Vitol is a leader in energy and commodities. Vitol produces, manages and delivers energy and commodities to consumers and industry worldwide. In addition to its primary business of trading, Vitol is invested in infrastructure globally, with $10+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 more than 40 offices worldwide. Revenues in 2025 were $343bn.
Our people are our business. Talent is precious to us and we create an environment in which individuals can reach their full potential, unhindered by hierarchy. Our team comprises more than 65+ nationalities and we are committed to developing and sustaining a diverse work force.
Learn more about us here.
Job Description
We are looking for a motivated Python engineer to expand our Python and agentic development toolsets, support our developer community, and help strengthen our technical landscape.
In this role, you will use technology, data, and automation to support Vitol’s fast-paced business and help us adapt quickly to new opportunities. You will work directly with business teams to understand their needs, deliver initiatives, and help users make the most of our tools
Job Requires to be in Office 5x a week
What you’ll do
- Partner with teams across the business and technology organization to advance their development initiatives.
- Support the rollout of agentic developer tools, including advising on skill and MCP design.
- Serve as a local point of contact for a broad range of Python technical challenges.
- Maintain and expand Vitol’s central Python package ecosystem.
- Provide day-to-day application support, user training, and onboarding.
- Work with business and support teams—including Helpdesk, Infrastructure, and Security—to improve systems and processes, simplify the user experience, and reduce risk.
- 3+ years of experience using Python web development frameworks, such as Streamlit or FastAPI, in an enterprise environment
- Proven ability to actively engage and collaborate within developer communities
- Experience with both Anaconda and Astral’s uv in an enterprise environment.
- Experience promoting software development best practices
- Strong written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively with stakeholders and business users.
- Experience with front-end technologies such as React, CSS, and HTML is a plus.
- Commodities or energy industry experience is desirable
What Success Looks Like in Year One
- You have built up relationships across our various business teams and are seen as a go to person for our business developer community
- Technical teams increasingly rely on you for representing & sharing our Python development standards
- You have aided local teams and helped complete the migration from Miniconda to Astral UV across our end-user windows environments
- You are comfortable working with and contributing back to core Python components, such as global shared libraries
Comprehensive benefit coverage includes:
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- Paid Vacation
- 401k with company contributions
- Life insurance
- Short-term & Long-term disability
Job Requires to be in Office 5x a week
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
Skills Required
- 3+ years of experience using Python web development frameworks such as Streamlit or FastAPI in an enterprise environment
- Experience actively engaging and collaborating within developer communities
- Experience with Anaconda and Astral uv in an enterprise environment
- Experience promoting software development best practices
- Strong written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work effectively with stakeholders and business users
- Experience with front-end technologies such as React, CSS, and HTML
- Commodities or energy industry experience
Vitol Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Vitol and has not been reviewed or approved by Vitol.
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Strong & Reliable Incentives — Bonuses and additional performance rewards are a strong point, particularly in trading and adjacent roles. Compensation packages are often viewed as robust in part due to sizeable, performance-linked payouts.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical, dental, and vision coverage are complemented by life insurance and disability, forming a comprehensive core package. This breadth is positioned as a key strength of the benefits offering.
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Retirement Support — Access to retirement programs such as 401(k) plans with company contributions, profit sharing, and pension options is reported across locations. These elements contribute to a financially competitive total rewards package.
Vitol Insights
What We Do
Vitol is a global energy and commodities company that trades and distributes energy safely and responsibly, utilizing its logistical expertise and infrastructure network. It operates across the energy spectrum, including oil, gas, power, renewables, and metals.
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