Location: São Paulo, in-office

N/B Please note that we will only consider applications submitted in English.

SumUp enables merchants around the world to get paid easily, process orders quickly, sell online instantly and manage their money more efficiently. SumUp creates the tools merchants need to make their business thrive.

The cross-functional MarTech team is collaboratively responsible for improving our customer acquisition. This includes optimizing our worldwide online marketing spendings, attributing new customers to marketing campaigns, automating content creation through AI, calculating the customer lifetime value of our merchants, and using data from various sources for analysis and decision making. Based on that data, we develop machine-learning models that help us achieve the above mentioned goals. 

For that, we are looking for a passionate Data Scientist to complement our team. We will innovate, drive impact for the whole company, and have fun. 

What you’ll do:

• Work closely with stakeholders to build valuable solutions and enable them to use these efficiently.
• Analyse data to build and operate machine-learning models that predict user behaviour, optimise marketing spendings, or generate marketing content using generative AI.
• Work on predictions and insights that contribute to shaping the direction of the company. 
• Be part of  an international team spanning two continents and consisting of a Product Manager, Data Scientists, Software Engineers, and Data Engineers.

You’ll be great for this role if:

• You have a degree in statistics, mathematics, economy, computer science or  comparable 
• You have 2+ years of experience in data science
• You bring experience in building, delivering, and continuously iterating machine learning models and algorithms end-to-end at scale
• You possess experience in experimenting and measuring experiments (setting up A/B tests, lift tests or geo tests) and evaluating them
• You have experience using Python with its scientific stack (e.g. pandas, sklearn, numpy, statsmodels, xgboost, matplotlib, seaborn) and knowledge of SQL 
• You bring great communication and data visualization skills and the ability to effectively convey complex insights to non-technical stakeholders, enhancing collaboration and informed decision-making 
• You embrace best practices for clean, maintainable and testable code

Why you should join SumUp

• We’re a truly global team of 3200+ people from 80+ countries, spread across 4 continents
• We are open to location based out of Berlin or Copenhagen
• We offer visa and relocation support for you, your family and even your pets
• A dedicated annual Learning & Development budget for attending conferences and/or advancing your career through further education
• Enrolment onto our virtual stock ownership program - you will own a stake in SumUp’s future success
• The opportunity to work on large scale fintech products used by millions of businesses around the world
• Corporate pension scheme 
• Numerous other benefits such as Urban Sports Club subsidy, Kita placement assistance, relocation assistance, subsidised office lunches and other location-tailored benefits

About SumUp

We believe in the everyday hero.

Small business owners are at the heart of all we do, so we create powerful, easy-to-use financial solutions to help them run their businesses. With a founder’s mentality and a 'team-first’ attitude, our diverse teams across Europe, South America and the United States work together to ensure that the small business owners we partner with can be successful doing what they love. 

SumUp is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer that proudly pursues and hires a diverse workforce. SumUp does not make hiring or employment decisions on the basis of race, colour, religion or religious belief, ethnic or national origin, nationality, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age or any other basis protected by applicable laws or prohibited by company policy. SumUp also strives for a healthy and safe workplace and strictly prohibits harassment of any kind.

SumUp will not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than directly from a candidate.

Job Application Tip

We recognise that candidates feel they need to meet 100% of the job criteria in order to apply for a job. Please note that this is only a guide. If you don’t tick every box, it’s ok too because it means you have room to learn and develop your career at SumUp.