About the Senior Backend Engineer in Integrations Platform:

The Integrations Platform team is currently building a new customer data platform that will enable real-time data to be accessible to our user. The team is also part of the Platform Tribe and is responsible for building critical internal developer platforms for SumUp. 

As part of Integrations Platform, you will be building software systems that will empower CRM and Engineering teams to make data easily accessible. We want our users to focus on bringing value to our customers without worrying about the underlying infrastructure. To be successful in this role, you should be a product minded engineer who aims to improve the user experience of our stakeholders.

About the role & what you’ll do:

As a Senior Backend Engineer, you will be responsible for

• Designing, building and maintaining backend services in microservice architecture(s).
• Producing high quality streaming data via Kafka and maintain APIs using GraphQL and REST
• Building and maintaining highly available and reliable production systems
• Writing high-quality and scalable code that follows Platform standards and best practices.
• Communicating and collaborating directly with our stakeholders to identify their pain points and gather feature requests
• Working closely with Data Engineers and Software Engineers in the Data Platform and Infrastructure team

You’ll be great for this role if:

• You have experience working with software engineering on large scale systems (5+ years of full time work experience in Backend Engineering/Software Engineer)
• You are a polyglot engineer and have experience in 1 or more of our preferred languages (Go, Python, Java). Experience with Go is preferred. 
• You have prior experience in building and deploying infra using AWS, Kubernetes, Helm, Terraform
• You have hands on experience using data streaming technologies like Kafka, Kafka Streams, Apache Spark, Apache Flink
• You have experience with user-facing analytics databases Apache Pinot, Apache Druid, Clickhouse
• You are passionate about creating Platform as a Service or Software as a Service applications

Why you should join SumUp:

🌍  We are open to remote work (+/- 1 hour of CET timezone), hybrid or on-site in Berlin just let us know what works for you.

📚  A dedicated annual L&D budget for attending conferences and/or advancing your career through further education

🚀  Enrolment onto our VSOP 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

💶  A corporate pension scheme where we match up to 20% of your contributions

🚵🏾‍♂️  Numerous other benefits such as Urban Sports Club subsidy, Kita placement assistance, relocation assistance, subsidised office lunches.

About us:

SumUp is a leading financial technology company, founded in 2012 with the goal of empowering small businesses around the globe. We’re the financial partner of choice for more than 4 million merchants in over 35 markets. We collectively build, plan and fine-tune the technology that drives SumUp and empowers small businesses around the world.

We believe in the everyday hero. Those who have the courage to follow their passion and who have the strength and determination to realise their dreams. Small business owners are at the heart of all we do, so we're creating powerful, easy-to-use financial solutions to help them run their business. With a founders mentality and a 'team-first attitude' our diverse teams across Europe, South America, and the United States work together to ensure that small business owners 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.

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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.