Описание
SumUp provides simple and affordable financial tools that help small businesses manage payments, finance, and customer relationships. Its services are used by over 4 million businesses across 36 markets.
Задачи
•Aggregate data across the SumUp ecosystem to identify which acquisition channel or sales agent drove merchants to valuable actions
•Establish data models, API contracts, and rules to automate commission workflows for sales agents, partners, and merchant referrals
•Build the Lifecycle Event Log with the Merchant Intelligence squad, creating a centralized store of curated merchant lifecycle events for attribution, recommendations, customer support, and sales
•Build internal back offices and APIs for sales representatives and leaders to monitor commissions, modify commission plans, manage portfolios, and resolve disputes
•Define and document API contracts, schemas, and integration patterns for other engineering teams
•Establish testing, observability, and incident response best practices within the new squad
•Use AI and agentic coding tools to scaffold services, write tests, explore unfamiliar code, and draft documentation while maintaining accountability for shipped work
Требования
•Strong backend engineering background in Go, or experience with a typed language and readiness to ramp up quickly
•Experience designing APIs and distributed systems with clear contracts, versioning, and integration patterns
•Proficiency with relational and analytical databases, including PostgreSQL and Snowflake, and ability to select the right database for each use case
•Experience building Kafka-based event-driven systems and understanding of event sourcing and CDC patterns
•Experience with auditable, high-trust systems in fintech, payments, or similar domains
•Experience building services from scratch in greenfield, early-stage squads with limited prior context
•Experience with testing, observability, and incident response practices
•Ability to take end-to-end ownership, adapt to shifting priorities, bridge technical and non-technical audiences, explain trade-offs, and make pragmatic decisions
•Mentorship instincts and ability to raise the bar for colleagues
Условия
•Work from the Berlin office in an office-first setup
•Hack Days every second Friday and global Hack Weeks
•Annual L&D budget of €2,000 for conferences and/or further education
•Enrolment in the VSOP program, offering a stake in SumUp's future success
•Corporate pension scheme matching up to 20% of contributions
•30-Day sabbatical after completing 3 years of employment
•Referral bonus
•Other benefits include an Urban Sports Club subsidy, Kita placement assistance, relocation assistance, and subsidised office lunches
