Software Engineer, Blockchain (Python) New Barcelona, Spain

.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 4 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 missionSoftware Engineers in our Blockchain team get to work with integrating the newest blockchain technology into our existing ecosystem like the lightning network implementation.What you'll doWork directly on maintaining Cryptonodes and services that interact with various parts of the Crypto ecosystem.Develop clean, scalable and maintainable solutions for high performance backend systems with event driven architecture hosted on AWS with Kafka.Work on loosely coupled microservices that support core business service of the entire organisation.Join a motivated team of highly skilled, experienced developers that can support and mentor you on your learning journey.Who you areYou already bring a fundamental understanding and passion of Cryptocurrency and Blockchain technology and are eager to dive into it more!At least intermediate Python knowledge with API development basics. For example a solid understanding of type hints and annotations and how to use these features to improve code quality, readability, and maintainability.Experience with using relational or NoSQL databases (e.G. PostgreSQL, MySQL, DynamoDB) and knowledge on API design, websocket and network communicationBasic knowledge of event driven design, like event streams, message brokers (e.G