Optimization Analytics Lead
Intersect Power
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: California • Colorado • United States
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Salary
💰 $292,500 - $337,500 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Design and deliver an advanced optimization platform enabling automated 5-minute ERCOT market bidding across storage, solar, wind, gas generation, and load assets
- Translate market rules, asset constraints, offtake terms, and operational conditions into scalable, automated bidding logic
- Ensure optimization outputs align with portfolio strategy and long-term value creation goals
- Build near-real-time data pipelines that integrate asset telemetry, forecasts, and market data into trading workflows
- Lead the design and selection of forecasting models and optimization frameworks that support fast, reliable decision-making
- Continuously improve forecasting accuracy and optimization performance based on market outcomes and asset feedback
- Partner closely with trading, engineering, and operations teams to align system design with market strategy and operational realities
- Guide technical decisions related to data architecture, software design, and system resilience
- Ensure system reliability and performance in live market conditions
- Mentor engineers and analysts, setting standards for modeling rigor, data quality, and real-time system operations
- Establish repeatable processes and best practices that support scalable growth of optimization capabilities
Requirements
- Deep expertise in ERCOT market design, real-time operations, and automated bidding systems.
- Proven experience building production-grade optimization platforms operating on near-real-time data.
- Strong background in forecasting, optimization, and data-driven decision systems across energy assets.
- Experience working with storage, solar, wind, thermal generation, and load resources.
- Hands-on technical leadership with the ability to guide architecture, modeling, and system design decisions.
- Ability to translate complex market rules and asset constraints into reliable, automated solutions.
- Clear communication skills that enable strong partnerships with traders, engineers, and operations teams.
- A mission-driven mindset and long-term perspective aligned with building enduring infrastructure.
Benefits
- 100% premium coverage for you and your dependents on medical, dental, and vision
- Unlimited PTO, plus two company-wide breaks (Fourth of July & end of year)
- Up to 12 weeks of fully paid parental leave, plus 6 additional weeks for birth parents; access to family planning support via Carrot and Maven
- Free access to Spring Health which includes 5 free therapy and psychiatry sessions, plus a Headspace account for mindfulness and meditation through our physical health vendor, Wellhub+
- 3% non-elective employer contribution to your 401k or RRSP
- $150 monthly food stipend, $150 monthly reimbursement for cell phone/internet, pet insurance allowance, full home office setup, free access to UrbanSitter with $625 in quarterly paid company credits, ActiveHero, and One Medical
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
optimization platformsautomated bidding systemsforecasting modelsdata pipelinesdata architecturesystem designreal-time operationsdata-driven decision systemsmodeling rigoroptimization performance
Soft skills
clear communicationtechnical leadershipmentoringpartnership buildingmission-driven mindsetlong-term perspectivecollaborationproblem-solvingdecision-makingprocess improvement