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Bitpanda is a European fintech platform founded in 2014 that enables millions of users to invest in cryptocurrencies, stocks, precious metals, and commodities. The company is building a sophisticated system for asset pricing, risk management, and hedging across multiple asset classes.
In this role, you will be a core backend engineer responsible for building and maintaining high-performance Python systems that power Bitpanda's trading infrastructure. Your primary responsibilities include:
- Develop scalable backend systems using Python that support critical trading and pricing functions
- Design and maintain clean, testable code within a microservice architecture
- Contribute to the evolution of event-driven systems that handle real-time market data and trading operations
- Solve complex technical challenges in asset pricing, hedging, and multi-asset management across crypto, stocks, metals, and fiat currencies
- Work directly with business-critical systems where your code impacts trading reliability and user experience
You will work with modern technologies including FastAPI for API design, relational and NoSQL databases, event-driven architectures with Kafka or ZeroMQ, and AWS infrastructure. The role requires strong fundamentals in backend engineering and the ability to design systems that are both performant and maintainable.
Bitpanda offers a hybrid working model with flexibility to work remotely 25 days per year from any location. The company provides relocation support for candidates moving to Vienna, competitive compensation with stock options, mental health resources, and continuous learning opportunities.
