Engineering Manager

SumUp; São Paulo; On-site; BRL 167,400 - 223,200; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual budget for courses and conferences

Virtual Stock Program

30 additional days off after 3 years

Comprehensive benefits including health plan and life insurance

Job summary

SumUp in São Paulo is looking for an Engineering Manager to lead high-performing teams and manage critical banking services development. This role includes establishing ownership across squads and collaborating closely with product managers to ensure alignment with business goals.

The ideal candidate brings over 2 years of leadership experience in engineering, coupled with a strong background in backend technologies, cloud services like AWS, and excellent communication skills in English. Excellent benefits and a strong commitment to diversity are part of our culture.

Qualifications

• 2+ years leading a team of 2–6 engineers as an Engineering Manager.
• 5+ years of backend engineering experience.
• Experience with cloud-native backend technologies.

Responsibilities

• Direct and manage two squads of engineers.
• Drive technical excellence and product quality.
• Lead the migration to a global architecture.

Skills

Leadership experience in engineering management

Hands-on backend experience

Proficiency in AWS or comparable cloud technology

Experience with relational databases

Strong knowledge of collaboration tools and methodologies

Tools

PostgreSQL

DynamoDB

RabbitMQ

Kafka

Job description

What You’ll Do

• Lead at Scale: Direct two high-performing squads of 4 to 7 engineers each, focusing on building trust and autonomy within a newly formed team. You will oversee the development of critical banking services where improving reliability and scalability is a constant priority.
• Establish Ownership: Actively establish clear ownership and accountability across your squads, ensuring every engineer understands their impact on the platform's availability and peak performance goals.
• Strategic Partnership: Work in close collaboration with the Product Manager to define OKRs and navigate complex cross‑tribe dependencies, ensuring the roadmap and deliveries are perfectly aligned with business goals.
• Technical Excellence: Actively participate in technical decisions, conduct code reviews, and define standards for operational excellence to ensure a top‑tier merchant experience.
• Global Convergence: Spearhead the migration and convergence of our local Brazilian platforms into a global architecture, ensuring our technology scales with our international ambitions and impacts millions of users worldwide.
• Quality & Culture: Guarantee product quality with a steadfast focus on engineering best practices (Clean Code, Testing, CI/CD) and fostering a culture of continuous improvement.

What Makes You a Great Fit

• 2+ years leading a team of 2–6 engineers as an Engineering Manager (3+ preferred)
• Previously worked as a Senior Engineer with 5+ years of hands‑on backend experience
• Comfortable being hands‑on when needed (architecture discussions, code reviews, technical deep dives)
• Experience leading medium‑to‑complex projects across multiple squads or domains
• Strong experience with relational databases (PostgreSQL) and NoSQL (DynamoDB, Redis)
• Experience with queues (SNS/SQS, RabbitMQ) and preferably streaming (Kafka)
• AWS or comparable cloud experience
• Experience with modern cloud‑native backend technologies (microservices, containers, orchestration)
• Advanced English proficiency (written and spoken)

Nice to Have

• Experience in financial services or payments
• Experience with Golang, Kotlin, Python, or Elixir
• Familiarity with distributed systems and resilience patterns
• Longer tenures in previous leadership roles (18+ months)

Why You Should Join SumUp

High Impact: Lead one of Brazil’s most strategic payment domains used daily by millions of merchants.

Technical Growth: Act as the technical reference for the squad and grow toward Staff Engineer or senior EM leadership.

Global Exposure: Collaborate with international teams and senior engineering leaders across Europe and Brazil.

Learning & Development: Annual budget of R$ 10,000 for courses, certifications, and conferences.

Virtual Stock Program: Grow with SumUp and share in our success.

Break4Me Program: 30 additional days off after 3 years.

Comprehensive Benefits: Health plan, VR, Wellhub, Zenklub, life insurance, childcare allowance, and more.

SumUp is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, actively seeking and embracing diversity in our workforce. We don't make hiring or employment decisions based on 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. Our commitment extends beyond recruitment to creating a safe and respectful workplace where harassment of any form is strictly prohibited.