(Senior) Backend Engineer

at  SumUp

ABOUT THE TEAM:

We’re looking for a (Senior) Backend Engineer to join our Operations Platform squad within the Platform tribe, focused on supporting SumUp’s global Operations. Our team is responsible for foundational tools and services that enhance operational efficiency, streamline workflows, and provide robust, adaptable interfaces for product teams.

This role will involve working on key initiatives, such as:

• Augmenting and advancing our backoffice APIs
• Working on internal Access Management structure and auditing
• Streamlining operational flows to increase efficiency

As a (Senior) Backend Engineer, you’ll have the opportunity to contribute to the design and implementation of a unified API ecosystem that enables multiple departments to configure and launch new operational use cases autonomously, using flexible business logic.

ABOUT US:

SumUp is a leading financial technology company, founded in 2012 with the goal of empowering small businesses around the globe. We’re the financial partner of choice for more than 4 million merchants in over 35 markets. We collectively build, plan and fine-tune the technology that drives SumUp and empowers small businesses around the world.
We believe in the everyday hero. Those who have the courage to follow their passion and who have the strength and determination to realise their dreams. Small business owners are at the heart of all we do, so we’re creating powerful, easy-to-use financial solutions to help them run their business. With a founders mentality and a ‘team-first attitude’ our diverse teams across Europe, South America, and the United States work together to ensure that small business owners can be successful doing what they love.
SumUp is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer that proudly pursues and hires a diverse workforce. SumUp does not make hiring or employment decisions on the basis of race, colour, religion or religious belief, ethnic or national origin, nationality, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age or any other basis protected by applicable laws or prohibited by Company policy. SumUp also strives for a healthy and safe workplace and strictly prohibits harassment of any kind.

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

• Design, build and maintain backend services integral to dependable and highly available production systems, following SumUp Fleet microservice architecture
• Design, construct, and upkeep backend services
• Contribute to shaping a long-term strategy facilitating the invocation of shared business processes by multiple systems, initiated through automations, events, and user interactions
• Develop high-quality, scalable code adhering to Platform standards and best practices
• Collaborate with stakeholders to pinpoint pain points and collect feature requests
• Work closely with Sales, Data, and Software Engineers across Platform and Operations teams

This role will involve working on key initiatives, such as:

• Augmenting and advancing our backoffice APIs
• Working on internal Access Management structure and auditing
• Streamlining operational flows to increase efficienc