Backend Engineer (Golang) - Transfers Europe

SumUp; United States; On-site; USD 44,000 - 74,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Virtual Stock Options

Learning budget

Gym membership

Hack Days

Hack Weeks

Paid time off 25 days

Health insurance

Life & accident coverage

Job summary

SumUp seeks a Backend Engineer to own production money movement backend services and integrations across SEPA/UK transfer flows. You’ll work on complex systems, improving reliability and contributing to design and implementation.

Expect collaboration with Product, QA, and other engineers while scaling backend services to support merchants. Our tech stack includes Golang, AWS, Kafka, PostgreSQL, Redis, and Kubernetes, with observability via Prometheus, Grafana, and Honeycomb.

Qualifications

• Experience building backend services in production environments.
• Proficient in Go (Golang) and open to learning other languages as needed.
• Familiar with cloud-based systems, containerized workloads, and automated delivery pipelines.
• Ability to raise well-scoped PRs, perform code reviews, and uphold code quality and test coverage.
• Understanding of system architecture, data modeling, and API design; eager to deepen this knowledge.
• Strong communication and collaboration with engineers, product managers, and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain production money movement backend services and ensure reliability.
• Own and deliver defined tasks and features within the team’s domain.
• Contribute to design and implementation following architectural patterns.
• Improve service reliability and quality by writing tests and enhancing monitoring.
• Participate in on-call rotations and incident response.
• Apply a backend/system perspective during refinement and risk assessment.
• Collaborate with Product, QA, and other engineers to deliver end-to-end transfer and banking capabilities.

Skills

Golang

Backend services

Cloud

Kubernetes

Code reviews

System design

Team collaboration

Tools

PostgreSQL

Kafka

Redis

Prometheus

Grafana

Cursor

GitHub Copilot

Job description

At SumUp, we empower small businesses with simple, affordable tools to start, run, and grow. Our Global Bank teams build the financial services that help merchants manage their money and keep their businesses moving.

For merchants, a transfer should feel simple. Behind that experience is a complex network of payment schemes, banks, providers, messages, certificates, reconciliations, and edge cases—all of which need to work together reliably.

Transfers Europe squad is the integration layer connecting SumUp’s internal systems with the financial networks that move money across Europe and the UK. We build and run the backend services behind SEPA and UK transfer flows, helping move money accurately and reliably across external networks.
As a Backend Engineer, you’ll take ownership of services that process real money. You’ll work on complex systems problems to ensure seamless integrations as we scale, while seeing a direct connection between your engineering decisions and merchant trust.
If you enjoy understanding how systems behave under real-world conditions while improving them over time, we’d love to hear from you.

Our tech stack includes Golang, AWS, Kafka, PostgreSQL, Redis and Kubernetes, supported by a strong observability toolchain with Prometheus, Grafana, and Honeycomb. We also actively use AI‑assisted development tools such as Cursor, GitHub Copilot, and others.

What you’ll do

• Build and maintain production money movement backend services, contributing to their delivery, observability, and ongoing maintenance.
• Own and deliver well‑defined tasks and features, and contribute to larger projects within the team’s domain.
• Contribute to technical design and implementation, following established architectural patterns and best practices.
• Improve service reliability and quality by writing tests, enhancing monitoring, and following established delivery pipelines.
• Support the operation of the systems you work on by participating in on‑call rotations, incident response, and learning from post‑incident reviews.
• Apply a backend and systems perspective during refinement, raising questions about risks, dependencies, and edge cases.
• Collaborate closely with Product, QA, and other engineers to deliver end‑to‑end transfer and banking capabilities.

You’ll be great for this role if you

• Have experience building backend services in a modern environment and supporting them in production.
• You are proficient in Golang and and comfortable learning and working with other languages as needed
• Are comfortable working with cloud‑based systems, containerized workloads, and automated delivery pipelines.
• Raise well‑scoped pull requests, conduct thorough code reviews, and help maintain high standards of code quality and test coverage across the team
• Understand the fundamentals of system architecture, data modelling, and API design, and are eager to deepen this knowledge.
• Are curious about how your work fits into the broader system and product experience.
• Communicate clearly and collaborate effectively with engineers, product managers, and other stakeholders.

Any of the following would be considered a plus

• Exposure to banking, payments, or financial systems, especially in regulated environments.
• Experience supporting systems with production traffic, including participating in incident response.
• Use of AI‑assisted tools to improve development speed, learning, or code quality.

Why you should join SumUp

• We’re a truly global team of 3200+ skilled professionals from 92+ countries, spread across 4 continents. Join the team from our Vilnius office.
• 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
• Time off: 25 days of paid leave, plus special holidays
• Peace of mind: health insurance through Gjensidige and life & accidental coverage from Ergo
• Stay active: gym membership allowance to help you keep fit on your terms
• Career growth and learning opportunities: We invest in your development through regular training, mentorship programs, SumUp University cohort and a yearly learning budget (2,000 EUR)
• We take learning and experimentation seriously with Hack Days every second Friday, and entire global Hack Weeks.
• Break4me: 1-month sabbatical after 3 years of service
• Referral Bonus: earn additional rewards by referring talented individuals to join the SumUp team.

Compensation

In Lithuania, for a Mid Level Engineer is 3,493 to 4,657 Euro Gross and for an Early Senior Engineer is 4,366 to 5,822 Euro Gross p/m + 2000 EUR annual learning budget + Virtual Stock Options.

About SumUp

At SumUp, we’re on a mission to empower small businesses around the world with simple, affordable tools to help them start, run, and grow. More than 4 million merchants across 37 markets trust us as their financial partner — and we’re just getting started.

We’re a global team of 3,000+ people from over 90 nationalities, united by curiosity, collaboration, and care. Our core values and culture shape everything we do, fostering inclusion, learning, and belonging.

SumUp is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, committed to building a safe, respectful, and diverse workplace where everyone can thrive.

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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.