Here at SumUp, we're not just reshaping the way businesses handle transactions; we're revolutionizing the entire fintech landscape. SumUp is empowering small merchants in 36 countries to thrive in the digital age. Picture this: seamless payments at your fingertips, effortlessly bridging the gap between buyers and sellers. From bustling city streets to remote corners of the globe, our cutting-edge technology is democratising commerce like never before.
As a hands-on Engineering Manager in the Online Payments Tribe, you'll play a critical role in developing Payment Links, our flagship product. This tool empowers merchants worldwide to accept payments online with just a few clicks on their smartphones, enabling small businesses to thrive. While your expertise will be in building and maintaining scalable, secure backend systems that process millions of euros monthly, we value open-mindedness and collaboration. You'll encouraged to step out of your core area of expertise to support colleagues in other areas, such as mobile and frontend engineering, fostering a strong, cross-functional team dynamic. If you’re passionate about fintech, backend development, and working collaboratively across disciplines, this role is for you.
In the Online Payments Tribe, you’ll be part of the team supporting SumUp’s Business growth by providing a scalable, secure, and global Online Payments Platform that will facilitate all Card Not Present (CNP) transactions - meeting the Online Payments needs of our customers and enabling them to grow.
What you’ll do
Be a technical and people lead for a team of 3 to 4 engineers
Be hands on for 70% of the time
Optimize the squad's deliveries, as measured through business impact and customer satisfaction
Engage in design and code reviews
Be an advocate of test practices and techniques like TDD, Domain Driven Design, and pair programming
Use regular 1:1s to manage performance and guide your team through their career development
Engage and improve our engineering culture by leading team-strengthening activities, such as offsites, hackathons, cross-team projects, and knowledge-sharing sessions
You’ll be great for this role if
You have 8+ years of experience as a software engineer with several years in a Tech Lead role
You are a confident Golang engineer
You’re a confident user of the AWS infrastructure
IaaC resonates with you
You have experience with distributed and fault-tolerant systems
You have a passion for clean, maintainable, and testable code
You have a mature and business-minded approach to your work
Nice to have:
You have people management experience
You have experience with the JVM stack
Why you should join SumUp
🌍 Opportunity to work with SumUppers globally on large-scale fintech products used by millions of businesses worldwide, from our Berlin office. This involves an office-first setup
🌈 Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion: Be part of a workplace that values and promotes diversity, fostering an inclusive environment where everyone's perspectives are respected and embraced
📚 A dedicated annual L&D budget of €2,000 for attending conferences and/or advancing your career through further education
🚀 Enrolment onto our VSOP program: You will own a stake in SumUp’s future success
💶 A corporate pension scheme where we match up to 20% of your contributions
🔄 30 Days Sabbatical: Enjoy the unique opportunity to take a well-deserved break with our 30 days sabbatical benefit after completing 3 years of employment with SumUp
🔗 Referral Bonus: Earn additional rewards by referring talented individuals to join the SumUp team
🚵🏾♂️ Numerous other benefits such as Urban Sports Club subsidy, Kita placement assistance, relocation assistance, subsidised office lunches
About SumUp
We believe in the everyday hero.
Small business owners are at the heart of all we do, so we create powerful, easy-to-use financial solutions to help them run their businesses. With a founder’s mentality and a 'team-first’ attitude, our diverse teams across Europe, South America and the United States work together to ensure that the small business owners we partner with 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.
SumUp will not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than directly from a candidate.
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