We’re looking for fintech enthusiasts to join us in creating the financial infrastructure of tomorrow. We’re building the first European Investment API to enable any financial institution to offer a broad range of investment products in their apps. Our view is backed by Europe's largest tech VCs (Earlybird, Notion Capital, Partech, HV Capital, ABN AMRO Ventures) by renowned fintech entrepreneurs (including Maximilian Tayenthal, founder of N26, and Felix Haas, founder of IDnow) and Bessemer Venture Partners in the USA.

At Upvest, our vision is to make investing as easy as spending money. By enabling any business to offer investment opportunities, our goal is to empower anyone to invest. Today, we count 100+ talented people from 20 different countries.


If you are looking for the challenge of building a new securities trading bank with an investment API and you are keen to take on a lot of responsibility quickly and gain a deep insight into the FinTech industry, then you have come to the right place and we are very much looking forward to getting to know you.

Your mission:

In your role as our future Trade Processing Specialist/Expert/Sen. Expert, you will support our team in all activities related to the execution and monitoring of transactions as well as the development of new markets and trading systems. You will work very closely with the Settlement and Custody as well as Risk and Compliance departments.

Job description:

Order Management:

• Monitoring and controlling the order flow and brokerage
• Monitoring of the securities trading systems and control of the trading algorithms
• Management and trading of the fractional custody account

Risk Management

• Monitoring and processing market risks and identifying suitable hedging options
• Compilation and evaluation of statistics

Projects

• Improving our systems in cooperation with our product and engineering teams
• Research in the stock market environment and support our product and growth teams in business development
• Documentation of trading and risk management processes

Requirements:

• Completed (technical) university studies in business mathematics/sciences (or an equivalent degree).
• Stock exchange trader or comparable qualification
• At least 3 years of professional experience in trading / brokerage / order management
• Very good knowledge of Excel or comparable spreadsheet application.

Desirable:

• Experience with trading crypto products
• Knowledge of Python & Data Science
• Knowledge of treasury, securities processing - clearing & settlement, custody, corporate actions
• Knowledge of the FIX standard

Furthermore:

• Careful and conscientious way of working
• Desire for continuous development
• written and spoken German (desirable) and English

What we offer:

• We're working on solving a hard problem: building the first European investment API that empowers more people to invest. You have the opportunity to contribute to this change.
• We invest in you. From access to a personal coach, development budget, and plenty of opportunities to grow in your role.
• We take hiring seriously with a strong focus on keeping a high bar when interviewing (equally important is that we also hire decent people who are passionate about their craft and helping to achieve our shared mission).
• While we're not quite fully remote, we are committed to being a flexible employer as we understand you don't have to be in the office to do your best work.
• We live a culture of empowerment, trust (that we hire the best people and get out of their way), and openness (there's a greater advantage in sharing information than keeping it to ourselves).
• We ensure we take time to have fun as a team: from regular donut coffee meetings, learning German with other Upvengers, and a regular schedule for (virtual) company-wide events. We're looking forward to having more time in person again once this becomes possible again.

Our values:

• Learn and grow: We aim high to shape our future. We give and request honest feedback. Everything is a learning opportunity. Progression > Perfection.
• Team first. We make it easy for others. We value different views, disagree, and commit. We win and celebrate together!
• Own the outcome. We are proactive and finish the job until it is done. Happy clients > Sales. We take breaks when needed.
• Tell the story. We always start with the ‘why’. Outcome > Process. We share knowledge to empower others.