Software Engineer, Python (Asset Pricing & Hedging)

Who we are

We simplify wealth creation. Founded in 2014 in Vienna, Austria, we empower both first‑time investors and seasoned experts worldwide with a user‑friendly trade‑everything platform for cryptocurrencies, crypto indices, stocks, precious metals and commodities. With over 7 million customers, our products are among Europe’s safest and most secure platforms.

Your mission

At Bitpanda we build a powerful system that handles prices and risk management for a diverse range of investments. The role focuses on adding new assets, working with new exchanges, and creating tools such as price charts for leveraged crypto products. This key position helps build technology that makes trading and investing fast, reliable, and easy for everyone.

What you’ll do

• Build high‑performance, scalable backend systems using Python that power Bitpanda’s core trading infrastructure.
• Design and maintain clean, testable, and maintainable code across a robust microservice ecosystem.
• Work on the evolution of our event‑driven architecture, helping scale systems for future growth.
• Tackle complex, cross‑domain challenges in pricing, hedging, and asset management across crypto, stocks, metals, and more.
• Work in a high‑impact environment where your code directly supports critical business functions across the company.

Who you are

• 2+ years hands‑on Python development experience in product‑driven environments, building real‑world, scalable systems.
• Solid understanding of RESTful APIs and websockets, with the ability to design fast, reliable, and clean APIs using FastAPI.
• Experience working with relational and NoSQL databases.
• Hands‑on experience with event‑driven architectures, and message brokers like Kafka or ZeroMQ.
• Bonus points if you’ve worked with AWS, have an interest in crypto, blockchain, or stock markets.

What’s in it for you

• Comprehensive relocation package to support candidates moving to join the team.
• Hybrid working model with 25 days per year to work from a city or country of your choice.
• Competitive total compensation package aligned with Bitpanda’s pay‑for‑impact policy, including participation in a stock option plan.
• Access to confidential coaching, counselling, and mental health resources through OpenUP.
• Extra time off to rest and reset, including 3 additional days off in 2026.
• Unlimited access to Udemy’s library of online courses.
• Exclusive perks and rewards from partners worldwide across lifestyle, wellness, tech, and travel.
• Additional 8 weeks of gender‑neutral new parent leave.
• Free onsite dining with freshly prepared lunches and snacks at our Vienna, Bucharest, Barcelona, and Berlin facilities.
• Recognition and rewards for milestones and tenure.
• Exclusive Bitpanda‑branded merchandise and gear.
• Company events and celebrations worldwide.