Java Backend Intern — Payments Platform (Hybrid)

Bitpanda; Town of Vienna (WI); Hybrid; USD 28,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working model

Stock option plan

OpenUP mental wellbeing program

Job summary

Bitpanda invites an Intern Java Engineer to join our Payments team and help deliver the payments roadmap. You will work with a seasoned engineering group to develop features in Java microservices within a critical domain, gaining hands-on experience in a fast-paced fintech setting.

Starting Feb 1, 2027, this 6-month, full-time role blends learning with real responsibility, offering hybrid work and strong career growth opportunities in a globally recognized platform.

Qualifications

• Early-stage engineer: you are kicking off your software engineering career with foundational knowledge in Computer Science or a related technical discipline.
• Java enthusiast: you have built personal projects, completed coursework, or gained practical proficiency programming in Java.
• Architecture aware: you possess a solid understanding of microservice concepts, relational databases, and message queues.
• Quality & best practices advocate: you care about writing clean, maintainable, and well-tested code through unit and integration testing.
• Eager team player: you bring great communication skills, a strong work ethic, and excitement to learn from senior engineers while growing in the fintech world.

Responsibilities

• Build production-grade software: Write clean, testable Java code to develop core backend services and microservices powering our payments engine.
• Collaborate cross-functional: Work alongside senior engineers, product managers, and QA to refine requirements and deliver reliable features.
• Master engineering standards: Learn modern design patterns, microservice architectures, and automated testing methodologies in a fast-paced environment.
• Make a real impact: Learn by doing hands-on development on active, high-responsibility payments projects that directly affect our end users.

Skills

Java

Microservices concepts

Relational databases

Message queues

Unit testing

Job description

Bitpanda invites an Intern Java Engineer to join our Payments team and help deliver the payments roadmap. You will work with a seasoned engineering group to develop features in Java microservices within a critical domain, gaining hands-on experience in a fast-paced fintech setting.

Starting Feb 1, 2027, this 6-month, full-time role blends learning with real responsibility, offering hybrid work and strong career growth opportunities in a globally recognized platform.