or apply directly on SumUp's site. We never take the application ourselves.
Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 28 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 on the MarTech team, you will design, build, and operate backend services that support marketing and growth initiatives. Your role involves owning features from discovery to production support, building integrations, defining architectures for distributed systems, and collaborating with various stakeholders. You will also contribute to engineering standards and mentor less experienced engineers.
- 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
- 5+ years of professional backend engineering experience
- Strong experience with Go and the wider Go ecosystem
- Hands-on experience with distributed systems, microservices and event-driven architectures
- Experience with event-streaming platforms and messaging brokers such as Kafka
- Practical experience with DevOps practices and CI/CD tools, for example GitHub Actions or Argo CD
- Experience building new systems while also maintaining and improving legacy services
Nice to have
- Experience in marketing technology, growth, acquisition or advertising platforms
- Familiarity with React, TypeScript, or Python
- Experience in fintech or a related industry
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 the VSOP program
- Corporate pension scheme matching up to 20%
- 30 Days Sabbatical after 3 years of employment
Worth weighing
- No salary listed
- Office-first setup may not suit remote work preferences
- Role involves both building new systems and maintaining legacy services, which may require balancing innovation with maintenance
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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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