Engineering Manager, Foundations

Who we are 

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. So 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. Let’s go!

Your mission

As an Engineering Manager on Broker Foundations, you will be responsible for leading and developing your team and driving them to deliver the technical foundations for the entire Broker Solution. You will manage the team responsible for our GraphQL Gateway powering all the Bitpanda apps.

What you’ll do

• Plan and execute strategically- important projects with a variety of stakeholders across different business units
• Lead, grow, and inspire your team to perform at the highest level, and successfully delivering their best in a fast-paced environment, by performing regular 1:1's with them and creating a career development plan
• Closely work together with our Solution Leads to build and further develop your team and the overall Engineering area together and ensuring tight collaboration across teams and hubs.
• Create consumer-driven GraphQL APIs, responsible for powering the experience across all Bitpanda apps.
• Lead the evolution of our GraphQL Gateway, together with our technical leads/

Who you are

• You have the ability to lead teams effectively, provide guidance in ambiguous situations, influence technical discussions and are able to contribute to the development and future growth of software engineers
• You have experience in a leadership role with demonstrated deep knowledge of the development of digital products, good understanding of software architecture all the way from experimentation to continuous improvement in an agile environment
• You are highly collaborative, focused on building relationships across all departments
• Capability to perform regular performance reviews and derive new development goals or improvement strategies. Hands-on personality, self-driven, somebody who likes to be involved rather sitting on the sidelines
• Former experience with Backend development is preferable, familiarity with Java and GraphQL is a huge bonus

What’s in it for you

• Hybrid-working model with 25-Work From Anywhere days*
• Competitive total compensation package including participation in our stock option plan
• Market-leading benefits programs shaped  by our Time & Flexibility policies*
• Company-wide and team events — both in-person and virtually!
• Bitpanda swag to keep you living the brand

And, above all, 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).