At SumUp, the Global Bank team builds the core infrastructure and services that give merchants a digital bank account, helping small businesses manage their money easily and reliably. As a (Senior) Backend Engineer, you’ll help modernize existing systems while balancing innovation with stability, collaborate with teams across regions, and build reliable services that manage diverse markets with different regulations.
Requirements
- Solid backend experience building reliable, high-volume services and you think carefully about system design, APIs, data modeling, and how services interact.
- Proficient in Golang and comfortable learning and working with other languages as needed.
- Write maintainable, well-tested code, follow CI/CD best practices, and take responsibility for the software you build from development to production.
- Comfortable building, deploying, and running services in cloud environments like AWS using Docker and Kubernetes.
- Eager to learn about relational databases that perform well under load and maintain data consistency.
- Collaborator who enjoys working across regions, communicating clearly, exchanging feedback effectively, and making thoughtful technical decisions together.
- Curiosity for building reliable financial services and banking domain
Benefits
- Be part of a company that values diversity and celebrates unique perspectives.
- Work with a global team of skilled professionals in an environment that fosters collaboration, learning, and growth.
- Be part of a global tribe building a banking solution from the ground up and delivering impactful solutions to the real-life problems of millions of SumUp merchants all over the world
- Career growth and learning opportunities: We invest in your development through regular training, mentorship programs, SumUp University leadership cohort and a yearly learning budget (2,000 EUR)
- Sabbatical program for tenured SumUppers
- Join a global team where you belong: Check out our D&I Initiatives and Employee Resource Groups such as Pride Club, SumAfro, Neurodiversity, Grupos Mais, Women in Tech, and more
- Health & wellness benefits: in-house fitness classes, gym in the office, subsidized Urban Sports Club and available psychotherapy sessions
- A lot of other benefits such as Subsidized Public Transport Card, Kita placement assistance, Pension Scheme, Language Learning platform/courses etc.
- Enrollment onto our virtual stock ownership program - you will own a stake in SumUp’s future success
