Software Engineer (Python)

Entity:

Supply, Trading & Shipping

Job Family Group:

Supply & Trading Group

Job Description:

About us

Our purpose is to bring together people, energy and markets to power and navigate a changing world. In a time of constant change and possibility we need new talent to pursue commercial opportunities, fueled by world-class insight and expertise. Were always striving for more innovative digital solutions, sustainable outcomes and closer collaboration across our company and beyond, and you could be part of that too. Together we continue to grow as the worlds leading energy company!

About the role

The Trading Data Analytics team within the Trading Analytics & Insights (TA&I) organization in bp's Supply, Trading & Shipping comprises Quantitative Analysts, Data Strategists, and Core Strategists (software engineers). Linked by the common themes of data, numerical algorithms, and technology, the team seeks to make valuable contributions to the business by delivering new models, tradable insights, and agile technology solutions that empower the analyst community and enhance commercial outcomes.

As a Core Strategist, you will be part of cross-disciplinary squads that are at the forefront of our analytics transformation. You will help reimagine legacy business-critical Excel models on our strategic data science platform, Dataiku. We are Python experts who combine deep programming expertise with practical knowledge of analytics, whether in data science methods, statistics, numerical algorithms, or commercial acumen.

This role provides the opportunity to work closely with analysts and strategists across regions and commodity lines to design and build scalable solutions to business-critical problems in a fast-paced, data-rich trading environment.

You will be supported by a dedicated SRE and Platforms team responsible for data ingestion, container management, and infrastructure reliabilityenabling you to focus on building impactful analytics and software solutions.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Build direct relationships with key analysts and commercial collaborators, understand their business requirements and immediate goals, and build effective technical solutions based on their guidance.
• Networked within both the global Core Strategist team and the central IT organization you will play a key role in advancing the strategic technology agenda across regions.
• Be held by the business as a technical authority and source of expert guidance to the analyst community.
• Provide day-to-day problem-solving support and proactively disseminating best practice.
• Build efficient, resilient and innovative solutions using modern data analytics technologies (including Dataiku, Power BI and Plotly Dash), that enable analysts, inform decision making and drive revenue generation.
• Partner with analysts to develop custom interactive dashboard visualization solutions using web technologies and third-party frameworks.
• Design and build scalable, reusable components and frameworks in-line with mandated architectures.
• Rigorously adhere to software development standard methodology for enterprise-grade applications. Contribute to the shared proprietary model libraries for use by analysts globally.
• Work with the architecture and infrastructure teams in central IT to ensure that designs are aligned with the company technology strategy. Play an interfacing role between IT and the analyst community.
• Act as a Product Owner for strategic projects undertaken by the centralized IT teams in service of Trading Analytics & Insight.

Essential Experience

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science or a related technical field (e.g., Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, Physics).
• Fluent English knowledge and ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing.
• Demonstrated experience with Python programming for data analysis, including working knowledge of libraries such as `pandas`, `numpy`, and `Jupyter`.
• Ability to write clean, production-ready, and efficient code for numerical and analytical tasks.
• Working knowledge of SQL and relational database systems.
• Familiarity with cloud computing concepts, preferably AWS.
• Exposure to data visualization tools and frameworks (e.g., Plotly, Dash, Power BI).
• Understanding of software development best practices, including unit testing, version control (Git), and deployment pipelines.
• Strong analytical, reasoning and mathematical skills.

Desirable Experience & Skills

• Familiarity with energy sectors (e.g., oil, natural gas, low-carbon, LNG, or power).
• Exposure to time series forecasting, econometrics, or optimization techniques.
• Experience working with data science platforms such as Dataiku.
• Interest in UX design and end-user-focused development.
• Object-oriented programming experience in an additional language (e.g., Java, C++, or C#).
• Industry experience of large-scale data analysis and predictive modelling, preferably in an investment bank, hedge fund or energy major
• Familiarity with the scientific Python stack, including `scikit-learn`, `scipy`, and `statsmodels`.
• Good stakeholder management skills

Why join bp

At BP, we support our people to learn and grow in a diverse and challenging environment. We believe that our team is strengthened by diversity. We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment in which everyone is respected and treated fairly.

There are many aspects of our employees lives that are meaningful, so we offer benefits to enable your work to fit with your life. These benefits can include flexible working options, a generous paid parental leave policy, and excellent retirement benefits, among others!

How much do we pay (Base)? ($142,000 - $264,000) *Note that the pay range listed for this position is a genuinely expected and reasonable estimate of the range of possible base compensation at the time of posting.

This position is eligible for US Benefits Core. This position offers paid vacation depending on your years of relevant industry experience and will range from 120 240 hours of vacation per year for full time employees (60 - 240 hours of vacation per year for part time employees). You will also be eligible for 9 paid holidays per year and 2 personal choice holidays. You may learn more about how we calculate paid vacation and view our generous vacation and holiday schedules at Core U.S. Benefits . Bp has a parental leave policy as well, which offers up to 8 weeks paid leave for the birth or adoption of a child. Learn more by visiting Core U.S. Benefits .

We offer a reward package to enable your work to fit with your life. These offerings include a discretionary annual bonus program, long-term incentive program, and generous retirement benefits that include a 401k matching program. These benefits include a pension for eligible employee. You may learn more about our generous benefits at Core U.S. Benefits .

As part of bps wellbeing package, bp offers access to health, vision, and dental insurance, as well as life and Short-Term Disability and Long-Term Disability. You may learn more about our generous benefits at Core U.S. Benefits .

Travel Requirement

Negligible travel should be expected with this role

Relocation Assistance:

Relocation may be negotiable for this role

Remote Type:

This position is a hybrid of office/remote working

Skills:

Agility core practices, Analytical Thinking, Computational Thinking, Continued Learning, Data Analysis, Data cleansing and transformation, Data Management, Data Sourcing, Data visualization and interpretation, Dialogue enablement, Exposure Management, Machine Learning, Macroeconomics, Market analysis methods, Market Risk Management, Statistics, Trade execution and management, Trading Fundamentals, Sentiment and Trends, Trading knowledge

Legal Disclaimer:

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, socioeconomic status, neurodiversity/neurocognitive functioning, veteran status or disability status. Individuals with an accessibility need may request an adjustment/accommodation related to bps recruiting process (e.g., accessing the job application, completing required assessments, participating in telephone screenings or interviews, etc.). If you would like to request an adjustment/accommodation related to the recruitment process, please contact us .

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