Engineering Manager

At SumUp, we believe small merchants are the heartbeat of our communities. By joining the Global Bank tribe, you'll be part of a global team across Berlin, Cologne, São Paulo, Santiago, Sofia, and Vilnius — all working together to build the #1 bank for small businesses worldwide.

As a key member of our Engineering tribe, you'll help build a digital bank from the ground up within one of the world's fastest-growing fintechs. You'll work in autonomous, cross-functional squads tackling complex, high-impact challenges across banking and payments infrastructure, with the freedom to take ownership, experiment, and make real architectural decisions. Here, the problems are hard, the scale is real, and the work you ship directly shapes the financial lives of millions of small business owners around the world.

As an Engineering Manager, you will navigate the complexities of scaling high-availability systems that handle millions of transactions while steering your teams through a high-impact transition from local solutions to a unified global architecture. If you are driven by the challenge of turning technical debt into operational excellence and building the "number one bank" for small businesses, this is your next chapter.

What You'll Do

Lead at Scale: Direct two high-performing squads of 4 to 7 engineers each, focusing on building trust and autonomy within a newly formed team. You will oversee the development of critical banking services where improving reliability and scalability is a constant priority.

Establish Ownership: Actively establish clear ownership and accountability across your squads, ensuring every engineer understands their impact on the platform's availability and peak performance goals.

Strategic Partnership: Work in close collaboration with the Product Manager to define OKRs and navigate complex cross-tribe dependencies, ensuring the roadmap and deliveries are perfectly aligned with business goals.

Technical Excellence: Actively participate in technical decisions, conduct code reviews, and define standards for operational excellence to ensure a top-tier merchant experience.

Global Convergence: Spearhead the migration and convergence of our local Brazilian platforms into a global architecture, ensuring our technology scales with our international ambitions and impacts millions of users worldwide.

Quality & Culture: Guarantee product quality with a steadfast focus on engineering best practices (Clean Code, Testing, CI/CD) and fostering a culture of continuous improvement.

What Makes You a Great Fit

2+ years leading a team of 2–6 engineers as an Engineering Manager (3+ preferred)

Previously worked as a Senior Engineer with 5+ years of hands-on backend experience

Comfortable being hands-on when needed (architecture discussions, code reviews, technical deep dives)

Experience leading medium-to-complex projects across multiple squads or domains

Strong experience with relational databases (PostgreSQL) and NoSQL (DynamoDB, Redis)

Experience with queues (SNS/SQS, RabbitMQ) and preferably streaming (Kafka)

AWS or comparable cloud experience

Experience with modern cloud-native backend technologies (microservices, containers, orchestration)

Advanced English proficiency (written and spoken)

Nice to Have

Experience in financial services or payments

Experience with Golang, Kotlin, Python, or Elixir

Familiarity with distributed systems and resilience patterns

Longer tenures in previous leadership roles (18+ months)

Why You Should Join SumUp

High Impact: Lead one of Brazil's most strategic payment domains used daily by millions of merchants.

Technical Growth: Act as the technical reference for the squad and grow toward Staff Engineer or senior EM leadership.

Global Exposure: Collaborate with international teams and senior engineering leaders across Europe and Brazil.

Learning & Development: Annual budget of R$ 10,000 for courses, certifications, and conferences.

Virtual Stock Program: Grow with SumUp and share in our success.

Break4Me Program: 30 additional days off after 3 years.

Comprehensive Benefits: Health plan, VR, Wellhub, Zenklub, life insurance, childcare allowance, and more.

About SumUp

Be empowered to do more that matters.

At SumUp, we're on a mission to empower small businesses across the globe by providing simple and affordable tools that allow them to thrive. Today, over 4 million businesses in 37 markets rely on SumUp as their financial partner to manage payments, finance and customer relationships.

Our commitment to small businesses is reflected in our diverse team of over 3,000 SumUppers from over 90 nationalities, united by global collaboration and an innovative mindset. Our core values lay the foundation for who we are and what we stand for, shaping our work culture and driving our success. We foster inclusivity and a continuous learning culture, providing a safe space for personal and professional growth. Our differences make us unique and strong as we strive to create an environment where everyone belongs and feels supported, no matter how they identify.

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