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Job ID : 1610037 Date Updated : September 1st, 2026
AI Engineer – Energy & Trading

AI Engineer (Energy & Trading Systems) Exclusive job

Location Tokyo - 23 Wards
Job Type Permanent Full-time
Salary 6 million yen ~ 8 million yen

Work Style

Remote Work and WFH Casual Clothing Minimal Overtime Flex Time

Job Description

Join a growing energy technology business that is using AI and data to improve how electricity is forecast, traded and optimized.

As an AI Engineer, you will work with large-scale energy and market datasets to develop machine learning models and optimization tools for areas such as electricity price forecasting, renewable generation, demand forecasting and battery storage operations.

Key responsibilities include:

  • Develop machine learning models for energy market forecasting
  • Build AI-driven tools to support trading and battery optimization
  • Perform simulation and backtesting of models and strategies
  • Develop data pipelines for model training and evaluation
  • Deploy models into production and integrate them with business systems
  • Work closely with engineering, data and commercial teams

This is a good opportunity for an AI/ML professional who wants to apply their technical skills to the rapidly evolving energy and decarbonization sector.

General Requirements

Minimum Experience Level Over 3 years
Career Level Mid Career
Minimum English Level Daily Conversation (Amount Used: English usage about 75%)
Minimum Japanese Level Daily Conversation
Minimum Education Level Bachelor's Degree
Visa Status Permission to work in Japan required

Required Skills

  • Strong Python programming skills
  • Experience developing machine learning and/or deep learning models
  • Experience working with real-world data, ideally including time-series data
  • Ability to translate business problems into technical or analytical solutions
  • Bachelor’s degree or higher in a relevant technical field

Preferred

  • Experience in electricity, energy, trading or related industries
  • Experience with forecasting, quantitative modelling or mathematical optimization
  • Knowledge of battery storage, energy trading or market optimization
  • Experience deploying machine learning models into production
  • Cloud platform experience, particularly AWS

Job Location

  • Tokyo - 23 Wards
  • Yamanote Line Station

Work Conditions

Job Type Permanent Full-time
Salary 6 million yen ~ 8 million yen
Salary Bonuses Bonuses paid on top of indicated salary.
Work Hours Flex start/finish, 2 days remote per week, 7.5 hrs/day
Holidays 15 days paid leave/year
Job Division Technology
Industry Electric Power, Gas, Water

Job Category

Company Details

Company Type Small/Medium Company (300 employees or less) - International Company
Non-Japanese Ratio Majority Japanese