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Salary Range
$132,600 - $179,400 /year
This salary is estimated based on similar roles. The actual salary may vary.
About the Role
We are looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to join the Transfers Gateway squad at SumUp. You'll work on the backbone that connects SumUp’s internal systems with external financial networks across Europe and the UK, helping small businesses manage their banking needs.
Key Responsibilities
- →Own production backend services end-to-end, including delivery, observability, maintenance, and operational support.
- →Lead small-to-mid sized initiatives and take responsibility for significant parts of larger team’s domain projects.
- →Contribute to architectural and design decisions, including system design, data modelling, and API boundaries.
- →Improve service reliability and quality through testing, monitoring, alerting, and continuous improvement of delivery pipelines.
- →Operate the systems you build by participating in on-call rotations, incident response, and post-incident reviews.
- →Apply a backend and systems perspective during refinement, identifying risks, dependencies, and technical trade-offs early.
- →Collaborate closely with Product, QA, and engineers across teams to deliver end-to-end transfer and banking capabilities.
Requirements
- ✓Have previously led the implementation of backend services in a modern environment and supported them in production.
- ✓Have experience defining technical approaches for loosely defined problems and driving them to completion.
- ✓Are comfortable working with cloud-based systems, containerized workloads, and automated delivery pipelines.
- ✓Have strong experience writing and maintaining automated tests and upholding high code quality standards.
- ✓Understand system architecture, data modelling, and API design, and can apply these principles pragmatically.
- ✓Think beyond individual components and understand how backend decisions impact the overall product and user experience.
- ✓Communicate clearly and work effectively with engineers, product managers, and other stakeholders.
Benefits
- ★Competitive salary and Virtual Stock Options
- ★25 days of paid leave plus special holidays
- ★Health insurance and life & accidental coverage
- ★Gym membership allowance
- ★Career growth and learning opportunities with a 2,000 EUR annual budget
- ★Discounts on hundreds of brands via Corporate Benefits platform
- ★1-month sabbatical after 3 years of service
- ★Referral Bonus
