Backend Engineer - Sales & Orders

About the team

In the Sales & Order team we build the core Sales API and Receipt engines that power the SumUp ecosystem - from hardware like POS to Solo Card Reader, from software like Online Store to Online Payments. Our mission is to translate complex transaction data into a unified "Sales" language, enabling other teams to build features independently. By connecting sales to reporting, accounting, and fiscalization, we provide the infrastructure merchants need to scale globally.

You’ll collaborate with a dynamic, cross-functional team of Product Manager, Engineering Manager, fellow engineers, and occasionally Product Designers and Data Analysts. 

About the role

As a Backend Engineer, you’ll be a hands-on contributor delivering initiatives that span multiple products. You won't just be "writing code"; you’ll be architecting how different SumUp products talk to each other.

We are a team that believes in extreme collaboration. This means daily pair programming, high-quality "clean" engineering, and an "AI-native" mindset where we use agents and tools to accelerate our delivery.

What You'll Do

• Develop and evolve high-performance Sales APIs and receipt engines using Kotlin and Spring Boot, ensuring they are scalable and resilient.
• Design and maintain robust data schemas and database interactions to handle complex transaction and sales data accurately at scale.
• Build and document clean, public-facing APIs that allow other engineering squads to integrate their features with the Sales Platform independently.
• Work on initiatives that connect transaction data with vital business systems like reporting, accounting, and global fiscalization.
• Spend a significant portion of your day pair programming to solve complex concurrency and architectural challenges while maintaining high code quality.
• Take full ownership of the development lifecycle, including writing automated tests, managing CI/CD pipelines, and monitoring service health in production.
• Actively use AI coding agents to automate repetitive tasks and increase the team's shipping velocity.
• Refactor and migrate mission-critical domain logic from other systems to centralize and simplify the "Sales" experience within the ecosystem.

You’ll thrive in this role if:

• You have 2+ years of experience in backend engineering with the JVM stack (preferably Kotlin and Spring Boot) .
• You have a solid understanding of software design patterns, principles, and basic concurrency.
• You have experience working in cloud-based environments (AWS).
• You enjoy and actively seek out daily pair programming as a primary way of working.
• You are open to using and experimenting with AI tools and agents to optimize your coding process.
• You are a fast learner who values quality, detail, and effective time management.
• You have good written and spoken English skills and a collaborative work style.

Nice to have:

• Familiarity with distributed systems and high-scale applications.
• Knowledge of different programming paradigms (like functional, object-oriented).
• Experience with Kubernetes, SQL/NoSQL, and observability/monitoring tools.
• Experience working with systems involving many concurrent processes.
• A willingness to constantly learn and share knowledge with the wider engineering community.

Why you should join SumUp

🌎 Opportunity to work with SumUppers globally on large-scale fintech products used by millions of businesses worldwide, from our Berlin office. This involves an office-first setup

🌈 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

📚 A dedicated annual L&D budget of €2000 for your individual development, which you can be used to attend conferences and/or advancing your career through further education

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

🏖️ Generous time off: enjoy 28 days of paid leave plus public holidays and special leave days

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

🌴 Break4me: 1-month sabbatical after 3 years of service 🔗 Referral Bonus: earn additional rewards by referring talented individuals to join the SumUp team

About SumUp

We believe in the everyday hero.

Small business owners are at the heart of all we do, so we're creating tools that 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.