SumUp

(Senior) Backend Engineer - Java

Berlin, Germany
API Java Go PostgreSQL AWS Kubernetes Ruby
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Description

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.

As (Senior) Backend Engineer in our Berlin office you will be joining the Onboarding squad. The team is responsible for building the framework for SumUp's sign-up and onboarding. You will become a member of an autonomous, cross-functional team that plays critical part in our product journey and help us perfect it from concept to execution.

Our mission is to help merchants onboard as quickly and smoothly as possible. We’re responsible for delivering a platform that can be used to build registration flows and collect data from multiple points, ensuring the merchants are able to use our products according to regulatory compliance but without a cumbersome process. 

Team is responsible for:

  • Onboarding Platform architecture
  • Merchant data API
  • Country by country onboarding flow rollout
  • Coaching other squads to build their product sign-ups
  • Sunset the “old” onboarding flow
  • SRE practices implementation
  • Support infrastructure development

What you will do:

You will be a part of our mission to manage money effectively. Our Onboarding Platform is the starting point of our customer journey and a key component of our operations. Your role will focus on building a versatile system to create onboarding flows for any SumUp product, anywhere in the world. You'll play an essential role in building and maintaining our platform as the single source of truth for merchant-specific data.

With us, your work will have global impact, shape user experiences across various products and countries. You'll collaborate with a team of innovative thinkers, continually solving problems and overcoming challenges.

  • Work with a modern tech stack built using Java, Golang, PostgreSQL, AWS, Fleet, Kubernetes.
  • Collaborate with Engineering, Product and Design to bring exciting new features to our platform.
  • Build state of the art scalable architecture.
  • Engage in code reviews as a way of collaboration with other software engineers.
  • Help your team deliver business value by participating in product and engineering discussions and taking decisions related to the front-end.
  • Engage with broader scopes like chapters and guilds to learn and promote our culture and practices.

You’ll be great for this role if you have:

  • 4+ Mid (6+ Senior) years of experience as a backend engineer.
  • Strong proficiency in Java 
  • Strong ability to design, develop, and maintain APIs.
  • Extensive database systems knowledge.
  • Experience in building distributed architectures.

Nice to have:

  • Fintech domain knowledge.
  • Company-wide projects participation.
  • Mentoring experience.
  • Golang experience.
  • Ruby experience.

Why you should join SumUp:

  • Hybrid work model
  • Be part of a welcoming and international community of 3000+ people from over 50 nationalities across 12 global offices. 
  • Visa and relocation support for a smooth transition to living and working in Berlin
  • Budget for attending conferences and advancing your career. 
  • BVG Corporate Ticket
  • Regular knowledge sharing and discussion session for the whole design team
  • SumUp Corporate Pension Scheme
  • Fitness cooperation, running, football and beach volleyball teams 
  • Kita cooperation 

 

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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