Engineering Manager - Website

Overview

About the team: The Website squad sits at the heart of SumUp's Acquisition Mission, owning the digital experience that shapes a merchant's journey from their very first interaction with SumUp to discovering and purchasing our products. As the bridge between Engineering, Product, Marketing, Design, and Sales, the team has a direct and visible impact on how we attract merchants, grow our business, a

What you'll do

• About the team: The Website squad sits at the heart of SumUp's Acquisition Mission, owning the digital experience that shapes a merchant's journey from their very first interaction with SumUp to discovering and purchasing our products.
• As the bridge between Engineering, Product, Marketing, Design, and Sales, the team has a direct and visible impact on how we attract merchants, grow our business, and generate revenue.
• As Engineering Manager, you'll have the opportunity to lead a high-impact team and play a key role in shaping how millions of merchants experience SumUp online.
• You'll combine people leadership, technical direction, and strategic thinking to help the team deliver high-quality experiences while continuously improving the way we build and operate.
• You'll also have the opportunity to influence some exciting initiatives, including our ongoing Content Management System (CMS) migration, while driving improvements in engineering practices, delivery excellence, technical quality, and team culture.
• This is a role for someone who enjoys working at the intersection of technology, product, and business, and who wants to see a clear connection between their team's work and SumUp's growth.
• What you'll do: Lead the Contentful-to-Builder.io migration through to successful completion, ensuring technical quality, delivery continuity, long-term stability and alignment with Product and Marketing.
• Lead and develop the Website squad of four full-stack engineers, creating clear ownership, accountability, development plans and delivery expectations.
• Set the squad's technical direction and simplify or modernise the web architecture to support SumUp's growth, scalability and performance.
• Assess the team's technical health, delivery flow and technical debt, then improve sprint reliability and delivery predictability.

Requirements

• Practical experience with React, Next.js, TypeScript, Go.
• Experience level: 6+ yrs.
• Strong written and verbal communication in English.
• Comfortable working on-site in Berlin, Germany.

Skills