Senior Analytics Engineer - Risk Analytics
About this role
About the Risk Analytics Team:
SumUp is looking for a Senior Analytics Engineer to join the Risk Analytics Team within the Risk & Compliance Tribe. This is a high-impact, technically demanding role where you will help ensure SumUp meets its regulatory obligations across European entities while building the data foundations that power fraud, chargeback, and compliance analytics.
The Risk Analytics Team sits at the intersection of data, regulation, and business integrity. The team is responsible for regulatory reporting across multiple European regulatory entities, as well as for data products supporting fraud and chargeback analysis and broader Risk & Compliance initiatives. The team works in close collaboration with Data Scientists, Data Engineers, and backend engineers to deliver reliable, accurate, and scalable data solutions.
As a Senior Analytics Engineer, you will be the cornerstone of the team's technical capability. Your work will directly influence the team's ability to scale its regulatory reporting, automate critical pipelines, and deliver trusted data products that support decision-making across the Risk & Compliance Tribe. This is a unique opportunity to work at the intersection of data modeling, compliance, and business impact in a fast-growing global fintech.
Responsibilities
- Build and maintain complex data models that track merchant activity, delivering trusted data marts suitable for accurate and timely regulatory reporting.
- Develop, improve, and maintain the pipelines used to submit regulatory reports across European entities, ensuring compliance with varying reporting frequencies and GRC requirements, maintaining the focus on reducing manual effort and increasing reliability.
- Develop and own data validation strategies required by regulators, ensuring every report meets the expected quality standards.
- Ensure all data products follow dbt best practices and maintain the dbt project by applying coding guidelines and style validations.
- Collaborate with Data Engineers, Data Scientists, Software Engineers, and backend engineers to correctly and reliably integrate their outputs into data pipelines.
- Monitor and control the computing expenses of the domain, proactively identifying opportunities to improve cost-efficiency.
- Extract pipeline metrics and present them through clear, accessible dashboards to support team-wide monitoring.
- Contribute to a robust data infrastructure (Git, Argo Workflows, dbt, Snowflake) that empowers Data Analysts and stakeholders with self-service analytics.
- You’ll be great for this role if you have:
- 5+ years of professional experience in tech, startups, data warehousing, or analytics.
- Strong, hands-on knowledge of dbt — including project ownership, coding guidelines, best practices, and the automated enforcement of those guidelines.
- Solid SQL skills with experience designing, building, and managing complex data models in a cloud data warehouse (ideally Snowflake), with a focus on performance and maintainability.
- Development experience in Python for pipeline development and automation.
- Experience with Git and CI/CD workflows.
- Strong ability to analyze complex data issues and provide robust, scalable data products.
- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills, with the ability to communicate clearly with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and stakeholders effectively across teams and tribes.
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 36 markets rely on SumUp as their financial partner to manage payments, finance and customer relationships. Our commitment to small businesses is reflected in our diverse team of over 3,000 SumUppers from over 90 nationalities, united by global collaboration and an innovative mindset. Our core values lay the foundation for who we are and what we stand for, shaping our work culture and driving our success. We foster inclusivity and a continuous learning culture, providing a safe space for personal and professional growth. Our differences make us unique and strong as we strive to create an environment where everyone belongs and feels supported, no matter how they identify. SumUp is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, actively seeking and embracing diversity in our workforce. We don't make hiring or employment decisions based on race, colour, religion or religious belief, ethnic or national origin, nationality, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age or any other basis protected by applicable laws or prohibited by company policy. Our commitment extends beyond recruitment to creating a safe and respectful workplace where harassment of any form is strictly prohibited. Explore career opportunities with us and join a team driven by collaboration, innovation, and a shared vision of creating a world where everyone can build a thriving business. Discover more about our vibrant and inclusive work culture and how we work on our careers website, and follow our journey on LinkedIn and Instagram. 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.