About the team
SumUp’s Point-of-Sale (POS) solution empowers cafes, shops, bars, hair salons, and other businesses to operate efficiently and grow. It offers a wide range of features, including product catalogs, inventory management, business analytics, compliance support, and loyalty tools.
Our Fiscalization team will accelerate making the following countries fiscally compliant: Italy, Sweden, Norway, Belgium, Austria, and many other European countries. They will also start building the path for integrating with third parties and fiscalizing receipts.
As a Senior Backend Engineer, you’ll collaborate with a dynamic, cross-functional team of Product Managers, Product Designers, Engineering Managers, and fellow engineers.
About the role
You will be working on secure backend systems to ensure our SumUp’s Point of Sale (POS) products are compliant in the different countries in our roadmap. Furthermore, you will work with the Fiscalization squad to understand the challenge in each market to design a unique solution to delivery.
You’re a developer who values user-centric design, precision, and seamless collaboration. You bring structure to communication and thrive in a cross-functional environment.
What you’ll do
- Build and maintain fiscal compliance solutions to enable SumUp's expansion across Italy, Sweden, Norway, Belgium, Austria, and other European markets.
- Develop integrations with third-party services for receipt fiscalization and regulatory reporting systems.
- Navigate SumUp's complex POS ecosystem and master fiscalization frameworks across multiple jurisdictions.
- Collaborate with distributed squad members and stakeholders across 5+ cities in a hybrid environment.
You’ll thrive in this role if:
- You have 5+ years experience in backend engineering with Java and/or Kotlin.
- You have a strong understanding of fundamental system architecture, design principles, data modeling, and API design.
- You have a strong experience with distributed and fault-tolerant systems.
- You have user-level experience working with AWS and Kubernetes.
- You have good knowledge of Kafka & Postgres.
Why you should join SumUp
🌐 Opportunity to work with a truly global, multicultural team (3,000+ people from 93 countries across 4 continents).
💰 Competitive salary package & virtual stock option programme.
🎓 Learning & development budget for conferences and external training.
🏦 Corporate pension scheme, 25 days’ paid leave, and other great benefits.
🙌 A passionate, purpose-driven team that achieves incredible results together.
🎉 Regular breakfasts, team events, office parties & sports activities.
🌴 Break4me – 1-month sabbatical after 3 years of service.
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What We Do
SumUp believes that every business should have access to affordable, easy-to-use financial solutions, no matter their size. That’s why more than 3 million businesses worldwide rely on SumUp to run their business. What started out as one card reader has now turned into a range of payment hardware, banking solutions, marketing, and loyalty tools, invoicing, and so much more. From sales and marketing to product and engineering, our cross-functional US team works together to ensure that small business owners can be successful doing what they love.
Why Work With Us
SumUp USA is part of the global SumUp organization that stretches across multiple continents from Berlin to Sao Paulo. Our teams are multicultural, have a collaborative mindset and bold goals. Join our mission if you want to become part of the success story and help empower over 3 million merchants using SumUp already!
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