About this role

▸about Bitpanda — company background

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 7 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 Senior Product Designer for the design system team you will be fundamental to enable our product teams to consistently build premium experiences at scale for millions of customers. At Bitpanda, we have a strong design language that helps deliver remarkable and effortless experiences to entry and keep up with the financial playing field, empowering people to make their financial freedom a reality.

Your work week will be a mix of contributing to and maintaining our design system together with the DS designers and engineers, while collaborating with Product teams to develop their projects.

What you’ll do

Co-Own our Design System: Contribute to the growth and consistency of Bitpanda’s DS by confidently designing patterns, components, tokens, and managing libraries, while creating clear and accessible documentation that enables the implementation and usage of design systems.

Lead End-to-End DS Initiatives: Own DS projects in Product teams from start to finish, aligning closely with engineering and product requirements, enabling collaboration and exploration, leading solutions considering all user scenarios, and assisting others to ensure an efficient delivery.

Collaborate Cross-Functionally: Work closely with designers, product managers, engineers and other stakeholders to turn accessibility, business, and user needs into simple and intuitive solutions that work at scale through a process of rapid exploration, definition, and validation.

Evolve DS Operations: Contribute to grow and improve internal processes, frameworks, and tooling for a more efficient development and usage of our design system.

Mentor and Advocate: Support peers, give feedback and guidance regarding design systems, foster a mindset that prioritizes scalability and coherence while promoting the DS value and adoption across teams