SOFTWARE ENGINEER - Dubai, UAE

Employment Type: Full-time & Permanent

Location: Dubai, UAE

Starting salary range of 60,000 USD to 75,000 USD per annum in a zero-tax environment.

About Cobblestone Energy

Cobblestone Energy is an energy trading company specialising in the European Gas and Power markets. Established in 2017, we are shaping the future of global commodity trading with a focus on deep analytics. Our success is driven by our people, whom we back with real responsibility from the start. At Cobblestone Energy, excellence is valued and extraordinary talent from around the world is welcomed. Our flat organisational structure encourages a culture of innovation, granting team members autonomy and ownership of their work.

Cobblestone Values

• Lifelong learning with continuous reflection
• Independent thinking through a meritocracy of ideas
• The team is more important than the individual.
• Relentless pursuit of excellence
• Hiring and keeping only the most effective people
• Others must benefit from our existence.
  
  

Job description 

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 

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

Responsibilities 

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

Requirements 

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