Engineering Team Associate, Upvest

• You are structured, can organise yourself in a remote or hybrid work setup, take ownership and execute projects swiftly
• You are comfortable handling competing priorities in a fast paced environment
• You have excellent written and oral communication skills in English (with German a plus)
• You won’t shy away from asking for clarification as needed
• You are hungry to learn, feel comfortable interacting within an engineering organisation, and are passionate about the fintech industry
• You are a skilled user of Google Slides, Spreadsheets, Calendar, Meet and Miro

• As associate to the Engineering team you will support members of the Engineering Leadership team, incl. Juha Ristolainen, CTO & Co-founder, and Katja Sommer, Chief of Staff to the CTO on a variety of topics that span across the entire engineering organisation
• Specifically, you will prepare department wide meetings and knowledge sharing formats, help with audits, and operational excellence topics
• By having a high level of exposure to the engineering leadership team at a fast-growing company, you will develop a strong understanding of the company and deep ownership of some vertical topics. Navigating diverse deadlines makes each day unique
• Engineering Team Support: Support the engineering organisation in operational efficiency and engineering compliance topics, such as adherence to our Secure Software Development Life Cycle
• Engineering Leadership Support: Provide hands-on support for our Engineering Leadership Team, incl. CTO (e.g. preparing all-hands meetings, offsites, etc.)
• Presentation and Material Preparation: Prepare presentations and materials for the engineering organisation
• Process and Best-Practices Development: Support processes and best practices to help our organisation mature
• OKR Process and Operational Excellence: Support the Chief of Staff in the OKR process and operational excellence topics
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Collaborate cross-functionally, supporting the team with internal stakeholders

• Greenfield projects - We’re building something quite complex. A first in Europe. This means you get to work with cutting-edge technologies, with no legacy code.
• Wellbeing - Everyone here has access to our in-house coach. You can have regular sessions to support you personally and professionally. We also believe it’s important to have time out to rest and recover, which is why we offer 30 days’ holiday.
• Development - In keeping with one of our values, ‘Learn and grow’, every Upvenger has access to a development budget. And in line with one of our other values, ‘Own the outcome’, how you make the most of it is up to you.
• Flexibility - We work in a hybrid set-up, with the team spread around Germany and other parts of Europe. We give you the choice and budget to work where you’re most comfortable and productive, either at home or in the office. You choose.

Total funding: $197.3m

Upvest is a fintech startup that empowers financial services companies to provide their customers with access to a full range of financial assets, including stocks, ETFs and crypto products. Upvest's investment API integrates seamlessly with its customers existing systems and is designed to scale easily, freeing companies from the need to develop their own brokerage and custody infrastructure from scratch.