Software Engineer (Golang) - Online Payments

At SumUp, we create tools that help small businesses get paid easily, manage money confidently, and grow sustainably. Our mission is to empower merchants around the world, and at the heart of that mission is a robust, scalable Payments Platform developed in Sofia. We’re now expanding this platform with a new dedicated Pricing team – and we’re looking for Software Engineers (Mid & Senior) who want to build core services from the ground up and make a lasting impact across SumUp. ABOUT THE TEAM Pricing is an important part of any payments business. The Pricing team will build and own the services that determine how SumUp’s products and transactions are priced worldwide. This includes maintaining existing pricing tools and creating a future-ready pricing platform that enables precision, flexibility, and transparency. We’ll be a small, high-impact team with strong engineering ownership. You’ll help define how pricing logic is modeled, how it evolves, and how it's applied at scale for millions of transactions across our ecosystem. ABOUT THE ROLE As a (Senior) Software Engineer in our Pricing team, you’ll help design, build, and maintain a scalable and compliant pricing platform for SumUp’s payment ecosystem. You’ll participate in architectural discussions, guide technical decisions, and deliver projects independently or in collaboration with your squad. Your work will directly shape how SumUp evolves its pricing capabilities and supports business growth. WHAT YOU’LL DO * You’ll design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services for our pricing systems. * You’ll develop backoffice tools for pricing management. * You’ll write high-quality, maintainable, and scalable code that meets coding standards and best practices. * You’ll provide comprehensive documentation and automated good test coverage, improve code quality * You’ll collaborate with other software, QA and DevOps engineers to ensure smooth deployment, continuous integration, and support for the software that we deliver in production environments. * You’ll actively participate in code reviews with other software engineers to improve code quality and maintainability. * You’ll support technical discussions during requirements analysis and scope definition. * You’ll participate in team retrospectives and document lessons learned. YOU’LL BE GREAT FOR THIS ROLE IF YOU HAVE * You have several years of programming experience, including in Golang * You have experience with building and consuming RESTful APIs  * You’re familiar with Docker, AWS, Kubernetes (user, not admin experience) * You have a DevOps mindset * You have experience with SQL & NoSQL DBs. We’re working with Postgres and Kafka * You understand fundamental system architecture, software design principles, data modeling, and API design * You are have an open to feedback, collaborative approach to teamwork and excellent problem-solving skills * You take pride in engineering and have a keen sense of ownership of the work that you do WHY YOU SHOULD JOIN SUMUP * You’ll play a key role in a high-impact team working on one of the most critical services at SumUp, while being part of a global scale-up of 3000+ people from 60+ countries, spread across 4 continents. * Shape the future of SumUp’s pricing capabilities and business strategy. * You’ll receive 25 days’ paid leave, increasing with tenure, and paid vacation for certain occasions. You’d enjoy a paid 1 month Sabbatical vacation every 3 years. * You’ll receive an individual learning budget and can take 10 days paid educational leave to expand your skillset. You'll have access to hackathons. * You'd enjoy other great benefits such as additional health and life insurance; funded therapy & coaching sessions with licensed psychotherapists; co-sponsored Multisport card; Child birth/adoption bonus; free shuttle buses from Joliot-Curie metro station; a long list of discounts; attractive referral programme; monthly budget for food vouchers (100 EUR)  and flexible benefits (40 EUR) , 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 teamOpens in new window 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. SumUp is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, actively seeking and embracing diversity in our workforce. We don't make hiring or employment decisions based on 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. Our commitment extends beyond recruitment to creating a safe and respectful workplace where harassment of any form is strictly prohibited. Discover more about our culture and opportunities on our careers website, and follow our journey on LinkedInOpens in new window, InstagramOpens in new window, and TikTokOpens in new window. 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.

SumUp builds simple, affordable financial tools that help over 4 million small businesses across 37 markets get paid, manage their money, and grow. Beyond card payments, we offer a full suite of financial products - business banking, lending, invoicing, and money transfers - giving merchants everything they need in one place. We're a global fintech with over 3,000 people across 20+ offices, and Sofia has been one of our most important engineering hubs since the very beginning. Our Transfers Excellence squad sits within SumUp's Global Bank, and owns the core services that power how merchants and consumers move money. E.g. IBAN-based transfers, money in and out, and peer-to-peer payments via the SumUp consumer app. With the high volume transfers per hour across our European markets. That means reliability isn't a nice-to-have - it's the baseline for us. Right now, the team is replacing a set of market-specific implementations with a single, unified global transfer platform that will serve Europe, the UK, Brazil, Chile, and eventually the US and Canada.  Join our team and contribute directly to platform-level architecture that will shape how SumUp moves money at scale - work that directly impacts millions of small businesses every day. Our tech stack includes Kotlin, Java, Go, a bit of Elixir, AWS, Kafka, PostgreSQL, and Kubernetes, supported by a strong observability toolchain with Prometheus, Grafana, and Honeycomb. We also actively use AI‑assisted development tools such as Cursor, GitHub Copilot, and others. 🎥 Get a feel for life in our Sofia office. WHAT YOU'LL DO * Build and maintain backend services that sit at the heart of SumUp's transfer infrastructure, taking end-to-end ownership from development through to observability, testing and production support * Contribute to the migration from market-specific services toward a unified global transfer platform, working across a mix of active services and legacy systems being decomposed * Raise well-scoped pull requests, conduct thorough code reviews, and help maintain high standards of code quality and test coverage across the team * Participate in incident reviews and the on-call rotation, taking accountability for the reliability of the services you build * Contribute to the technical roadmap by participating in architectural discussions and proposing solutions for complex, distributed systems challenges * Apply AI tooling to accelerate your own engineering workflows and contribute to raising the team's overall AI literacy YOU'LL BE GREAT FOR THIS ROLE IF… * Solid experience as a Backend Software Engineer in modern languages (e.g. Kotlin, Go, Java, etc.). Kotlin is the team's primary language and we also work with Java, Golang, and Elixir. * Solid understanding of distributed systems and event-driven architecture. Experience with async processing and messaging tools like Kafka (or similar). * Experience working with microservice architectures, including Spring Boot and event-driven patterns, alongside solid knowledge of relational databases and API design * Comfortable working in high-throughput, regulated environments where reliability matters. Defensive coding and attention to edge cases are part of the job * Clear communicator in written and spoken English, with a collaborative approach to working across global teams  * Curious about the product impact, not just the code. Comfortable thinking about how backend decisions affect the end user experience.  WHY YOU SHOULD JOIN SUMUP * 🌍 Opportunity to work with SumUppers globally on large-scale fintech products used by millions of businesses worldwide, from our modern Sofia 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 and 10 paid days of educational leave which can be used to attend conferences and/or advance your career through further education  * 🏖 Generous time off: 25 days of paid leave, plus one extra day per year of service (up to 35), along with public holidays and special leave options  * 🏥 Peace of mind: additional health insurance and life insurance  * 💪 Stay active: on-site yoga and a co-sponsored Multisport card offering access to hundreds of sports facilities  * 🍽 Meal support: benefit from a tax-free food voucher program plus flexibility via our Re:Benefits platform  * 🚌 Easy commute: free shuttle buses connecting directly to Joliot-Curie metro station  * 🌴 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 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. SumUp is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, actively seeking and embracing diversity in our workforce. We don't make hiring or employment decisions based on 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. Our commitment extends beyond recruitment to creating a safe and respectful workplace where harassment of any form is strictly prohibited. Discover more about our culture and opportunities on our careers website, and follow our journey on LinkedIn, Instagram, and TikTok. 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.