or apply directly on SumUp's site. We never take the application ourselves.
Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 8 days SumUp's roles stay open a median of 45 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 1% of SumUp's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at SumUp
- low 0 stale, 22 reposted of 409 open
- Hiring momentum
- 564 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-09-17
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from SumUp's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for SumUp.
About this role
As a Backend Engineer at SumUp, you will be part of the Global Bank team, focusing on modernizing and consolidating the balance management system for merchants. Your daily tasks will involve building and evolving core banking services, tackling complex distributed systems challenges, and collaborating with various teams to ensure reliable operations. You will also take ownership of the services you build, from design to production, while continuously improving their performance.
- benefits
- 5/5
- freshness
- 5/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of SumUp as an employer.
What you need
- Solid backend experience building reliable, high-volume services
- Proficiency in Golang and willingness to learn other languages
- Ability to write maintainable, well-tested code
- Experience with CI/CD best practices
- Comfortable building, deploying, and running services in cloud environments like AWS using Docker and Kubernetes
- Eagerness to learn about relational databases
Nice to have
- Knowledge of Elixir
- Deeper PostgreSQL experience
- Experience with event streaming platforms (Kafka preferred)
- Familiarity with modern observability stacks (Grafana, Honeycomb, etc.)
What you get
- Enrolment onto our Virtual Stock Option programme
- 25 days of paid leave, plus special holidays
- Health insurance through Gjensidige and life & accidental coverage from Ergo
- Gym membership allowance
- Regular training and mentorship programs
- Yearly learning budget of 2,000 EUR
Worth weighing
- No specific mention of the tech stack beyond Golang and cloud environments
- The role involves working with legacy systems and modernizing them
- High transaction volumes may pose challenges in system design and performance
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Listed by SumUp on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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