JUNIOR MARKET ANALYST- Dubai, UAE

Employment type: Full-time & Permanent

Starting salary of USD 65,000 per annum + performance based bonus - 0% tax environment

Job Location: Dubai, UAE (We provide visa sponsorship & relocation assistance)

About Cobblestone Energy

Cobblestone Energy is an energy trading company specialising in the European Gas and Power markets. Established in 2017, we combine deep analytics, advanced data science, and agile technology to drive profitable trading decisions and support the transition to renewables. Our flat organisational structure empowers every team member with autonomy and ownership, and our diverse, global team of extraordinary talent is united by a relentless pursuit of excellence.

Cobblestone Values

• Lifelong learning with continuous reflection
• Independent thinking through a meritocracy of ideas
• The team is more important than the individual.
• Being the best in any market we enter
• Hiring and keeping only the most effective people
• Others must benefit from our existence.

What we offer in this role

• A full-time position on our Commercial team
• Committed and remarkably talented colleagues.
• Highly competitive compensation dependent on performance
• An exciting, challenging and fulfilling career.
• Investment in your development to ensure that you always remain the best in business.
• Equity participation for strong contributors, ensuring our interests are all aligned long term.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support traders within your designated market team to develop and refine trading strategies
• Analyse market fundamentals including supply, demand, pricing behaviour, flows and regulatory updates relevant to your market
• Build and maintain forecasting models to support short term or lo-term market views
• Prepare clear market summaries, dashboards and presentations for internal stakeholders
• Monitor real time news, fundamentals and data to inform daily trading decisions
• Collaborate with trading, risk and analytics teams to support commercial objectives
• Contribute to research on trading and hedging opportunities within your market
• Assist in creating analytical tools, dashboards and market views in partnership with data scientists and technology teams

Your background:

• 0–3 years of professional experience. Internships, research projects, academic work, or self-driven projects are fully valid
• Bachelor's degree (or near completion) or master's degree in mathematics, Physics, or related quantitative disciplines. We are primarily interested in candidates with strong analytical depth and structural thinking, regardless of whether they come from a purely technical or theoretical background.
• Exposure to at least one programming language (e.g. Python, C++, Java, or similar)
• Understanding of basic concepts in data structures, algorithms and computational thinking
• Personal values aligned with Cobblestone's culture and long-term vision
• Strong sense of ownership and responsibility
• Desire to grow within a high-performance, intellectually demanding environment
• Fluency in English, both written and spoken.

Preferred Background:

• Proven track record of excellence, academic or professional, in quantitative or analytical roles
• Experience working with time-series data, machine learning libraries, or cloud-based data platforms
• Demonstrated ability to innovate and drive end-to-end solutions

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