Principal Product Designer

Your mission

As a Principal Product Designer at Bitpanda, you’ll play a critical role in shaping our long‑term experience strategy, scaling design quality, and ensuring visual and interaction consistency across products. You’ll lead by example – raising the bar for design craft, defining our future experience principles and owning the evolution of our design system.

This is a high‑impact role that sits at the intersection of strategy, systems and craft. You’ll guide cross‑functional teams, influence decisions across product solutions and oversee the building blocks that power high‑quality, scalable and accessible user experiences. Through hands‑on leadership and forward‑looking thinking, you’ll ensure Bitpanda continues to deliver product experiences that are both cohesive and future‑ready.

• Raise UX and UI quality across platforms through standards, feedback, audits and design quality rituals.
• Shape and evolve Bitpanda's Design System, including its strategy, contribution model, components, patterns and documentation.
• Partner with Design, Product and Engineering to improve consistency, accessibility and implementation quality.
• Mentor senior designers, provide structured feedback and raise the standard of design craft.
• Define future‑state journeys, interaction patterns and experience principles that guide product direction.
• Explore AI‑enabled approaches that improve ideation, workflows and team effectiveness.
• Define and track design quality metrics to demonstrate impact and inform decisions.

• A Principal Designer with 10+ years of product design experience and deep expertise in design systems.
• A strategic systems thinker who can connect design quality, product needs and business impact.
• Strong in craft, with expertise in components, patterns, interaction design and documentation.
• A trusted partner to Design, Product and Engineering who can influence across teams.
• A multiplier who mentors designers and helps scale the design system across product teams.
• You bring ownership, curiosity and adaptability – and thrive in a fast‑paced, fast‑learning, regulated environment.

• Flexibility to work where you thrive – Enjoy the freedom of our 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 – Receive a competitive total compensation package aligned with Bitpanda’s pay‑for‑impact policy, including participation in our stock option plan.
• Support for your mental wellbeing – Access confidential coaching, counselling and mental health resources whenever you need them through OpenUP.
• Time to recharge – Take extra time off to rest, reset and recharge, with 3 additional days off in 2026 to prioritise your wellbeing.
• Continuous learning and growth – Grow your skills and stay ahead in your career with unlimited access to Udemy’s library of online courses at your own pace.
• Exclusive perks and rewards – Enjoy discounts, rewards and perks from partners worldwide across lifestyle, wellness, tech and travel.
• Support during life milestones – Take advantage of our additional 8 weeks of gender‑neutral new parent leave to welcome and bond with your new addition to the family.
• Fuel and focus on‑site – Pandas in Vienna, Bucharest, Barcelona and Berlin can enjoy free onsite dining, with freshly prepared lunches and snacks to keep you fueled and focused all day long.
• Recognition for your contributions – Celebrate milestones and achievements with recognition and rewards for your tenure at Bitpanda.
• Show your Bitpanda pride – Access exclusive Bitpanda‑branded merchandise and gear to represent.
• Connect and celebrate with your team – Join unforgettable company events, from our winter party in Vienna to gatherings worldwide, fostering fun, connection and celebration.

…and even more location‑specific benefits designed to make life at Bitpanda even more rewarding wherever you are.

Above all, you will have the opportunity to learn and grow as part of Bitpanda’s incredible journey towards being Europe’s future #1 investment platform.