Backend engineer (golang) in payments

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. 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.

• 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.

• 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.
• Будет плюсом: 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

• 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.
• 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.
• Offer may vary based on skills, experience and outcome from the hiring process.