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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 15 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 Senior Backend Engineer at SumUp, you will work on enhancing the identity lifecycle platform, focusing on onboarding, identity verification, and regulatory data collection. Your role involves designing and building scalable backend services, improving system reliability, and collaborating with various teams to develop clear technical solutions. You will also mentor other engineers and help raise engineering standards within the team.
- benefits
- 4/5
- freshness
- 4/5
- 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
- Strong professional experience building and operating production backend systems with high business impact
- Experience working with Go and Java
- Strong knowledge of API design, distributed systems, asynchronous processing, data modelling, testing, and system design
- Experience with event streaming platforms such as Kafka and modern observability tools such as Grafana or Honeycomb
- Experience deploying and operating services in cloud environments such as AWS, ideally with Docker and Kubernetes
- A strong ownership mindset, with the ability to take complex problems from definition through to production
Nice to have
- Experience in fintech, payments, KYC/KYB, identity verification, or regulatory systems
- Experience translating regulatory and compliance requirements into clear, scalable engineering solutions, while helping bridge the gap between Compliance and Engineering
What you get
- Opportunity to work with SumUppers globally on large-scale fintech products
- Hack Days every second Friday and global Hack Weeks
- Dedicated annual L&D budget of €2,000
- Enrolment onto our VSOP program
- Corporate pension scheme matching up to 20% of contributions
- 30 Days Sabbatical after 3 years of employment
Worth weighing
- The role involves modernizing legacy systems, which may require navigating existing complexities
- No specific salary or compensation details are provided in the posting
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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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