We are hiring for a Full Stack Developer, working closely with a wide range of business lines. You will be given the opportunity to work with technical and non-technical experts and develop innovative solutions, and full-stack applications used globally across a wide range of commercial and operational desks. The role will offer you an incredible opportunity to impact decisions through the development of innovative solutions.

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You will be heavily involved in helping transform the existing applications landscape, where your ability to quickly understand business requirements, communicate effectively, work independently and rapidly prototype/iterate over new and existing requirements will be crucial in driving modern cutting-edge solutions to empower our commercial teams.

• Rapid Prototyping: Working closely with the operations/commercial teams to build and support market-focused business development applications and support existing tools, by rapidly iterating on user feedback, turning it into actionable value-adding solutions
• Project Management: Analyse ongoing business and user requirements and independently manage project lifecycles from end-to-end within the team.
• Innovation: Suggest innovative and reliable technical solutions for the business, enhancing existing processes or identifying new opportunities for the business to leverage.
• Platform Expertise and Integration: Develop a deep understanding of Vitol's MIS platforms and tools, their functionalities and capabilities to help the platforms thrive.

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• Relevant university degree
• 3+ years of full stack Python development experience with in-depth knowledge of ORM and API frameworks
• 3+ years of full stack Typescript React development experience
• Experience using Python libraries such as Fast API, SQL Alchemy and Pydantic is mandatory
• Experience in building, maintaining and optimizing relational SQL databases (PostgresSQL/Oracle)
• Rapid dashboard development (Streamlit, Plotly Dash, React) and experience presenting complex data visually to varied audiences
• Passion for developing in Python and React and a driven desire to engage with both our development community and the business
• Drive to stay up to date with changes in the Python and Typescript React landscape, and develop on the forefront of these exciting and fast-paced programming languages
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Soft skills that will help you stand out

• Driven and results oriented with either previous experience and/or a demonstrable commercial interest for the commodities industry
• Passionate about turning iterative business feedback into rapidly prototyped solutions and transform them into widely adopted value adding and global business applications
• Initiative with an entrepreneurial self-starting mindset
• A minute attention to detail
• Highly driven with an innate ability to accomplish and deliver outstanding results in a fast-paced trading environment
• Outstanding communication and relationship management skills
• Capable of working effectively across organizational and cultural boundaries, demonstrating a global perspective and the ability to foster multi-platform team collaboration
• Dedicated, energetic, resilient, and resourceful
• Highly creative with a strong innate ability for problem solving
• A natural team player

What we offer

• Global Exposure: The chance to work in a dynamic, international environment with colleagues and businesses spanning to all corners of the world.
• Energy Commodities Trading Industry: Opportunity to work within one of the most interesting, rapidly changing and globally impacting industries
• Fast Paced Creative Work Environment: Access to working with a wide range of technologies and tools that empower you to be creative and excel in your role
• Impactful Work: The opportunity to contribute to incredibly meaningful projects that drive the energy industry forward and make a global impact across our lines of business and our operations.
• Innovation: The opportunity to work and drive change at the cutting edge of the energy commodity trading industry’s technological landscape
• Corporate Social Responsibility: Ability to engage in a variety of charitable initiatives and programs that give back to the community and promote sustainability
• Travel: Opportunity to travel to a wide variety of offices and sites across all corners of the world where our business development teams operate
• Python and React Communities: Access to our global and continuously growing Python Community (+250 colleagues) and React Community (+50 colleagues) that provides training, and ongoing discussions around the changes in the landscape of these frameworks and a creative space to produce suggestions and ideas to test and/or form new solutions that further drive the success of the business
• Office based role (5 days)

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About Vitol

Vitol is a leader in energy and commodities. Vitol produces, manages and delivers energy and commodities, including metals, to consumers and industry worldwide. In addition to its primary business, trading, Vitol is invested in infrastructure globally, with $13+billion invested in long-term assets.

Vitol’s customers include national oil companies, multinationals, leading industrial companies. and utilities. Founded in Rotterdam in 1966, today Vitol serves its customers from some 40 offices worldwide. Revenues in 2024 were over $330bn.

Find out more at vitol.com.