Backend engineer in banking

In the Global Bank tribe, we are building the infrastructure and core services needed to provide our merchants with a digital bank account that empowers them to be successful at doing what they love. Our goal is to become the most popular banking partner for small merchants globally by offering a high-quality banking experience tailored to their needs—effortless, simple, and affordable. As a Backend Engineer, you will play a key role in helping us transition from a localized setup with regional banks to a unified Global Bank.

• Collaborate with a global team to design and build a unified global banking platform. This includes high-level APIs for multiple regions and local implementations, ensuring high availability and observability
• Be part of the transformation team that is transforming monolithic services into decoupled, highly scalable, region-agnostic, unified global bank services
• Design, implement, and iteratively develop highly available backend services, while continuously evaluating and implementing new methods to ensure the high reliability of transfer systems
• Maintain and improve core services utilizing a modern, cloud-native technology stack (AWS, K8s), with microservices written in Golang, Kotlin and Java and Elixir.
• Improve test coverage for existing services and drive the end-to-end delivery of changes, including testing, observability, and monitoring.
• Shape and continuously improve our engineering culture by sharing ideas, refining best practices, exploring innovative solutions, and contributing to comprehensive documentation and tool selection.

• Solid programming experience in Golang and are interested in working with additional languages such as Java, Kotlin and Elixir.
• You have advanced understanding of developing and maintaining distributed and event-driven systems.
• You have solid experience with event streaming platforms and messaging brokers such as Kafka
• You have experience with modern cloud technologies like AWS, and containerization tools such as Docker and Kubernetes
• You feel comfortable working with SQL and NoSQL databases
• You are experienced with CI/CD tools like GitHub Actions or ArgoCD
• You take pride in your work, have a keen sense of ownership, and are dedicated to writing clear, maintainable, and testable code.
• Будет плюсом: Experience with monitoring tools - Prometheus, Grafana, Honeycomb; Experience in the fintech industry

• 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.
• From senior level in Lithuania is 4,366 to 7,280 Euro Gross p/m + 2000 EUR annual learning budget + Virtual Stock Options. Offer may vary based on skills and experience