Giorgio Balestrieri
Flex Trading Engineer at Octopus Energy
Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain
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Top SchoolGiorgio Balestrieri is a Flex Trading Engineer with eight years of experience building algorithms and commercial strategies for energy storage and markets. He led Tesla’s EMEA algorithms team for Autobidder, managing trading and dispatch for a 1+ GWh BESS fleet and delivering features across day-ahead, intraday and ancillary market bidding while navigating evolving regulatory rules. His background blends energy engineering (MSc from KTH and UPC) with hands-on data science and software development, previously supporting techno-economic analysis, simulation tooling and CFD-based component modeling. Now at Octopus Energy, he applies market-grade algorithm design to optimize asset value in real-world market conditions. Colleagues know him for translating complex market rules into robust production systems and for combining commercial insight with deep technical rigor. He often pairs academic-style modeling with pragmatic engineering—turning simulations into deployable trading logic.
8 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Energy Engineering, Master of Science - MS, Energy Engineering at KTH Royal Institute of TechnologyCrash Course in Entrepreneurship, Crash Course in Entrepreneurship at EsadeScientific High School, Liceo Scientifico, Scientific High School, Liceo Scientifico at Liceo Scientifico G. Marconi, ParmaUPC Universitat Politècnica de CatalunyaBachelor of Science - BS, Energy Engineering, Bachelor of Science - BS, Energy Engineering at Politecnico di Milano
Italian, English, Spanish
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Github Skills (123)
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optimization10
photovoltaic10
dataframes10
pandas10
overleaf10
convex-optimization10
documented10
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Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
GiorgioBalestrieri/elexon_api_tool
Apr 2018 - Jun 2019
Contributions:19 commits, 24 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 2 months
GiorgioBalestrieri/renewables-ninja-client
Jun 2018 - Jan 2020
Contributions:5 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 7 months
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