Data Engineer Python

Company Overview

We simplify wealth creation. Founded in 2014 in Vienna, Austria by Eric Demuth, Paul Klanschek and Christian Trummer, we’re here to help people trust themselves enough to build their financial freedom — for now and the future. Our user‑friendly, trade‑everything platform empowers both first‑time investors and seasoned experts to invest in the cryptocurrencies, crypto indices, stocks, precious metals and commodities they want — with any sized budget, 24/7. Our global team works across different cultures and time zones, bringing our products to more than 6 million customers, making us one of Europe’s safest and most secure platforms that powers modern investing. Headquartered in Austria but operating across Europe, our products are built by fast‑moving, talented, “roll‑up‑your‑sleeves‑and‑make‑it‑happen” kind of people. It’s these diverse perspectives and innovative minds operating as ONE TEAM that keep Bitpanda at the cutting edge of our industry. If you’re someone who thinks big, moves fast and wants to make an impact right from day one, then get ready to join our industry‑changing team.

Your mission

Join our growing crew of data enthusiasts and take a pivotal role in shaping the modern data platform that powers Bitpanda end‑to‑end. You’ll build intuitive, reliable data products that sit at the heart of our decision‑making, enabling teams across the business to move faster, innovate smarter, and scale with confidence. Your work will directly influence how Bitpanda grows, optimises, and delivers an exceptional experience to millions of users.

Responsibilities

• Participate in building and operating a data platform that empowers everyone in the company, ensuring performance and reliability, with user‑friendliness always in mind.
• Shape the ongoing design of our core data model to support advanced analytics and reporting and define data quality, governance, and lifecycle standards with clear processes and documentation.
• Design, implement, and maintain robust, observable data pipelines for ingestion and transformation and applying solid engineering practices (testing, code reviews, CI/CD, versioning).
• Partner with stakeholders across product, operations, finance, risk/compliance, and engineering to turn business goals into pragmatic, measurable data solutions.
• Contribute to team strategy and road‑mapping to align the team’s technical efforts with broader organisational goals.

Qualifications

• Proven experience building production‑grade dataflows with Python and SQL, scheduling/operating them with Airflow or Dagster, and modeling/testing transformations in dbt.
• Comfortable in AWS (GCP/Azure welcome) and able to provision cloud resources in code with Terraform or similar.
• Experience operating Snowflake thoughtfully, structuring roles and permissions, and optimising performance and cost.
• Understanding of data quality and governance fundamentals (validation, documentation, lineage, privacy).
• Growth mindset and willingness to learn.
• Bonus points for experience with Kubernetes, Kafka, event collection platform (RudderStack/Segment), data catalogs (DataHub), Apache Iceberg (or other open table formats), and A/B testing/feature flags.

Benefits

• Flexibility to work where you thrive – hybrid working model combining onsite collaboration and remote work, with an additional 25 days per year to work from a city or country of your choice.
• Reward for your impact – competitive total compensation package aligned with Bitpanda’s pay‑for‑impact policy, including participation in our stock‑option plan.
• Support for mental wellbeing – confidential coaching, counselling, and mental health resources through OpenUP.
• Time to recharge – extra time off to rest, reset, and recharge, with 3 additional days off in 2026 to prioritise your wellbeing.
• Continuous learning and growth – unlimited access to Udemy’s library of online courses.
• Exclusive perks and rewards – discounts, rewards, and perks from partners worldwide (location‑specific benefits available).

Bitpanda is committed to fostering a fair and equal environment based on trust and mutual respect. We believe that a diverse and inclusive workplace is paramount to our success and we are committed to building a team that represents a wide variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. These benefits may be adjusted at Bitpanda’s discretion and do not apply to our internships. Exceptions to our hybrid working policy apply to teams with shift schedules or for roles that require them to be in‑office (e.g., Workplaces team or IT).