Systems Engineer Lead

About the role

SumUp is looking for a Systems Engineer Lead to join our Corporate IT team. In this role, you will report to the Head of Global IT. You will establish and lead our Systems Engineering function within Corporate IT, establishing the discipline from the ground up. You will own and mature SumUp's identity infrastructure, built on Microsoft Entra ID, and drive the consolidation and standardization of our core business platform configurations.

We are looking for a technical strategic thinker who thrives in bringing structure to complexity. You won’t just be "keeping the lights on"; you will be actively improving stability, observability, and performance.

About the team

The Corporate IT team currently consists of a diverse group of System Administrators and outsourced support across the EU and the Americas. Our mission is to ensure every SumUp employee can access the tools they need safely and efficiently. We provide the "digital keys" to the company, ensuring that identity and access are seamless enablers of work rather than hurdles.

We believe in high accountability, technical excellence, and fostering a culture where IT is treated as an engineering discipline. If you are excited about building unified identity platforms, leveraging cutting edge technologies like AI and scaling internal engineering in a complex, multi-region fintech environment, we want to hear from you.

What you’ll do

Design conditional access policies, manage identity lifecycles, and ensure SSO health across a complex Microsoft Entra ID environment.

Develop scripting and workflow tooling to reduce manual toil and increase reliability across the organization.

Drive the adoption of AI-powered tooling to automate routine processes and scale the team's output beyond human hours.

Partner with Endpoint Management to ensure seamless integration between identity, access, and device management across the fleet.

Govern access to AI platforms and tooling (e.g., Copilot, Cursor, Langdock