Energy Analyst ​/ Senior Energy Analyst (SmartBidder

Energy Analyst / Senior Energy Analyst (Smart Bidder), Boulder, CO (Hybrid)

We're building a pipeline of top-tier Energy Analyst and Senior Energy Analyst candidates for Smart Bidder as our team continues to grow. While we may not have an immediate start date for every applicant, we review applications on an ongoing basis and reach out directly as new openings arise.

Smart Bidder is the leading energy bid optimization and scheduling platform for standalone, co-located, or hybrid renewable energy and storage projects. Smart Bidder provides custom bid optimization in day-ahead and real-time power markets through a suite of probabilistic and AI-assisted models, incorporating forecasted nodal price dynamics, asset-specific constraints, and risk-based optimization. From fully managed to self-service, Smart Bidder customers have unparalleled control and flexibility to use built-in strategies based on profit and risk tolerance or integrate their own models into the platform.

At Ascend Analytics, our mission centers on creating sustainable economic value for energy buyers and producers to transform the power industry. Our team combines advanced analytics, cloud-based technology, and deep market expertise to help our clients solve complex challenges across grid reliability, power market volatility, renewable integration, infrastructure development, and energy investment strategy. As a high-growth, private equity–backed company, Ascend continues to expand its market leadership while investing in innovation, talent, and scalable solutions for an increasingly dynamic energy market.

Real influence. Real outcomes. At every level.

• High-impact work. Shape the tools and decisions that drive the clean energy transition.
• Direct exposure. Work alongside executive leadership and key utility and corporate clients.
• Room to grow. A rapidly scaling SaaS business with real advancement opportunities.
• Collaborative culture. A team that values creative thought, inclusion, and work-life balance.

• Lead quantitative analysis and work to deliver on-time results to clients.
• Proficiency with fundamental modeling of electricity markets in support of electricity trading.
• Provide clients with expertise in analytic modeling for asset valuation, risk management, and renewable integration.
• Provide clients with expertise in energy‑related commodity trading, energy markets quantitative analysis, electricity market operations, power structuring.
• Monitor regulatory changes and assess their impact on market operations and strategies.
• Participate in on-call rotations to support real-time market operations and ensure system reliability, which may include occasional weekends or evenings.
• Devise new approaches to represent results that provide support for decision analysis.
• Assimilate complex information into readily understood reports and presentations.
• Perform in-depth analysis of power market operations.
• Solve complex analytic problems to make mission-critical decisions for energy supply.
• Serve as a technical resource for scoping, building, deploying, and launch activities.

• Bachelor's degree in economics, engineering, or energy required.
• 1+ years prior experience (5+ years for a Senior Analyst) in energy with a utility, consulting firm, government, or non-profit with a focus on energy.
• Understanding of energy modeling systems and methods.
• Command of wholesale power market structures and value streams.
• Demonstrated track record of working with clients and teams.
• Strong interpersonal skills, written and verbal communication, teamwork, organization, and work ethic.
• Ability to prioritize multiple assignments and problem-solve with minimum supervision.
• Strong analytical skills in analyzing and explaining complex data.

• Master's or advanced degrees in economics, engineering, and/or energy strongly preferred.
• Proficiency with analytic software programming (R, Python, or other languages) preferred.
• Previous project management experience a plus.
• Knowledge of deregulated power market operations a plus.

• Integrity:
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