Backend Engineer - Transfers Gateway

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 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 small business owners can be successful doing what they love.

At SumUp, the Global Bank team builds the core infrastructure and services that give merchants a digital bank account, helping small businesses manage their money easily and reliably. 

In the Transfers Gateway squad, you’ll work on the backbone that connects SumUp’s internal systems with external financial networks across Europe and the UK. The squad owns critical integrations with payment schemes and operates a large portfolio of production services that must be reliable, performant and secure.

As a Backend Engineer, you’ll work on modernising existing systems, building and operating reliable backend services, and collaborating closely with your team to deliver high‑quality solutions in a regulated banking environment. You’ll focus on well‑defined problems while growing your impact and ownership within the Transfers domain.

If you enjoy building dependable systems, learning how large‑scale banking platforms work, and contributing to a team that values quality and collaboration, we’d love to hear from you. Join our Vilnius Team today (Vilnius office).

Our Tech Stack includes: Golang, Kotlin, Java, Elixir, AWS, Kafka, PostgreSQL, Docker, Kubernetes etc. 

What You’ll Do

• Build and maintain production backend services, contributing to their delivery, observability, and ongoing maintenance.
• Own and deliver well‑defined tasks and features, and contribute to larger projects within the team’s domain.
• Contribute to technical design and implementation, following established architectural patterns and best practices.
• Improve service reliability and quality by writing tests, enhancing monitoring, and following established delivery pipelines.
• Support the operation of the systems you work on by participating in on‑call rotations, incident response, and learning from post‑incident reviews.
• Apply a backend and systems perspective during refinement, raising questions about risks, dependencies, and edge cases.
• Collaborate closely with Product, QA, and other engineers to deliver end‑to‑end transfer and banking capabilities.

You’ll be great for this role if you

• Have experience building backend services in a modern environment and supporting them in production.
• Can take a clearly defined problem and implement a solution independently, seeking guidance when needed.
• Are comfortable working with cloud‑based systems, containerized workloads, and automated delivery pipelines.
• Have experience writing and maintaining automated tests and care about code quality.
• Understand the fundamentals of system architecture, data modelling, and API design, and are eager to deepen this knowledge.
• Are curious about how your work fits into the broader system and product experience.
• Communicate clearly and collaborate effectively with engineers, product managers, and other stakeholders.

Any of the following would be considered a plus

• Exposure to banking, payments, or financial systems, especially in regulated environments.
• Experience supporting systems with production traffic, including participating in incident response.
• Use of AI‑assisted tools to improve development speed, learning, or code quality.

Why you should join SumUp

🌎 We’re a truly global team of 3200+ skilled professionals from 92+ countries, spread across 4 continents. Join the team from our Vilnius office.

🌈 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

🏖️ Time off: 25 days of paid leave, plus special holidays

🏥 Peace of mind: health insurance through Gjensidige and life & accidental coverage from Ergo

💪 Stay active: gym membership allowance to help you keep fit on your terms

📚Career growth and learning opportunities: We invest in your development through regular training, mentorship programs, SumUp University cohort and a yearly learning budget (2,000 EUR)

💡We take learning and experimentation seriously with Hack Days every second Friday, and entire global Hack Weeks.

🛍 Everyday savings: access discounts on hundreds of brands via our Corporate Benefits platform

🌴 Break4me: 1-month sabbatical after 3 years of service

🔗 Referral Bonus: earn additional rewards by referring talented individuals to join the SumUp team

Compensation: Starting from 3,500 to 5,167 Euro Gross / month + 2000 EUR annual learning budget + Virtual Stock Options. Ranges may vary based on skills and experience. 

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 a vast set of simple and affordable business tools to help them start, run, and grow their businesses. Today, over 4 million businesses in 36 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 an inclusivity and 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.