Software Engineer (Golang) - Payments Self-service

About us

SumUp enables businesses to get paid easily, process orders quickly, sell online instantly and manage their money more efficiently. We create the tools businesses need to make their business and their customer experience thrive. And we love it! :)

The Payments Tribe is looking after SumUp’s global card processing platform. As a part of the Payments tribe the Payments Self-service Squad is dedicated to providing SumUp's customers with a seamless payment and payout experience. We build comprehensive views of received funds, payout reports, and easy to use payout settings.

We're looking for an experienced backend engineer who values a tech-agnostic approach, takes ownership of their work, and understands the importance of delivering customer value. You will have a global impact on our merchants' payment and payout experience, spanning across 30+ markets.

What you will do 

Our teams are cross-functional and work with end-to-end responsibility, that is why you will collaborate heavily with Product, Design and Engineering professionals to ensure seamless deployment, integration and support for our software. You'll actively contribute to product discussions, API design, code reviews and implementation with a focus on clean, testable code.

If you're passionate about leveraging Golang to make an impact in product development, SumUp might be a perfect place for you.

Our current tech stack: Golang, Postgres, Kafka, AWS, github actions, Grafana, Prometheus, Honeycomb, Grafana

You will be great for this role if

• You have proven experience as a backend engineer, preferably with Golang
• You have a good grasp of microservice architecture and app design 
• You have experience with complex fault-tolerant systems 
• You are proactive and thrive in a fast-paced environment  

Why you should join SumUp

• 🌍 You’ll play a key role in a scale-up that in turn is part of a truly global team of 3000+ people from 60+ countries, spread across 4 continents.
• 🚀 You'll have the opportunity to make an impact irrespective of your job description. You'll have the space to drive your career and take ownership of projects.
• 🌴 You’ll receive 25 days’ paid leave, increasing with tenure, and paid vacation for certain occasions. You’d enjoy a paid 1 month Sabbatical vacation. 
• 📚 You’ll receive an individual learning budget and can take 10 days of educational leave to expand your skill set.
• 👶 You’ll enjoy a childbirth/adoption bonus and subsidized childcare services. 
• ⚛️ You'd enjoy other great benefits such as additional health and life insurance, online fitness classes, subsidized Multisport card, Babbel language platform subscription, free shuttle buses from Joliot-Curie metro station, a long list of discounts and more.

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, color, 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.