Energy Meteorologist

We are Dexter Energy! We are an Amsterdam-based scale-up that’s building AI-based forecasting and optimization products to help renewable energy companies become more predictable and profitable, helping push fossil fuels out of the market, and speeding up the energy transition. Our mission is to enable a sustainable and affordable power system that changes the energy market. We truly believe we can make a significant impact on climate change.

Power up our team

This position will be part of the Synergy team within the Product Department, working closely with Giuseppe Procaccianti (Data Science Manager), Fons de Leeuw (Lead Meteorological Engineer) and Tom de Ruijter (Lead Data Scientist).

It’s time to amp up your career!

As an Energy Meteorologist, you'll be at the forefront of our mission by applying knowledge about fundamental meteorology to the energy markets. This may include recent research like AI-based forecasts. Your work will result in actionable insights based on weather forecasts into how the energy markets react to short-term, rapidly changing meteorological phenomena. You'll drive the effective use of meteorological data, benchmarking the quality of multiple weather models and performing enhancements on features that have an high impact for predicting renewable energy generation. You'll work alongside meteorology, data science and quant power trading experts, performing research and development in collaboration with other product teams.

What you will be doing

• Apply meteorology research in the context of energy trading e.g., extract information to generate signals or apply machine learning techniques to improve a forecast;

• Benchmark weather forecasting models and perform experiments in order to determine added value for our products;

• Collaborate with data scientists to integrate meteorological insights into the broader forecasting and trading models;

• Stay up to date on relevant quantitative meteorology research.

This role is Watt you've been looking for!

Why should you consider this opportunity

• Our salary is in the top 30% of the market

• We offer a NS Business card or a Swapfiets

• We offer a personal Learning & Development budget and every last Friday of the month we have a Learning & Development Day

• A healthy working environment, where we put trust in our fellow Dexterians. With this trust comes the flexibility to do your job how you see fit and in our setting, there’s plenty of room for your ideas and wishes