Senior Software Engineer

Becoming part of the Brazil Engineering team (BR Market) means helping solve our small merchant's problems on your daily routine and helping shape the future of our products in the Brazilian market.

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will be responsible for improving the functionality and user experience of SumUp's Receivables platform by building scalable, high-performance systems that empower merchants to track and access their payments. You'll drive product integrations, improve service reliability, and help launch impactful financial products—all while shaping a collaborative, product-focused engineering culture.

We are committed to increasing gender diversity in our engineering teams and creating a more inclusive and balanced work environment. This initiative is part of our broader efforts to address the underrepresentation of women in tech.

What You'll Do

• Drive the modernization of the Receivables platform by reducing technical debt and leading the migration from a monolith to microservices.
• Improve system observability and incident response by introducing better monitoring and alerting practices.
• Refactor legacy code to meet regulatory compliance and simplify fragmented workflows.
• Mentor and support the engineering team, fostering technical growth, ownership, and adoption of best practices.
• Collaborate closely with engineering leadership to increase team morale and strengthen product ownership.

You'll be great for this role if you have:

• Strong experience in unit and integration testing
• Deep expertise in software engineering best practices
• Solid backend development capabilities with a willingness to learn Go (programming language)
• Knowledge of React and
• Strong understanding of relational databases and AWS cloud services.
• Proven ability to lead and deliver cross-squad technical initiatives of small to medium scale.
• Advanced proficiency in English (written and spoken), with the ability to clearly present and discuss technical and product-related topics.

Any of the following would be considered a plus:

• Expertise in PostgreSQL query optimization and performance tuning.
• Familiarity with NoSQL databases (e.g., DocumentDB), including optimization strategies.
• Background in payments and receivables integration, with knowledge of industry standards and best practices.
• Hands-on experience with Golang in production systems.
• Proficiency with modern front-end tools and libraries

Why you should join SumUp

• Career Growth: Join a truly global team and work on large-scale fintech products used by millions of businesses worldwide, with ample opportunities for professional development and upward mobility,
• Learning & Development: We offer an annual Learning & Development budget of R$ 10,000, which you can use for conferences, certifications, and further education to enhance your skills,
• Extended Time Off: After 3 years at SumUp, you'll receive an additional 30 days off through our Break4Me program, on top of your regular vacation period,
• English Classes: Improve your language skills with our English classes, provided through The English Academy,
• Equity: Participate in SumUp's virtual stock ownership program, gaining a stake in our future success,
• Global Experience: Join our global off-sites, hackathons, and events, and collaborate with a diverse team of 3,000+ people from over 90 countries,
• Referral Bonus: Earn a bonus when you help us grow by successfully referring top talent to our team,
• Comprehensive Benefits: We care deeply about our team's well-being and offer a range of benefits, including health plans, meal vouchers (VR), Zenklub, Wellhub, life insurance, a pension plan, childcare allowance, and more.

About SumUp

We believe in the everyday hero.

Small business owners are at the heart of all we do, so we create 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 the small business owners we partner with can be successful doing what they love.

SumUp is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workforce. We strictly prohibit discrimination based on race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, or any other protected characteristic.

For more insight into SumUp's culture:

• A tour of our São Paulo office
• Ask me anything: Engineering at SumUp
• SumUp's Innovation Hackathon

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