Who we are

We simplify wealth creation. Founded in 2014 in Vienna, Austria, Bitpanda helps people build financial freedom. Our user-friendly, trade-everything platform empowers investors to invest in cryptocurrencies, crypto indices, stocks*, precious metals, and commodities* with any sized budget, 24/7. Our global team serves more than 6 million customers, establishing us as one of Europe's safest and most secure platforms for modern investing.

Headquartered in Austria and operating across Europe, Bitpanda seeks talented, fast-moving individuals who operate as ONE TEAM. Join our industry-changing team if you think big, move fast, and want to make an impact from day one.

Your mission

The Engineering Manager for the BOSS team leads the development and evolution of one of Bitpanda's core internal platforms used across the business. This role requires technical leadership combined with people management to enable the team to deliver a reliable, scalable, and secure application powering critical business workflows. The Engineering Manager partners with cross-functional stakeholders to define internal needs, translate them into a clear product and technical roadmap, and drive high-quality execution. You will foster a strong engineering culture focused on collaboration, modern best practices, and continuous improvement, ensuring BOSS remains a stable, intuitive, and efficient tool enabling company-wide operations at scale.

What you'll do

• Define technical roadmaps and collaborate with a product manager to groom the backlog, factoring in technical debt and prioritizing impactful services.
• Lead, grow, and inspire your team to perform at the highest level and successfully deliver in a fast-paced environment.
• Facilitate daily scrum meetings, sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives to ensure effective implementation and continuous improvement of agile practices.
• Work closely with other managers, stakeholders, and teams across the organization to ensure the microservices architecture aligns with broader company objectives.
• Perform regular 1:1s with team members to develop career plans and goals, helping the team maintain resilience during periods of change and ambiguity.

Who you are

• Ability to lead teams effectively, provide guidance in ambiguous situations, influence technical discussions, and contribute to the development and future growth of software engineers.
• Experience in a technical leadership role with demonstrated deep knowledge of digital product development and a strong understanding of software architecture, from experimentation to continuous improvement in an agile environment.
• Capability to perform regular performance reviews and derive new development goals or improvement strategies. Hands-on, self-driven personality who prefers involvement over observation.
• Experience in financial services is beneficial, and eagerness to grow in this domain.
• Familiarity with Java/PHP, distributed/event driven systems, message brokers such as Kafka, and microservices architecture are a huge bonus.

What's in it for you

• Flexibility to work where you thrive: Enjoy our Hybrid working model (onsite collaboration and remote work), plus an additional 25 days per year to work from a city or country of your choice.
• Reward for your impact: Receive a competitive total compensation package aligned with Bitpanda's pay-for-impact policy, including participation in our stock option plan.
• Support for your mental wellbeing: Access confidential coaching, counselling, and mental health resources through OpenUP.
• Time to recharge: Take extra time off to rest, reset, and recharge, with 3 additional days off in 2026 to prioritize your wellbeing.
• Continuous learning and growth: Grow your skills with unlimited access to Udemy's library of online courses.
• Exclusive perks and rewards: Enjoy discounts, rewards, and perks from partners worldwide across lifestyle, wellness, tech, and travel.
• Support during life milestones: Take advantage of our additional 8 weeks of gender-neutral new parent leave.
• Create a productive workspace at home: Set up your home office with a dedicated budget for comfort and productivity.
• Fuel and focus on-site: Pandas in Vienna, Bucharest, Barcelona, and Berlin can enjoy free onsite dining, with freshly prepared lunches and snacks.
• Recognition for your contributions: Celebrate milestones and achievements with recognition and rewards for your Tenure at Bitpanda.
• Show your Bitpanda pride: Access exclusive Bitpanda-branded merchandise and gear.
• Connect and celebrate with your team: Join unforgettable company events, from our Winter Party in Vienna to summer gatherings worldwide.

...and even more location-specific benefits designed to make life at Bitpanda even more rewarding wherever you are.

Above all, you will have the opportunity to learn and grow as part of Bitpanda's incredible journey towards being Europe's future #1 investment platform.

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 and exceptions to our Hybrid Working policy apply to teams with shift schedules or for folks whose roles require them to be in-office (think: Workplaces team or IT).