Core Trading Platform Engineer (m/f/d) - Digital Trading
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 19, 2026. First seen by Alion on Sep 14, 2026. EnBW scores A on the Alion truth index.
About the company
We are looking for people who believe in the positive power of energy and in their own ability to move things forward. People who know the importance of energy and infrastructure and recognize the immense opportunities they present to shape the future for everybody. Because we are just the same: a large, dynamic company that opens its door wide to people who want to join us in turning ideas into real change.
Our benefits
We want our employees to feel secure - in every aspect. That is why we value stable working relationships, safely equipped workspaces, regular health checks and individual onboarding and development. Financial extras such as and allowances provide additional security.
Further benefits:
- 30 days annual leave
- Financial extras such as vacation pay and Christmas bonus, profit-sharing, an employee savings plan, company pension scheme, energy price discount and child bonus
- Leasing options for mobile devices and bicycles
- Discounted "Deutschland-Ticket" (train ticket)
- Flexible working models such as part-time hours and home office
- More about our various employer benefits at a glance
Your tasks
Be part of an exciting new Digital Trading Team at EnBW Trading, where we are building state-of-the-art platforms and infrastructure to accelerate digital, quantitative, and automated trading across energy markets.
A wide range of tasks
- Design and build core front-to-back trading platform components (OMS, venue/exchange connectivity, market data, messaging, replay & recovery) for EnBW’s power and gas trading.
- Architect and implement distributed, event-driven, high-throughput systems enabling real-time energy trading, electronic risk oversight and automation.
- Develop cloud-native solutions (AWS), including infrastructure-as-code, deployment pipelines, observability and production monitoring for mission-critical trading services.
- Collaborate closely with traders, quantitative developers and platform architects to deliver robust technology for quant, algorithmic and systematic trading across multiple energy markets.
- Contribute to the evolution towards digital trading by integrating AI-assisted development, MCP tooling, and platform reliability engineering in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
Your profile
Convincing profile
- 5+ years of professional software engineering experience with strong Java skills, including concurrent and multi-threaded programming in Linux-based environments.
- Proven track record building distributed, event-driven or high-throughput systems, ideally in electronic trading, market infrastructure or other data- and latency-sensitive domains.
- Hands-on experience with messaging, networking and data-intensive applications, plus a solid understanding of replay, recovery and sequencing concepts.
- Familiarity with cloud architectures (preferably AWS), automation and operational tooling, including observability, monitoring and production engineering practices.
- Strong problem-solving and debugging abilities, coupled with a genuine interest in energy trading, renewable-driven markets and the digital transformation of trading platforms.
About the department
EnBW's Trading business unit is EnBW's central market access point to the energy markets. We are active in key European markets and on international energy exchanges. Our Trading unit is responsible for the optimal management of EnBW's portfolio, is active in the trading of renewable energies and thus supports the Energiewende. We are also involved in future topics such as hydrogen or smart & digital in trading, as well as in new supply contracts and the management of renewable energies. EnBW's Business Unit Trading operates with an international team with employees from more than 30 nations, represented at 4 European locations: Germany, England, Norway and Switzerland. Take the chance and play a part in shaping the future.
Contact
Are you interested? Apply online now! A cover letter is not required; we may ask a few job-specific questions in our application form.
In addition to EnBW, our recruiting team also recruits for other Group companies. If you have any questions, please contact Wieckenberg, Manuela | [email protected].
Everyone is embraced here, irrespective of gender, age, sexual orientation, heritage, faith, beliefs, or physical ability.