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  • Front-End Developer – USA

    Front-End Developer – USA

    Remote.

    About Us

    Abacus flagship software, SATURN, is a high-performance enterprise platform for advanced market analysis, generation, trading, retail, risk management, and portfolio optimization. The cutting-edge platform empowers energy companies and financial institutions to make smarter, faster, data-driven decisions in volatile markets.

    Role Overview

    We are seeking an experienced Front-End Developer to play a key role in the ongoing development of the SATURN platform. In this role, you will participate in developing SATURN UI/UX to meet the needs of global energy, financial, and commodity enterprises. This is a hands-on role that combines deep technical expertise in front-end engineering with an understanding of user experience design, data visualization, and enterprise workflows.

    Key Responsibilities 

    • Design, build, and maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable front-end services and applications.
    • Integrate back-end elements developed by back-end developers with front-end logic.
    • Design and manage databases, including schema design, query optimization, and ensuring data integrity.
    • Write and maintain technical documentation for new and existing solutions.
    • Collaborate with product managers, back-end developers, and users to define and deliver new features.
    • Perform code reviews, provide constructive feedback, and advocate for engineering best practices.
    • Identify, troubleshoot, and resolve complex technical issues, ensuring high performance and responsiveness.
    • Participate in the full software development lifecycle, from concept to deployment and maintenance.
    • Contribute to the continuous improvement of the team’s development processes and tooling.

    Qualifications 

    • 15+ years of experience in professional software development, with at least 5+ years in a leadership role.
    • Deep expertise in enterprise SaaS platforms, distributed systems, and cloud-native architectures.
    • Proficiency in Java, Scala, JavaScript and Java frameworks including Spring, Akka, and Hibernate. 
    • Strong experience with microservices, API design, and data-intensive application development.
    • Solid grounding in data modeling, large-scale data processing, and performance optimization.
    • Excellent communication skills; ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical team members.
    • Demonstrated success mentoring engineers and driving technical initiatives in complex organizations.
    • Self-motivated with analytical thinking; thrives with autonomy and limited direction.
    • Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative field required; advanced degree a plus.  
    • Self-motivated with analytical thinking; thrives with autonomy and limited direction.
    • Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative field required; advanced degree a plus.  

    Why Join Us 

    • Be at the forefront of innovation in energy and enterprise risk management software.
    • Influence product evolution by bringing the voice of the customer to strategic discussions.
    • Work in a high-impact role with autonomy and the ability to shape software presence in the U.S. & Europe.
    • Competitive compensation package, including base salary, commission, and performance incentives.

    Please send your resume and cover letter to careers@abacussolutionsinc.com

  • Principal Software Engineer – USA

    Principal Software Engineer – USA

    Remote.

    About Us

    Abacus flagship software, SATURN, is a high-performance enterprise platform for advanced market analysis, generation, trading, retail, risk management, and portfolio optimization. The cutting-edge platform empowers energy companies and financial institutions to make smarter, faster, data-driven decisions in volatile markets.

    Role Overview

    We are seeking an experienced Principal Software Engineer to play a key role in the ongoing development of the SATURN platform. In this senior role, you will provide hands-on technical expertise ensuring SATURN remains scalable, secure, and innovative as it supports global energy, financial, and commodity enterprises. This is a senior-level position for a seasoned professional with extensive software engineering and expertise.

    Key Responsibilities 

    • Design, build, and maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable backend services and applications.
    • Integrate user-facing elements developed by front-end developers with server-side logic.
    • Design and manage databases, including schema design, query optimization, and ensuring data integrity.
    • Write and maintain technical documentation for new and existing solutions.
    • Collaborate with product managers, front-end developers, and users to define and deliver new features.
    • Perform code reviews, provide constructive feedback, and advocate for engineering best practices.
    • Identify, troubleshoot, and resolve complex technical issues, ensuring high performance and responsiveness.
    • Participate in the full software development lifecycle, from concept to deployment and maintenance.
    • Contribute to the continuous improvement of the team’s development processes and tooling.

    Qualifications 

    • 15+ years of experience in professional software development, with at least 5+ years in a leadership role.
    • Deep expertise in enterprise SaaS platforms, distributed systems, and cloud-native architectures.
    • Proficiency in Java, Scala, JavaScript and Java frameworks including Spring, Akka, and Hibernate. 
    • Strong experience with microservices, API design, and data-intensive application development.
    • Solid grounding in data modeling, large-scale data processing, and performance optimization.
    • Excellent communication skills; ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical team members.
    • Demonstrated success mentoring engineers and driving technical initiatives in complex organizations.
    • Self-motivated with analytical thinking; thrives with autonomy and limited direction.
    • Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative field required; advanced degree a plus.  

    Why Join Us 

    • Be at the forefront of innovation in energy and enterprise risk management software.
    • Influence product evolution by bringing the voice of the customer to strategic discussions.
    • Work in a high-impact role with autonomy and the ability to shape software presence in the U.S. & Europe.
    • Competitive compensation package, including base salary, commission, and performance incentives.

    Please send your resume and cover letter to careers@abacussolutionsinc.com

  • Director of Energy Analytics – USA

    Director of Energy Analytics – USA

    Remote.

    About Us

    Abacus flagship software, SATURN, is a high-performance enterprise platform for advanced market analysis, generation, trading, retail, risk management, and portfolio optimization. The cutting-edge platform empowers energy companies and financial institutions to make smarter, faster, data-driven decisions in volatile markets.

    Role Overview

    We are seeking an experienced Director of Energy Analytics to serve as a subject matter expert to help users with SATURN analytics. This role requires deep expertise in generation modeling, trading, stochastic simulation, optimization, and risk analytics as well as resourcefulness, a grasp of complex data-intensive systems, and the ability to develop, maintain, and improve advanced optimization and simulation solutions.

    Key Responsibilities 

    • Maintain and support energy risk management, optimization, stochastic simulation, and generation modeling.
    • Advise SATURN users on best practices to model generation, trades, risks, markets, loads, and portfolios.
    • Identify product roadmap to keep SATURN a leading-edge framework that addresses evolving business needs.
    • Act as a knowledge bridge between users and internal quantitative modeling and software engineering teams.
    • Translate client-supplied business requirements into detailed analytical specifications for the development team.
    • Provide technical training and guidance to SATURN users and help the sales team address technical questions.
    • Represent SATURN as a thought leader at client meetings, industry events, conferences, and publications.
    • Maintain a deep understanding of energy and commodity markets, including emerging needs for new solutions.

    Qualifications 

    • 15+ years in enterprise software support, customer success, or technical consulting roles.
    • Proven track record developing data-intensive, generation, risk analytics, and trading platforms in energy.
    • Strong ability to translate technical functionality into detailed solution algorithms.
    • Experience collaborating with product support and software engineering teams.
    • Strong organizational skills and attention to detail documenting customer requirements and managing tasks.
    • Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work independently under pressure.
    • Self-motivated with analytical thinking; thrives with autonomy and limited direction.
    • Outstanding written and verbal communication skills to document complex quantitative solutions.
    • Exceptional problem-solving skills, intellectual curiosity, and attention to detail.
    • Demonstrated ability overseeing the development, implementation, and refinement of advanced models.
    • Expertise in stochastic simulations, non-linear optimization, and complex constrained systems.
    • Self-motivated with analytical thinking; thrives with autonomy and limited direction. 
    • Master’s degree in a quantitative field required; PhD degree a plus.

    Why Join Us 

    • Be at the forefront of innovation in energy and enterprise risk management software.
    • Influence product evolution by bringing the voice of the customer to strategic discussions.
    • Work in a high-impact role with autonomy and the ability to shape software presence in the U.S. & Europe.
    • Competitive compensation package, including base salary, commission, and performance incentives.

    Please send your resume and cover letter to careers@abacussolutionsinc.com

  • Senior Product Support Specialist – USA

    Senior Product Support Specialist – USA

    Remote.

    About Us

    Abacus flagship software, SATURN, is a high-performance enterprise platform for advanced market analysis, generation, trading, retail, risk management, and portfolio optimization. The cutting-edge platform empowers energy companies and financial institutions to make smarter, faster, data-driven decisions in volatile markets.

    Role Overview

    We are seeking an experienced Senior Product Support Specialist to serve as a trusted advisor to SATURN users. In this senior role, you will leverage deep expertise in generation modeling, trading, stochastic simulation, risk analytics, and customer engagement to provide world-class support. You will help users perform needed tasks and optimize workflows. This role requires experience and expertise in complex data-intensive systems and modeling.

    Key Responsibilities 

    • Act as the primary point of contact for SATURN product support inquiries from existing and prospective users.
    • Guide customers through navigation, configuration, and execution of key workflows within SATURN.
    • Troubleshoot complex product questions and usage challenges, providing clear, step-by-step guidance.
    • Work with the internal team to provide customer feedback that informs product roadmap and improvements.
    • Collaborate with the software engineering team on reproducing and diagnosing technical issues.
    • Maintain a knowledge base of best practices, FAQs, and how-to guides to empower user self-service.
    • Deliver proactive user enablement sessions including webinars, trainings, and workshops.
    • Drive customer adoption by advising on optimal use of SATURN’s applications, solutions, and tools.

    Qualifications 

    • 15+ years in enterprise software support, customer success, or technical consulting roles.
    • Proven track record supporting data-intensive, generation, risk analytics, and commodity trading platforms.
    • Strong ability to translate technical functionality into user-friendly explanations and documentation.
    • Expertise in navigating complex data-intensive applications, explaining workflows, and training end-users.
    • Excellent abilities to diagnose, analyze, and resolve complex technical issues and identify root causes.
    • Excellent written and verbal communication along with client-facing skills and a consultative mindset.
    • Experience collaborating with software engineering and sales teams.
    • Strong organizational skills and attention to detail documenting customer interactions and managing tasks.
    • Strong technical and communication skills to explain technical concepts clearly to non-technical users.
    • Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work independently under pressure.
    • Empathetic and patient demeanor with strong customer service skills to ensure a positive user experience.
    • Self-motivated with analytical thinking; thrives with autonomy and limited direction.
    • Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative field required; advanced degree a plus.  

    Why Join Us 

    • Be at the forefront of innovation in energy and enterprise risk management software.
    • Influence product evolution by bringing the voice of the customer to strategic discussions.
    • Work in a high-impact role with autonomy and the ability to shape software presence in the U.S. & Europe.
    • Competitive compensation package, including base salary, commission, and performance incentives.

    Please send your resume and cover letter to careers@abacussolutionsinc.com

  • Senior Sales Executive – Europe

    Senior Sales Executive – Europe

    Remote.

    About Us

    Abacus flagship software, SATURN, is a high-performance enterprise platform for advanced market analysis, generation, trading, retail, risk management, and portfolio optimization. The cutting-edge platform empowers energy companies and financial institutions to make smarter, faster, data-driven decisions in volatile markets.

    Role Overview

    We are seeking a Senior Sales Executive to spearhead SATURN’s growth in Europe. This is a senior-level, hunter-oriented role for a seasoned professional with deep industry expertise, an established network, and a proven track record of closing enterprise software deals. The ideal candidate is a self-starter who thrives in independent, high-responsibility environments and can confidently engage technical and commercial stakeholders alike.

    Key Responsibilities 

    • Own the full sales cycle for SATURN in Europe – from prospecting and lead generation through deal structuring, negotiation, and closing.
    • Leverage his/her existing industry contacts and book of business to accelerate pipeline growth and revenue.
    • Develop and execute strategic account plans, targeting utilities, IPPs, energy companies, financial institutions, banks, and other key verticals.
    • Collaborate with technical teams to deeply understand SATURN capabilities and communicate its value in solving customer pain points.
    • Conduct compelling product presentations, demos, and solution workshops tailored to customer needs.
    • Maintain a high degree of market awareness – staying ahead of market developments, regulatory changes, and industry trends.
    • Represent Abacus at industry conferences, trade shows, and networking events to strengthen the SATURN brand and generate qualified leads.
    • Independently manage sales performance metrics to meet quarterly and annual targets.

    Qualifications 

    • 15+ years of enterprise software sales experience, preferably in energy, financial services, trading, risk management, or data analytics.
    • Familiarity with energy industry commercial software for generation management, ETRM, and risk analytics.
    • Established experience with energy industry players including utilities, IPPs, banks, private equity firms, and trading companies.  
    • Strong track record of meeting and exceeding annual quotas and targets.
    • Deep understanding of European energy markets, trends, and knowledge of user needs for improved solutions in generation, trading, and risk analytics.
    • Established industry network and proven ability to open doors with senior decision-makers.
    • Technically adept, with the ability to understand and articulate complex software solutions to both technical and non-technical audiences.
    • Self-motivated, entrepreneurial mindset; thrives with autonomy and limited direction.
    • Excellent communication, negotiation, and presentation skills.
    • Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree a plus.

    Why Join Us 

    • Be at the forefront of innovation in energy and enterprise risk management software.
    • Influence product evolution by bringing the voice of the customer to strategic discussions.
    • Work in a high-impact role with autonomy and the ability to shape software presence in Europe.
    • Competitive compensation package, including base salary, commission, and performance incentives.

    Please send your resume and cover letter to careers@abacussolutionsinc.com

  • Senior Sales Executive – USA

    Senior Sales Executive – USA

    Remote.

    About Us

    Abacus flagship software, SATURN, is a high-performance enterprise platform for advanced market analysis, generation, trading, retail, risk management, and portfolio optimization. The cutting-edge platform empowers energy companies and financial institutions to make smarter, faster, data-driven decisions in volatile markets.

    Role Overview

    We are seeking a Senior Sales Executive to spearhead SATURN’s growth in the U.S. This is a senior-level, hunter-oriented role for a seasoned professional with deep industry expertise, an established network, and a proven track record of closing enterprise software deals. The ideal candidate is a self-starter who thrives in independent, high-responsibility environments and can confidently engage technical and commercial stakeholders alike.

    Key Responsibilities 

    • Own the full sales cycle for SATURN in the USA – from prospecting and lead generation through deal structuring, negotiation, and closing.
    • Leverage his/her existing industry contacts and book of business to accelerate pipeline growth and revenue.
    • Develop and execute strategic account plans, targeting utilities, IPPs, energy companies, financial institutions, banks, and other key verticals.
    • Collaborate with technical teams to deeply understand SATURN capabilities and communicate its value in solving customer pain points.
    • Conduct compelling product presentations, demos, and solution workshops tailored to customer needs.
    • Maintain a high degree of market awareness – staying ahead of market developments, regulatory changes, and industry trends.
    • Represent Abacus at industry conferences, trade shows, and networking events to strengthen the SATURN brand and generate qualified leads.
    • Independently manage sales performance metrics to meet quarterly and annual targets.

    Qualifications 

    • 15+ years of enterprise software sales experience, preferably in energy, financial services, trading, risk management, or data analytics.
    • Familiarity with energy industry commercial software for generation management, ETRM, and risk analytics.
    • Established experience with energy industry players including utilities, IPPs, banks, private equity firms, trading companies, state regulators, and ISOs.  
    • Strong track record of meeting and exceeding annual quotas and targets.
    • Deep understanding of US energy markets, trends, and knowledge of user needs for improved solutions in generation, trading, and risk analytics. 
    • Established industry network and proven ability to open doors with senior decision-makers.
    • Technically adept, with the ability to understand and articulate complex software solutions to both technical and non-technical audiences.
    • Self-motivated, entrepreneurial mindset; thrives with autonomy and limited direction.
    • Excellent communication, negotiation, and presentation skills.
    • Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree a plus.   

    Why Join Us 

    • Be at the forefront of innovation in energy and enterprise risk management software.
    • Influence product evolution by bringing the voice of the customer to strategic discussions.
    • Work in a high-impact role with autonomy and the ability to shape software presence in the U.S.
    • Competitive compensation package, including base salary, commission, and performance incentives.

    Please send your resume and cover letter to careers@abacussolutionsinc.com

  • Balancing Risk and Opportunity

    Balancing Risk and Opportunity

    Hedging is a critical tool for managing physical and financial risks – effective hedging requires rigorous analytics; simplistic hedging can be counterproductive and costly. At its core, hedging helps protect budgets and margins from adverse outcomes. Yet, the same instruments that stabilize earnings can also introduce new risks when not structured correctly and/or not monitored and updated.

    A common misconception is that hedging eliminates risk. In reality, it is a form of insurance that protects against undesirable bad outcomes and/or improves revenue and margin predictability. The value of a hedge depends on how closely it aligns with the underlying exposure, how the market changes over time, and how positions are managed as conditions change. Poorly structured or static hedges can actually magnify losses instead of mitigating them; simplistic rule-based hedging fails to factor the impacts of changes in market conditions.

    Effective hedging requires the structuring and dynamic updating of hedge instruments, a process that uses advanced analytics to capture prevailing market dynamics and enable needed adjustments to market shifts. Finding the most effective strategies requires compute-intensive solutions capable of analyzing thousands of alternatives for three intertwined decisions: Instrument, quantity, and timing. Intense competition, increased market volatility, and heightened trading significantly expanded available alternatives creating challenges and opportunities for risk managers. Dynamic hedging requires a monitoring process to continuously update risk exposures coupled with a decision support system to help make best risk/return tradeoffs and dynamically update hedges.

    Legacy concepts and tools are no longer adequate. Markets are never static. Neither should your hedges.

  • Deterministic Modeling Limitations and Risks

    Deterministic Modeling Limitations and Risks

    Deterministic modeling is limited by its assumption of predictable outcomes including prices, costs, and end-user loads – a process that ignores forecast uncertainty. A key limitation of this approach is it produces a single forecast based on fixed inputs, which means it fails to capture the range of potential outcomes. This can lead to inaccurate results – particularly when used for long-term analysis such as multi-year forecasts and integrated resource planning. While sensitivity analysis can provide useful insights, it does not adequately reflect the interactions among multiple sources of uncertainty or long-term market volatility.

    Historical experience demonstrates the consequences of this limitation, including unpredictable economic growth, unexpected customer demand, fluctuating fuel prices, technological changes, power supply uncertainty, and evolving environmental and climate policies, along with technology disruptions and innovations. The uncertainty associated with data centers demand has profound implications for generation planning, creating major investment risks and threatening grid reliability. The issue is compounded by the uncertainty in the evolution of artificial intelligence, which renders traditional long-term forecasting and capacity planning models obsolete.

    In contrast, stochastic modeling explicitly incorporates market uncertainty and generates a range of outcomes with associated likelihoods using solid data-driven techniques. This approach provides more realistic forecasts for long-term planning and, critically, supports more reliable resource addition and retirement decisions. Most importantly, it provides very useful risk metrics and insights and enables critical risk management decisions.

    Deterministic modeling may be a good start but it is inadequate for making good and informed decisions.

  • Forecast Solar Production and Plant Value

    Forecast Solar Production and Plant Value

    Company

    A Large rural electric cooperative in the southeastern region of the United States.

    Challenge

    Develop stochastic simulation to accurately forecast solar production across diverse weather zones and integrate forecasted production into planning and budgeting.

    SATURN

    • Identified key solar metrics that provide accurate forecasts of solar energy production under varying weather conditions.  
    • Developed hourly energy prices correlated with hourly solar energy scenarios and corresponding hourly solar production.
    • Integrated solar production with generation production forecasting and identified impacts on system operations.     

    Impact

    • Delivered a stochastic forecasting process that integrates solar generation into planning and budgeting processes.  
    • Identified key solar energy metrics that enable most accurate stochastic forecasts of solar production.
    • Empowered the planning team to develop a process to evaluate power purchase agreements with solar developers.

    SATURN Applications

  • Forecast Wind Production and System Impacts

    Forecast Wind Production and System Impacts

    Company

    A large municipal utility in California.

    Challenge

    Develop stochastic forecasts of wind generation across diverse California weather patterns and analyze the impacts on system operations and production costs.

    SATURN

    • Identified key wind metrics that provide accurate forecasts of wind energy production under varying weather conditions.  
    • Modeled hourly energy prices aligned with wind speed scenarios and matching hourly wind production.
    • Integrated wind forecasts into system-wide generation planning and identified operational and cost impacts.   

    Impact

    • Developed a stochastic forecasting process that integrates wind generation into planning and budgeting processes.  
    • Identified key wind energy metrics that enable most accurate stochastic forecasts of solar production.
    • Empowered the planning team to develop a process to evaluate power purchase agreements with wind developers.

    SATURN Applications