Trader (Trading Desk)

Company: Bitpanda

Bitpanda is a Vienna-founded investment platform offering crypto, crypto indices, stocks, precious metals and commodities to over 7 million customers across Europe. The company focuses on secure, user-friendly products and fast-moving, cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Manage and optimise trading flows across crypto, stocks/ETFs, metals, FX, leveraged and derivative products.
• Monitor markets, order books, order flow, pricing, hedging, exposures and execution quality in real time.
• Optimise pricing, hedging, routing, execution and internalisation using market insight and performance analytics.
• Dynamically adjust trading parameters within defined risk limits and analyse spreads, slippage and hedge performance.
• Collaborate with quantitative researchers, engineers, product, operations and external partners to improve algorithms, tooling and controls.

Requirements

• Minimum 2 years' experience in trading, market making, liquidity provision, electronic markets or a comparable role.
• Strong understanding of market microstructure, order-book dynamics, pricing, hedging, execution quality and risk management.
• Analytical and quantitative mindset; able to make fast, data-driven decisions under pressure.
• Strong ownership and builder mindset with a relentless focus on performance and continuous improvement.
• Availability to work rotating 8-hour shifts between 07:30 and 23:00.

Benefits

• Hybrid working model with flexibility and 25 days/year to work from a city or country of your choice.
• Competitive total compensation aligned with pay-for-impact and participation in the stock option plan; estimated compensation $43k - $54k.
• Confidential coaching, counselling and mental health resources via OpenUP.
• 3 additional paid days off after 6 months.
• Unlimited access to Udemy library and discounts/perks from partners worldwide.

Skills

• Market microstructure
• Order book analysis
• Pricing
• Hedging
• Risk management
• Execution quality