Base Power
Power Trader
Austin, TX · On-site · Full-time · Posted Oct 15, 2026
- Experience
- At least 3–5 years.
About the job
Trade short-term power products and manage hedges across Base’s retail load book and distributed battery fleet, while contributing to market forecasts and trading strategy.
What you'll do
- Trade short-term power products and develop strategies for ERCOT, with expansion to PJM and other ISOs.
- Construct and strengthen portfolio hedges across battery and retail-load exposures.
- Contribute to long-term price forecasts and communicate market views, trading rationale, and P&L drivers.
What they ask for
- At least 3–5 years trading power products on a bank, utility, or merchant trading desk, with direct exposure to forward curves, hedge instruments, and short-term markets.
- Demonstrated portfolio-construction experience designing hedges across a book of exposures.
- Strong understanding of how congestion, transmission constraints, and load/generation balance affect price formation.
- Deep experience in any ISO.
Nice to have
- Hands-on ability to build models using Python.
Tools
Python, ERCOT, PJM
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