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Software Engineer, Java (Digital Asset Systems)

Bitpanda
Backend Developer • On-site • Full-time • 📍 Vienna
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As a software engineer within Bitpanda's Trade Hub, you will help design, build, and scale the core systems that power the trading ecosystem end-to-end, from pricing, execution, and portfolio lifecycle to asset infrastructure, hedging, and prime services. You will work on highly available, low-latency, and financially critical backend services that handle order flow, market data, risk, balances, assets, and exposure management at scale.

Stack

ApacheAWSJavaKafkaKubernetesMongoDBPandasPostgreSQLSpring

Responsibilities

  • ▹Design and develop scalable, resilient, message-driven services using Java
  • ▹Write clean, future-proof code with 80% unit test coverage, plus end-to-end and integration testing before deploying into an event-driven microservices architecture
  • ▹Optimise payment modules and services to ensure reliability, maintainability, performance, and scalability
  • ▹Drive innovation by researching and adopting the latest trends and technologies in backend development
  • ▹Collaborate closely with product, quantitative, risk, and trading stakeholders to deliver resilient, high-performance systems

Requirements

  • ▹Knowledge and experience of software development using modern frameworks such as Spring Boot, with Java as your main programming language
  • ▹Understanding of relational and non-relational databases
  • ▹Experience creating and maintaining publicly available REST APIs with a strong understanding of performance optimisation and scalability
  • ▹Practical knowledge of message-oriented middleware for event-driven microservices, ideally Apache Kafka or ZeroMQ
  • ▹Understanding of CI/CD, with public cloud experience

Nice to have

  • ▹Experience with Postgres and MongoDB
  • ▹Familiarity with AWS and Kubernetes

Soft skills

Proactive, hands-on, make-it-happen attitudeCross-functional collaboration with product, risk, and trading teamsImpact-driven mindset

What we offer

  • ▹Hybrid working model with an additional 25 days per year to work from a city or country of your choice
  • ▹Competitive total compensation package aligned with the pay-for-impact policy, including participation in the stock option plan
  • ▹Confidential coaching, counselling, and mental health resources through OpenUP
  • ▹3 additional days off in 2026 to rest and recharge
  • ▹Unlimited access to Udemy's library of online courses
  • ▹Discounts, rewards, and perks from partners worldwide across lifestyle, wellness, tech, and travel
  • ▹8 additional weeks of gender-neutral new parent leave
  • ▹Free onsite dining with freshly prepared lunches and snacks in Vienna, Bucharest, Barcelona, and Berlin
  • ▹Tenure recognition, company events, and exclusive Bitpanda-branded merchandise
  • ▹Comprehensive relocation package to support candidates moving to join the team

About the company

Bitpanda, founded in 2014 in Vienna, is one of Europe's safest and most secure investment platforms, serving more than 7 million customers with a user-friendly, trade-everything platform spanning cryptocurrencies, crypto indices, stocks, precious metals, and commodities.

Languages: Angol