Graduate Software Engineer, Golang

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 a Golang Graduate, you'll gain practical engineering experience while contributing to real-world projects in fintech. You'll learn how to build and deploy reliable software services using Go, Docker, cloud technologies, APIs, and distributed systems. This internship is hands-on, code-driven, and designed to strengthen your backend engineering skills.

What You'll Do

• Write clean, well-tested code and participate in code reviews to understand and apply industry best practices.
• Assist in maintaining and improving microservices and APIs (REST, gRPC, GraphQL) while learning and applying Docker to containerize and run services.
• Gain hands-on experience with event-driven architectures, streaming data (e.g., Kafka), and cloud-native tools such as AWS.
• Use monitoring and logging tools to analyze how services behave in production.
• Work in a fast-paced, collaborative environment where curiosity and new ideas are encouraged.

Who You Are

We don't expect you to know everything — but you should already have some coding experience and the enthusiasm to learn new technologies quickly.

• Currently pursuing or recently graduated in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field
• Some coding experience in Golang (or another language such as C or similar — with a willingness to learn Go)
• Basic understanding of, Data structures & algorithms, APIs and web services, Databases (SQL; NoSQL is a bonus)
• Comfortable using Git and Linux command-line tools
• Bonus points for Docker, AWS, gRPC of Kafka (or any adjacent technologies)

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).