Company Description
We are the world’s largest independent energy and commodities trading company. Every day we use our expertise and logistical networks to distribute energy around the world, efficiently and responsibly. From 40 offices worldwide, we seek to add value across the energy supply chain, including deploying our scale and market understanding to help facilitate the energy transition. To date, we have committed over $1 billion of capital to renewable projects, and are identifying and developing low-carbon opportunities around the world.
Our people are our business. Talent is precious to us and we create an environment in which individuals can reach their full potential, unhindered by hierarchy. Our team comprises more than 65 nationalities and we are committed to developing and sustaining a diverse work force. Learn more about us here.
Job Description
This unique role places you directly within our Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) desk sitting and working closely with the team. You will be given the opportunity to work with technical and non-technical experts and develop innovative analytical solutions and full-stack applications. The role will offer you an opportunity to impact both commercial and operational decisions far more than a traditional developer role does. You will be heavily involved in helping transform team’s existing workflows and transform the business developed analytics landscape. Your ability to quickly understand business requirements, communicate effectively, and work independently will be crucial in driving modern and effective automation solutions within the team and optimizing existing processes.
This Desk Developer role, located in Geneva, Switzerland, characterizes itself by:
1. Enhancing Automation: Modernizing the automation landscape within the team by migrating existing excel based workflows into Python
2. Rapid Prototyping: Sitting directly with the operations/commercial teams to build and support market-focused analytical tools and support applications, rapidly iterating on user feedback, turning it into actionable projects and analytical tools for the desk.
3. Project Management: Analyse ongoing business and user requirements and independently manage various project lifecycles from end-to-end.
4. Innovation: Suggest innovative and reliable technical solutions to the business, enhancing existing processes or identifying new opportunities.
5. Team Upskilling: Help upskill the desk on Python development when possible and ensure mission-critical scripts are adequately productionized.
6. Platform Expertise and Integration: Develop a deep understanding of Vitol's MIS platforms and tools, becoming the go-to expert for their functionalities and capabilities on the desk.
7. Process Optimization: Collaborate with IT and business teams to continuously improve and optimize MIS processes, ensuring that tools are aligned with the evolving needs of the business and establishing robust feedback mechanisms to drive the utilisation of already existing tools on the MIS platform.
Qualifications
8. Relevant university degree
9. 3+ years of full stack Python (backend) and React (frontend) development experience
10. Experience using Python libraries such as Fast API, Streamlit, SQLModel, Pydantic
11. Experience with data scraping and advanced data normalization techniques
12. Experience in working with relational SQL databases (i.e. PostgreSQL)
13. Experience coding with agentic-AI frameworks (e.g., Claude Code/GitHub Copilot)
14. Passion for developing in Python and a driven desire to engage with our Python community, stay up to date with changes in the Python landscape, and develop on the forefront of this exciting and fast-paced programming language
Additional Information
Soft Skills that will help you stand out
15. Driven and results oriented with either previous experience and/or a demonstrable commercial interest for the commodities industry
16. Excellent attention to detail
17. Passionate about turning data into visually information
18. Initiative with an entrepreneurial self-starter mindset
19. Self-sufficient with an ability to independently set and manage priorities, ensuring the timely efficient completion of projects
20. Outstanding communication and relationship management skills
21. Capable of working effectively across organizational and cultural boundaries, demonstrating a global perspective and the ability to foster collaboration
22. Team player
23. Energetic, resilient, and resourceful, with an ability to work effective under pressure
24. Highly creative with a strong drive and ability for problem solving
What We Offer
25. Global Exposure: The chance to work in a dynamic, international environment with colleagues and clients from around the world
26. Innovative Fast Paced Work Environment: Access to working with innovative technology and tools that empower you to be creative and excel in your role
27. Python and React Communities: Access to our global and continuously growing Python Community (+250 colleagues) and React Community (+50 colleagues) that provides training, and ongoing discussions around the changes in the landscape of these frameworks and a creative space to produce suggestions and ideas to test and/or form new solutions that further drive the success of the business
28. Impactful Work: The opportunity to contribute to meaningful projects that drive the energy industry forward and make a global impact across our lines of business and our operations
29. Corporate Social Responsibility: Ability to engage in a variety of charitable initiatives and programs that give back to the community and promote sustainability
30. Innovation: The opportunity to work and drive change at the cutting edge of the energy commodity trading industry’s technological landscape
31. Office based role (5 days)