Senior Front Office Test Analyst

When you join EDF Trading, you’ll become part of a diverse international team of experts who challenge conventional ideas, test new approaches, and think outside the box.

Energy markets evolve rapidly, so our team needs to remain agile, flexible, and ready to spot opportunities across all the markets we trade in power, gas, LNG, LPG, oil, and environmental products.

EDF Group and our customers all over the world trust that their assets are managed by us in the most effective and efficient manner and are protected through expert risk management. Trading for over 20 years, it’s experience that makes us leaders in the field. Energy is what we do.

Become part of the team and you will be offered a great range of benefits, which include (location dependent) hybrid working, a personal pension plan, private medical and dental insurance, bi-annual health assessments, corporate gym memberships, an electric car lease programme, childcare vouchers, a cycle-to-work scheme, season ticket loans, volunteering opportunities, and much more.

Gender balance and inclusion are very high on the agenda at EDF Trading, so you will become part of an ever-diversifying family of around 750 colleagues based in London, Paris, Singapore, and Houston. Regular social and networking events, both physical and virtual, will ensure that you always feel connected to your colleagues and the business.

Who are we? We are EDF Trading, part of the EDF Group - a world leader in low-carbon, sustainable electricity generation.

Join us, make a difference, and help shape the future of energy.

Job Description:

What our team does

The Front Office IT Delivery team looks after the Traders and Analysts. We provide a wide range of solutions for both commercial decision support and more tradition ‘IT’ based activities. Generally, we build in a Microsoft stack working closely with the traders/analysts wherever possible. Work ranges from a couple of weeks to several months in length and we often find ourselves multitasking to fit in the more immediate demands.

The team encourages empowerment and accountability which sees us employ a flat organisational structure with an emphasis on getting the job done.

The Analytics & Decision Support area focuses on development and support for analytics systems, trading decision support tools, data pipelines and services

Position purpose

• Provide a testing service to support all projects enhancing the systems in the Front Office Analytics & Decision Support area of the business.
• Play a role in helping to increase the level of test automation

Main responsibilities

• Use, run, edit and where needed create automated scripts using appropriate technology (e.g. Playwright).
• Produce test plans covering functional, integration, regression and smoke testing scenarios.
• Take ownership of testing of new systems and enhancements including APIs and .NET Windows Services.
• Validate data using SQL and ClickHouse.
• Support system integration and user acceptance testing.
• Support release cycles and execute smoke testing.
• Be a driver of automation tests within the team.

Required Skills and Experience

• Prior experience of evaluating automation potential and understanding test automation frameworks.
• Full testing lifecycle experience including system, regression, integration and user acceptance testing.
• Experience working in Agile teams. Familiarity with C#/.NET and scripting.
• Strong SQL and data validation skills.

Desirable Skills and Experience

• Experience with Windows Services.
• Exposure to ClickHouse.
• Experience in an energy trading or financial organisation

Person Specification

• Must be a proactive self-starter and able to understand complex systems quickly.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Highly motivated with strong attention to detail.
• Able to prioritise effectively.

Hours of work:

8.30am – 5.30pm Monday to Friday, hybrid working