CareerPlan

Senior Data Scientist - Commodity Intelligence m/f/d

Germany - KarlsruheFull-time€72k–€119k2026-10-26 → 2026-11-10

Core

Building predictive market models and interactive analytics for prices, supply, demand, and trade in global commodity markets (chemicals, petrochemicals, recycling) to support trading and scenario planning.

Role type

Senior IC quantitative data scientist (commodity markets)

Builds

Forecast models, predictive data, and interactive analytical tooling for trading and scenario planning

Domain

Energy, petrochemical, and fertilizer industries; global commodity markets

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

predictive modelling, Python, SQL, data modelling, data transformation, data visualization, software development, containerization, orchestration, scenario modelling, marginal supply cost curves

Preferred skills

chemical industry knowledge, Databricks, Snowflake

Technologies

Python, Dash, Plotly, GIT, Docker, Airflow, Data Lakehouse

Responsibilities

Co-develop quantitative market models (demand, supply, storage, trade, price forecasting); clean and impute diverse datasets; create interactive analytics and decision support tools; discuss models and market drivers with customers; manage own projects and guide peers in model development

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC