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(Senior) Backend Engineer (Golang) - Bank

SumUp
Location
Vilnius, Lithuania
Posted
13 days ago
Department
Backend
What they actually want (must-haves)
  • Solid programming experience in Golang
  • Advanced understanding of developing and maintaining distributed and event-driven systems
  • Experience with event streaming platforms and messaging brokers such as Kafka
  • Experience with modern cloud technologies like AWS and containerization tools such as Docker and Kubernetes
  • Comfortable working with SQL and NoSQL databases
  • Experience with CI/CD tools like GitHub Actions or ArgoCD
Nice to have
  • Experience with monitoring tools - Prometheus, Grafana, Honeycomb
  • Experience in the fintech industry
What the job really is

As a Backend Engineer in the Global Bank tribe at SumUp, you will collaborate with a diverse team to design and build a unified global banking platform, focusing on high availability and observability. Your role will involve transforming monolithic services into scalable, event-driven systems, maintaining core services, and improving test coverage while utilizing a modern tech stack that includes Golang, AWS, and Kubernetes.

Benefits
  • Enrolment onto our Virtual Stock Option programme
  • 25 days of paid leave, plus special holidays
  • Health insurance through Gjensidige and life & accidental coverage from Ergo
  • Gym membership allowance
  • Career growth and learning opportunities with a yearly learning budget (2,000 EUR)
  • Hack Days and global Hack Weeks
Things to weigh
  • No specific salary range mentioned for the senior level
  • Stack includes legacy technologies alongside modern ones
  • Role involves significant transformation work which may present challenges
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Freshness4/5
Career value4/5
Role clarity4/5
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