

Enact is LCP Delta’s market-leading platform for data visualisation, analytics and forecasting in short-term power markets. The platform is used by the majority of the GB power market to monitor minute-by-minute changes in day-ahead, intraday and balancing markets.

Through the platform and our regular client engagement, we help traders, analysts and asset owners to better understand market behaviour and make more informed decisions.

While you will collaborate with multiple teams across LCP Delta, your day-to-day work will primarily involve developing and enhancing the Enact platform, working closely with developers, analysts and market specialists.

What will you be doing?

Your work will combine software development, market analysis and product thinking.

Developing Enact

You will play an active role in shaping the future direction of Enact, our short-term power markets analytics and visualisation platform. This includes:

• Designing, coding and building data visualisations and analytical tools to help traders and asset owners interpret market behaviour
• Translating ideas for new metrics, datasets and visualisations into production software through code
• Developing across our technology stack, primarily:
  • C# back-end services
  • Vue.js front-end visualisations
• Working closely with other developers and analysts to design features that are both technically robust and commercially valuable
• Taking ownership of ideas and features from concept through to implementation and release
• Applying power market knowledge when adding new datasets, metrics and analytical tools to ensure they are useful and relevant to market participants
• Contributing ideas that shape the future direction of the platform, with the opportunity to make a real impact early on

Coding is a core part of the role, and you will spend a significant proportion of your time developing new features and analytics for the Enact platform. C# experience is desirable but not essential; we are happy to train candidates who demonstrate strong coding aptitude.

Market Analysis and Insight

Alongside development work, you will also contribute to data analysis and market insight, including:

• Analysing market data to identify and explain key drivers behind market events and price movements
• Exploring interesting market behaviour and developing new metrics or visualisations to explain it
• Supporting market studies and deep dives into important developments in the GB power market
• Contributing to client discussions, presentations and written analysis

Python skills are beneficial here, particularly for data analysis using tools such as pandas and NumPy.

Staying Close to the Market

Understanding how power markets evolve is essential to building useful analytical tools.

You will therefore:

• Track developments across wholesale, balancing and ancillary service markets
• Attend market webinars, events and conferences
• Engage with industry participants to understand the challenges traders and asset owners are facing
• Use this knowledge to inform the design of new analytics and visualisation tools

What skills, experience and qualities are we looking for?

We are looking for someone who combines technical curiosity, analytical thinking and an interest in energy markets.

• A relevant BSc, MSc or PhD, or equivalent experience
• Strong problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate real-world market questions into analytical tools
• Coding experience in C#, Python or another modern programming language
• An interest in building software, dynamic visualisations and data tools – coding will form a significant part of the role
• An interest in understanding what drives power market dynamics
• The ability to think critically about market behaviour and data
• Strong data analysis and communication skills
• Commercial awareness and the ability to think about what insights and tools will be valuable to clients
• A collaborative, team-oriented working style
• Experience with C# is beneficial but not required – we are happy to teach this on the job for candidates with strong programming fundamentals

What’s in it for you?

Take a look at our Glassdoor and Career stories pages to see why our people love being here! As well as joining a multi-award winning, fun, collaborative, people first organisation where your personal and professional skills will be developed to make you the best you can be, we offer an attractive benefits package designed to promote your overall wellbeing so that you are able to perform to your full potential both in and out of work. Currently our core benefits package includes:

For you:

• Hybrid working (varies by role and department)
• professional study support (where applicable)
• Access to our internal Wellbeing, LGBTQ+, Multicultural and Women’s networks

For your family:

• Life assurance (6 x salary)
• Income protection
• Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption and shared parental leave

For your health:

26 days annual leave (pro-rata for part-time working) plus bank holidays (most of which can be taken flexibly!) with options to buy & sell holidayPrivate medical insuranceDiscounted gym memberships, critical illness and dental insu