Job
- Level
- Senior
- Job Field
- Back End
- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Contract Type
- Permanent employment
- Location
- Berlin
- Working Model
- Onsite
Job Summary
In this role, you will develop backend services for a global transfer platform, work on migrating legacy systems, and take responsibility for code quality and system reliability.
Job Technologies
Your role in the team
- Build and maintain backend services that sit at the heart of SumUp's transfer infrastructure, taking end-to-end ownership from development through to observability, testing and production support.
- Contribute to the migration from market-specific services toward a unified global transfer platform, working across a mix of active services and legacy systems being decomposed.
- Raise well-scoped pull requests, conduct thorough code reviews, and help maintain high standards of code quality and test coverage across the team.
- Participate in incident reviews and the on-call rotation, taking accountability for the reliability of the services you build.
- Contribute to the technical roadmap by participating in architectural discussions and proposing solutions for complex, distributed systems challenges.
- Apply AI tooling to accelerate your own engineering workflows and contribute to raising the team's overall AI literacy.
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Our expectations of you
Qualifications
- Comfortable working in high-throughput, regulated environments where reliability matters. Defensive coding and attention to edge cases are part of the job.
- Clear communicator in written and spoken English, with a collaborative approach to working across global teams.
Experience
- Solid experience as a Backend Software Engineer in modern languages (e.g., Kotlin, Go, Java, etc.). Kotlin is the team's primary language, and we also work with Java, Golang, and Elixir.
- Solid understanding of distributed systems and event-driven architecture. Experience with async processing and messaging tools like Kafka (or similar).
- Experience working with microservice architectures, including Spring Boot and event-driven patterns, alongside solid knowledge of relational databases and API design.
- Interessiert an der Produktwirkung, nicht nur am Code. Fühlen Sie sich wohl dabei, darüber nachzudenken, wie Backend-Entscheidungen die Endbenutzererfahrung beeinflussen.
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What we offer
- 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.
- Enrolment onto our Virtual Stock Option programme: you will own a stake in SumUp's future success.
- A dedicated annual L&D budget of €2000 for your individual development, which can be used to attend conferences and/or advance your career through further education.
- A corporate pension scheme where we match up to 20% of your contributions.
- Generous time off: enjoy 28 days of paid leave plus public holidays and special leave days.
- Numerous other benefits such as Urban Sports Club subsidy, daycare placement assistance, subsidised office lunches.
- Break4me: 1-month sabbatical after 3 years of service.
- Referral Bonus: earn additional rewards by referring talented individuals to join the SumUp team.
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Our mission as a global FinTech company is to build the world's first global card acceptance brand, empowering small businesses all over the world and helping them achieve their goals.
Description
- Language
- English
- Company Type
- Established Company
- Working Model
- Onsite
- Industry
- Internet, IT, Telecommunication
Senior Backend Engineer
- Location
- Berlin
- Working Model
- Onsite
- Diversity
- Open for all genders
- English Only
- English only required
