Junior Developer - Dubai, Uae

Starting salary of 60,000 USD per annum in a zero-tax environment.

Fast progression for strong performers.

Job location: Dubai, UAE

About us:

Cobblestone Energy is a proprietary trading firm that specializes in the wholesale electricity market across Europe. Electricity is fundamental to the world's economic activities. We trade enough electricity every day to power a small country, and in doing so, we help to address the mismatch between electricity generation and consumption.

 

At Cobblestone Energy we are on a mission to build the most advanced European electricity trading and analytics platform, with our technology being used by our teams of commercial traders to create significant value. We are looking for enthusiastic and resourceful developers who are passionate about building exceptionally reliable and performance data processing solutions. You want to help the commercial team make data-informed decisions, have a curious mindset, and are motivated to understand our business better. Developing a strong domain knowledge of our industry over time is key to long term success in this role. 

If you have excellent programming skills, strong problem-solving skills, and a passion for developing and improving applications utilizing cutting edge technologies, then we would like to meet you. 

What we offer in this role 

• Employee share scheme participation
• An opportunity to work with remarkably talented colleagues.
• Opportunity to be embedded within a commercial team for those with strong commercial interest
• Vast growth potential in every aspect.
• 15% target bonus with further upside.
• Competitive remuneration, with fast progression for strong performers.
• International relocation support
• A challenging but exciting, open, and fun work environment.

Responsibilities 

• Write software applications and programs for backend/frontend purposes. 
• Test & debug programs and fix any reported bugs. 
• Analyse programs and apps to improve their features and functionalities. 
• Collaborate with the tech team to improve the performance, efficiency, and scalability of our tools. 

Requirements 

• Ability to work in a team environment. 
• Strong sense of integrity.  
• Independent thinkers with growth mindset. 
• Programming experience of 1 to 2 years in Python language. 
• Knowledge of NoSQL databases is a plus. 
• Personal values that match our company values. 
• Experience of 1 to 2 years in front-end technologies such as HTML5, CSS, JQuery, JS, ...etc. 
• Expertise in at least one popular Python framework (like Django, Flask ...). 
• Strong problem-solving skills and analytical skills. 
• Knowledge of Relational Databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server ...) and SQL language. 
• Knowledge of AWS is a plus / Knowledge of data visualization tools, mainly Tableau, is a plus. 
• BS/BE in Computer Science/Computer Engineering. 
• Knowledge of APIs and webservices. 
• Resilience and a determination to succeed. 
• Must be passionate, self-motivated, and able to learn quickly.