Energy Analyst / Senior Energy Analyst (SmartBidder)

Energy Analyst / Senior Energy Analyst (SmartBidder), Boulder, CO (Hybrid)

We're building a pipeline of top-tier Energy Analyst and Senior Energy Analyst candidates for SmartBidder as our team continues to grow. While we may not have an immediate start date for every applicant, we review applications on an ongoing basis and reach out directly as new openings arise.

SmartBidder is the leading energy bid optimization and scheduling platform for standalone, co-located, or hybrid renewable energy and storage projects. SmartBidder provides custom bid optimization in day-ahead and real-time power markets through a suite of probabilistic and AI-assisted models, incorporating forecasted nodal price dynamics, asset-specific constraints, and risk-based optimization. From fully managed to self-service, SmartBidder customers have unparalleled control and flexibility to use built-in strategies based on profit and risk tolerance or integrate their own models into the platform.

Our Mission @ Ascend

At Ascend Analytics, our mission centers on creating sustainable economic value for energy buyers and producers to transform the power industry. Our team combines advanced analytics, cloud-based technology, and deep market expertise to help our clients solve complex challenges across grid reliability, power market volatility, renewable integration, infrastructure development, and energy investment strategy. As a high-growth, private equity–backed company, Ascend continues to expand its market leadership while investing in innovation, talent, and scalable solutions for an increasingly dynamic energy market.

Your Impact @ Ascend

Real influence. Real outcomes. At every level.

• High-impact work. Shape the tools and decisions that drive the clean energy transition.
• Direct exposure. Work alongside executive leadership and key utility and corporate clients.
• Room to grow. A rapidly scaling SaaS business with real advancement opportunities.
• Collaborative culture. A team that values creative thought, inclusion, and work-life balance.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead quantitative analysis and work to deliver on-time results to clients.
• Proficiency with fundamental modeling of electricity markets in support of electricity trading.
• Provide clients with expertise in analytic modeling for asset valuation, risk management, and renewable integration.
• Provide clients with expertise in energy-related commodity trading, energy markets quantitative analysis, electricity market operations, power structuring.
• Monitor regulatory changes and assess their impact on market operations and strategies.
• Participate in on-call rotations to support real-time market operations and ensure system reliability, which may include occasional weekends or evenings.
• Devise new approaches to represent results that provide support for decision analysis.
• Assimilate complex information into readily understood reports and presentations.
• Perform in-depth analysis of power market operations.
• Solve complex analytic problems to make mission-critical decisions for energy supply.
• Serve as a technical resource for scoping, building, deploying, and launch activities.
  

Key Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor's degree in economics, engineering, or energy required.
• 1+ years prior experience (5+ years for a Senior Analyst) in energy with a utility, consulting firm, government, or non-profit with a focus on energy.
• Understanding of energy modeling systems and methods.
• Command of wholesale power market structures and value streams.
• Demonstrated track record of working with clients and teams.
• Strong interpersonal skills, written and verbal communication, teamwork, organization, and work ethic.
• Ability to prioritize multiple assignments and problem-solve with minimum supervision.
• Strong analytical skills in analyzing and explaining complex data.
  

Preferred

• Master's or advanced degrees in economics, engineering, and/or energy strongly preferred.
• Proficiency with analytic software programming (R, Python, or other languages) preferred.
• Previous project management experience a plus.
• Knowledge of deregulated power market operations a plus.
  

Our Values @ Ascend

Ascend Analytics promotes a culture of teamwork, inclusion, work-life balance, creative thought, and learned ideas. We operate by five core pillars:

• Integrity: We act with honesty and uphold the highest ethical standards, doing the right thing even when it's difficult.
• Purpose Driven: We are united by a shared purpose — to deliver meaningful impact for our customers, our industry, and the energy transition to a low carbon future.
• Belonging: We foster a respectful, inclusive environment where everyone is valued, diverse perspectives are embraced, and equitable opportunities are provided for all.
• Innovation: We anticipate and address new challenges, embracing change and continuous improvement
• One Team Mindset: We collaborate across teams and functions, supporting one another and prioritizing shared success over individual wins.

Your Value @ Ascend

We offer competitive compensation — calibrated to your experience and structured to grow with you — along with a comprehensive benefits package:

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Life and disability insurance.
• Parental leave for growing families.
• FSA, HSA, and dependent care accounts.
• 401(k) with 3% non-elective contribution.
• Flexible PTO to take time when you need it.

Join a team that values your work, supports your growth, and invests in your future!

We offer a competitive salary range of $80,000–$110,000 for the Energy Analyst role and $100,000–$140,000 for Senior Analyst. Compensation is flexible and will be tailored to your experience and background — we're proud to offer pay that is often above industry average. But the perks don’t stop there — we’re committed to creating a workplace where people can do meaningful work, grow their careers, and still have a life outside the office. You’ll enjoy flexible work hours, a collaborative environment, and real opportunities for advancement.

Collaboration is in our DNA, and we thrive on the energy of working together — the spontaneous ideas, face-to-face teamwork, and culture you can only build in a room.

But we also value the focus and freedom that remote flexibility brings. That's why our Boulder, CO office runs on a hybrid schedule (3 days in-office, 2 days remote). We prefer candidates who can work from Boulder HQ, though we're open to strong remote candidates as well.

Need accommodations? Contact us at [email protected].

Ascend Analytics is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to an inclusive environment for all employees regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, veteran status, disability, or genetic information.

By applying, you'll be considered for this role as positions open, and we'll follow up directly when there's a match to discuss next steps. Have questions about our hiring timeline? Reach out to us — happy to clarify what to expect.

Note: We regret that we are currently unable to offer visa sponsorship.