Engineering Manager - Payments Tribe

SumUp helps businesses get paid effortlessly, process orders fast, sell online instantly, and manage money smarter. We build the tools that let merchants thrive and deliver outstanding customer experiences. But we don’t just simplify transactions — we’re reshaping the future of fintech.

Sofia has been the heart of SumUp’s payments platform since day one. For over a decade, our Payments Tribe — made up of cross-functional, autonomous squads — has powered secure, scalable payment processing for card-present and card-not-present (CNP) transactions in 36+ markets, helping millions of merchants grow, get paid, and thrive.

We’re looking for an Engineering Manager to lead and grow a team of talented engineers within our Payments domain, which is SumUp’s foundational product, underpinning everything else we do. You’ll collaborate closely with Product and Business partners to scale the backend systems behind SumUp’s global payments engine - securely processing millions of transactions daily and ensuring our merchants get paid quickly and reliably across all channels. Your work will directly impact the success and growth of millions of small businesses around the world.

If you're excited about high-scale systems, fintech innovation, and shaping the future of digital payments, we’d love to meet you.

What you’ll do

Shape technical direction: contribute to platform-wide decisions as part of the Payments leadership team and influence long-term technical strategy.

Take ownership of technical delivery: define short- and long-term goals with Product, drive technical design and architecture discussions, and ensure timely, high-quality execution.

Grow and support your team: provide coaching, feedback, and structured performance development while fostering a collaborative, high-performing culture.

Promote cross-functional alignment: build strong collaboration across engineering, product, and business teams in a dynamic environment.

Manage priorities and context-switching: coo