Engineering Manager

At SumUp, we are motivated by the purpose of leveling the playing field for small businesses. We empower small business owners by creating simple and affordable tools to manage payments, finance and customer relationships.

As an Engineering Manager, you will lead a new team focused on building the analytical and commercial foundations for SumUp’s global sales channels. You will oversee the consolidation of attribution and commission models into a unified, scalable product, ensuring a single, accurate foundation for both commercial insights and incentive operations.

You will oversee the newly established Commercial Systems & Intelligence domain within the Acquisition Value stream, working alongside the different Sales Channels as well as Pricing, Commissions & Incentives.

We’re looking for a hands-on (Go), technically credible leader who can drive delivery excellence, foster high engineering standards, and strengthen SumUp’s ability to move fast while maintaining quality and reliability across our web and platform ecosystems.

This role sits at the unique intersection of data, commercial strategy, and product development. You will partner closely with Analytics, Data Platform, and Revenue teams to evolve our approach from isolated models to a robust, service-oriented product that bridges the gap between analytics and operations.

What You'll Do

• Form and lead a new multidisciplinary squad from the ground up, working in close partnership with a Senior Product Manager.
• Map, assess, and unify existing attribution and commission models into a global, single, cohesive product structure.
• Partner with Data Engineering to migrate key logic from dbt / Snowflake into scalable backend services and APIs.
• Ensure technical direction aligns with business strategy, maintaining consistent definitions across attribution, commissions, and commercial reporting.
• Establish rigorous testing, monitoring, and audit capabilities to ensure data accuracy and transparency.
• Implement sophisticated logic, including multi-touch attribution and MMM in collaboration with our MarTech team, to quantify incremental impact across all marketing and sales channels.
• Manage multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced environment while providing hands-on technical and people leadership.

What We're Looking For

• You have hands-on experience designing, implementing, and scaling web applications and APIs, preferably using Go .
• You have proven experience in people leadership and managing cross-functional teams of multidisciplinary engineers.
• You understand data engineering and analytical engineering principles.
• You have hands-on experience with data engineering lifecycle, key architectural components and system design.
• You have a deep-dive, metrics-driven approach to problem-solving and can navigate complex legacy logic.
• You are adept at building credibility across technical, analytical, and commercial teams, including Revenue Analytics, MarTech, and Finance.
• You can balance technical excellence with the pragmatic needs of a growing business.

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 attending 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

At SumUp, we’re on a mission to empower small businesses around the world with simple, affordable tools to help them start, run, and grow. More than 4 million merchants across 36 markets trust us as their financial partner — and we’re just getting started.

We’re a global team of 3,000+ people from over 90 nationalities, united by curiosity, collaboration, and care.

Our core values and culture shape everything we do, fostering inclusion, learning, and belonging.

SumUp is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, committed to building a safe, respectful, and diverse workplace where everyone can thrive.

Explore more about our culture on our careers site , or follow us on LinkedIn and Instagram .

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