Trade Assistant / Analyst

Job Description

About Us

Hartree Partners is a global energy and commodities firm, founded in 1997. The firm is headquartered in New York and maintains offices in many financial centers around the world including London, Singapore, and Dubai. Hartree Partners LP is owned by the company’s Managing Partners, senior staff, and Oaktree Capital.

Energy is always evolving. At Hartree Partners, we use our decades of experience in the physical and financial energy and commodities markets to explore the opportunities this evolution provides. We assist our customers in participating in new markets and navigating their complexities for maximum revenues at minimum risk.

We provide a wide range of services to a substantial and diversified customer base that includes corporations, financial institutions, governments and individuals.

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Job Summary

Hartree Partners is seeking a Trading Assistant on our Metals Trading team in London. This is an exceptional opportunity for a motivated junior with middle or back office experience to gain exposure to the metals markets within a dynamic global trading environment. The successful candidate will work closely with traders, originators, and other analysts to support commercial decision-making through market analysis, data management, and performance reporting.

The ideal candidate will demonstrate strong analytical ability, attention to detail, intellectual curiosity, and a genuine interest in global commodities markets.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Sit directly on the trading desk alongside senior traders, gaining real-time exposure to risk-taking, position management, and market flow across global metals markets.
• Own the trade lifecycle from your seat — book trades, manage confirms, and coordinate with middle office to keep the book clean and P&L accurate.
• Build, maintain, and sharpen the desk's internal models, databases, and dashboards
• Push the frontier on AI/LLM integration: automate repetitive workflows, accelerate research pipelines, and build tools that give our desk an edge.
• Produce daily and weekly market intelligence — concise, high-signal reports on price action, spreads, regional dynamics, and macro drivers
• Support live trading with ad hoc analysis: pricing structures, spread relationships, arb opportunities — whatever the desk needs, fast.
• Liaise across middle and back office to ensure trade data, exposure reporting, and performance attribution are bulletproof.
• Develop deep market knowledge across base metals, precious metals, and the macro landscape — geopolitics, supply chains, central bank policy — everything that moves markets.

Education & Experience

• Degree in engineering, mathematics, economics, finance, computer science, or a related quantitative field
• Experience in commodities, trading, or a market-facing analytical role preferred, but not essential
• Strong Python experience applied to real-world data analysis and tool building
• Advanced Excel skills for practical trading desk use