Senior Engineering Manager, Global Bank

About the team The Global Bank engineering organisation is responsible for the financial infrastructure that powers SumUp's banking products across multiple markets — and this role sits at the heart of it. As a Senior Engineering Manager, you'll provide leadership across a critical product area and cross-cutting initiatives, ensuring engineering delivery is resilient, scalable, and aligned with regulatory requirements. What makes this opportunity genuinely exciting is that you won't just be stepping into an existing structure — you'll be the first Senior EM based in London, with the mandate to build a team around you and grow a meaningful engineering presence in one of the world's strongest tech talent markets. 🤓Learn more about the Global Bank at SumUp What you'll do Lead and develop a group of Engineering Managers, supporting their growth through coaching, skip-levels, and performance conversations, while also directly managing a small squad of engineers in London Own one or more strategic engineering initiatives within the Global Bank — defining scope, aligning with product leadership, and driving delivery across squads and tribes Establish and uplift tribe-wide engineering practices across areas such as observability, incident response, security, or AI workflows, setting standards that go beyond a single squad Act as a senior escalation point for production incidents and complex cross-squad technical challenges, driving resolution and follow-through Partner closely with InfoSec, Risk, Compliance, and Internal Audit to ensure engineering practices meet regulatory requirements and are audit-ready Serve as a bar raiser in hiring panels and talent reviews, helping to maintain a consistent and high standard of engineering across the tribe You'll be great for this role if … Proven track record of managing Engineering Managers, with experience in coaching, performance management, and talent reviews in a complex, multi-squad environment Strong technical background in backend or full-stack engineering, with enough hands-on depth to earn credibility with engineers and contribute meaningfully to technical decisions Experience owning cross-functional or cross-tribe initiatives that shaped technology direction at an organisational level Ability to operate effectively in ambiguity, communicate clearly across technical and non-technical audiences, and guide teams through shifting priorities with confidence Comfort navigating regulated environments — whether financial services, healthtech, or similar — where compliance and audit readiness are part of the day-to-day Why you should join SumUp 🌎 Opportunity to work with a truly global, multicultural team from our central office location - 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 🏖 Generous time off: enjoy 28 days of paid leave, plus bank holidays and special leaves 📚 A dedicated annual L&D budget for attending conferences and/or advancing your career through further education 🏥 Health matters: private health insurance, including optical and dental 🚗 Life made easier: salary-sacrifice commuter benefits via Gogeta 💼 Financial security: retirement scheme (SumUp matches 7% when you contribute 5%) 🛡 Peace of mind: life insurance from MetLife for 2× your salary 🌴 Break4me: 1-month sabbatical after 3 years of service 🔗 Referral Bonus: earn additional rewards by referring talented individuals to join the SumUp team 🌍 We support Visa sponsorship for this role About SumUp Be empowered to do more that matters. At SumUp, we're on a mission to empower small businesses across the globe by providing simple and affordable tools that allow them to thrive. Today, over 4 million businesses in 37 markets rely on Sum...