Energy Markets - France (CDD)

The role

You will act as an internal expert on French power markets by understanding market rules, modelling value, and building relationships with system operators and regulators. You will build and optimise models for various French energy markets to forecast asset earnings.

What you will do

• Develop understanding of French energy markets and grid dynamics.
• Contact grid operators, regulators and market stakeholders to validate hypotheses.
• Build and optimise models of wholesale/NEBCO, capacity, balancing, ancillary services and local flexibility markets in France.
• Size the revenue opportunity across markets and products.
• Build and evaluate strategies for cycling a battery or load-shifting an EV charger.
• Monitor and shape energy regulation.

Required qualifications

• Deep quantitative and modelling ability (Python, SQL)
• Exceptional communication and the ability to turn data into actionable commercial insights
• Comfort moving fast and making decisions in an evolving environment
• Deep knowledge of French electricity markets (NEBCO, Mécanisme de Capacité, Mécanisme d’Ajustement, ancillary services…)
• Fluent French and English

Nice to have

• Relationships with regulators, grid operators and other stakeholders (CRE, DGEC, RTE, Enedis, etc.)
• Other European languages

Benefits

• Bi-annual retreats to strengthen team connection & shared purpose
• Opportunity to directly shape the future of energy markets

Before you apply

• Initial interview
• Take-home exercise
• Final interview (in-person)
• Offer, references, and welcome to the team!

About the company

Axle Energy is building infrastructure for the decarbonised energy system. Their software moves energy usage to times when electricity is cheap and green by controlling vehicle charging, heating systems, and home batteries.