Senior DevOps Engineer

Location: Wien, Wien, Österreich

Who we are

Bitpanda simplifies wealth creation. Founded in 2014 in Vienna, Austria, Bitpanda helps people build financial freedom through a user-friendly trade-everything platform for cryptocurrencies, crypto indices, stocks, precious metals and commodities. The global team serves more than 7 million customers and aims to be one of Europe’s safest and most secure platforms for modern investing.

Your mission

Join Bitpanda as a Senior DevOps Engineer and take a leading role in shaping the next generation of high-performance, cloud-native infrastructure that powers the future of digital finance. As a senior member of the team, you will drive architectural decisions, mentor and guide junior engineers, and ensure platforms remain secure, scalable and resilient. You will work with a motivated group of highly skilled engineers, contributing your experience while continuing to grow in a cutting-edge, fast-moving environment.

What you will do

• Design, develop and evolve AWS-based infrastructure using best-in-class tooling, including Terraform and ArgoCD.
• Lead the operation and optimisation of container orchestration platforms, with a focus on multi-cluster networking and service-to-service communication.
• Take ownership of cross-cluster Istio service mesh, implementing policies, improving traffic management and enhancing mesh-level networking performance and security.
• Take ownership of the performance and scaling of either Confluent Kafka messaging deployments or cloud database infrastructure such as AWS Aurora or DynamoDB.
• Proactively identify bottlenecks, improve configurations and collaborate with engineering teams to tune applications.
• Monitor, optimise and automate systems to ensure high availability, strong security posture and superior performance using Datadog, Opsgenie and AI-powered tooling.
• Build scalable, robust solutions for complex technical challenges, ensuring infrastructure design aligns with best practices and long-term platform goals.
• Mentor junior and mid-level engineers, promote engineering excellence and contribute to team knowledge sharing and process improvements.

Who you are

• 5+ years of hands-on experience building and managing AWS infrastructure, including EC2, VPC, IAM, RDS, KMS and related services.
• Strong expertise in Docker, Kubernetes and Infrastructure as Code such as Terraform or CloudFormation.
• 3+ years of hands-on experience building, managing and optimizing either cluster-level Kafka deployments, preferably Confluent, or cloud relational and NoSQL database infrastructure in AWS.
• Strong understanding of underlying engine mechanics and performance tuning.
• Advanced understanding of cloud networking, including routing, load balancing, VPC design, hybrid connectivity and service-mesh-based networking.
• Familiarity with multi-cluster service mesh such as Istio and related capabilities is preferred.
• Proficiency in CI/CD systems, with deep experience in GitLab CI/CD and working knowledge of ArgoCD.
• Proven experience deploying, maintaining and scaling critical cloud infrastructure components in production environments.

Bitpanda offers a comprehensive relocation package to support candidates who are moving to join the team and provides assistance throughout the whole process.

What is in it for you

• Flexibility to work where you thrive: Hybrid working model combining onsite collaboration and remote work, with an additional 25 days per year to work from a city or country of your choice.
• Reward for your impact: Competitive total compensation package aligned with Bitpanda’s pay-for-impact policy, including participation in the stock option plan.
• Support for your mental wellbeing: Access confidential coaching, counselling and mental health resources through OpenUP.
• Time to recharge: Extra time off with 3 additional days off in 2026.
• Continuous learning and growth: Unlimited access to Udemy’s library of online courses.
• Exclusive perks and rewards: Discounts, rewards and perks from partners worldwide across lifestyle, wellness, tech and travel.
• Support during life milestones: Additional 8 weeks of gender-neutral new parent leave.
• Fuel and focus on-site: Free onsite dining in Vienna, Bucharest, Barcelona and Berlin with lunches and snacks.
• Recognition for your contributions: Recognition and rewards for tenure at Bitpanda.
• Connect and celebrate with your team: Company events and gatherings worldwide.

Bitpanda is committed to fostering a fair and equal environment based on trust and mutual respect. The company believes that a diverse and inclusive workplace is paramount to success and is committed to building a team that represents a wide variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills.