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title: 'iOS Engineer - Design System at SumUp'
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# iOS Engineer - Design System at SumUp

- **Company:** SumUp
- **Location:** Berlin, Germany
- **Posted:** 2026-02-18
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-13
- **Apply:** https://sumup.com/careers/positions/8426778002?gh_jid=8426778002

## Job description

About the team:

As an iOS Engineer on the Design System team, you'll translate SumUp's design language into a reusable, easy-to-use library of UI components and experience patterns — empowering product teams to build cohesive, accessible user experiences at scale.

The Design System team works hand-in-hand with the Mobile Platform team to set standards and provide guidance across all product teams at SumUp. As we expand our ecosystem of merchant and consumer-facing products, this role offers a rare opportunity to shape the foundation that helps developers build faster and ship higher-quality experiences to millions of users worldwide.

What you’ll do:

- Shape the core experience for both users and developers interacting with SumUp's iOS ecosystem
- Collaborate closely with product and design teams to build components that are maintainable, consistent, and beautiful
- Embed accessibility best practices into every component — from content descriptions and touch target sizing to color contrast and dynamic type
- Provide hands-on technical guidance to product teams to deliver on company priorities, including the upcoming brand refresh
- Review code contributions, enforce design system conventions, and mentor engineers on best practices for reusable UI development
- Lead the migration of legacy UIKit-based components to SwiftUI while maintaining system stability
- Proactively identify and address technical debt to uphold a high bar for engineering excellence and codebase health

You’ll be a great fit for this role if you:

- Bring 3+ years of professional iOS development experience, ideally on large-scale or consumer-facing applications
- Are fluent in Swift, with deep hands-on knowledge of both SwiftUI and UIKit — and a clear view on when and how to use each
- Bring experience building or contributing to a design system, component library, or shared UI framework, and understand what it takes to make components truly reusable and scalable
- Take pride in crafting accessible user experiences — you know your way around VoiceOver, dynamic type, color contrast, and touch target standards, and treat accessibility as a first-class concern, not an afterthought
- Bring a strong grasp of testing best practices for UI components, including unit tests, snapshot tests, and UI automation
- Are comfortable reviewing code and mentoring peers — you enjoy sharing knowledge, giving constructive feedback, and raising the bar for the whole team
- Are self-motivated and structured in your working style — you manage your own priorities, communicate clearly in English, and thrive in a cross-functional, collaborative environment
- Stay genuinely curious about the iOS ecosystem — you follow Apple's releases closely, experiment with new APIs, and are excited to bring fresh ideas back to the team

Why you should join SumUp:

🌎 Opportunity to work with SumUppers globally on large-scale fintech products used by millions of businesses worldwide, from our Berlin office. 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

📚 A dedicated annual L&D budget of €2000 for your individual development, which you can be used to attend conferences and/or advancing your career through further education

💶 A corporate pension scheme where we match up to 20% of your contributions

🏖️ Generous time off: enjoy 28 days of paid leave plus public holidays and special leave days

🚵🏾‍♂️ Numerous other benefits such as Urban Sports Club subsidy, Kita placement assistance, subsidised office lunches

🌴 Break4me: 1-month sabbatical after 3 years of service

🔗 Referral Bonus: earn additional rewards by referring talented individuals to join the SumUp team

## About SumUp

We believe in the everyday hero.

Small business owners are at the heart of all we do, so we're creating tools that 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 that proudly pursues and hires a diverse workforce. SumUp does not make hiring or employment decisions on the basis of 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. SumUp also strives for a healthy and safe workplace and strictly prohibits harassment of any kind.

SumUp will not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than directly from a candidate 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.

## About SumUp

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: SumUp is a global fintech company that provides simple, affordable payment and financial management tools to help small businesses start, run, and grow.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Funding stage not publicly available)
- **Headquarters**: London, United Kingdom
- **Founded**: 2012
- **Founders**: Not specified in provided sources

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Financial Services / Fintech (Payments)
- **Target customers**: Small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), B2B
- **Mission or purpose statement**: "Empower small businesses all over the world." — with the vision of "a world where everyone can build a thriving business."

## Products & Services
- **Payment Processing (Card Readers & POS)**: Hardware and software solutions for in-person and online payments, enabling merchants to accept card and contactless payments.
- **SumUp Business Account**: A digital business account for managing finances and transactions.
- **Invoicing & Customer Relationship Tools**: Tools to create invoices, manage customers, and streamline operations.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed (private company)
- **Key Metric**: Over 4 million merchants served across 37 markets; 3,000+ employees from more than 90 nationalities
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Not listed in provided sources
- **Growth Signals**: Headcount growth to 3,000+; recognition as a Top Global Employer for inclusion (Stonewall Workplace Equality Index 2022/2023) and Fintech Diversity Initiative of the Year (2025); expansion across 4 continents with 20+ offices.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Global reach**: Operating in 37 markets with localized products and support.
- **Merchant focus**: Deep commitment to small business owners, with products designed specifically for their needs.
- **Inclusive culture**: Strong diversity and inclusion programs, gender parity in workforce, and employee-led communities (e.g., Pride Club).
- **Autonomous teams**: Small, empowered teams with servant leadership, fostering innovation and speed.

## Strategic Focus
- Expanding product and service portfolio to become a complete financial partner for small businesses.
- Continuing to invest in a learning culture (SumUp University) and employee development.
- Maintaining an office-first culture while enabling occasional remote work to balance collaboration and flexibility.
- Growing market presence by entering new geographies and deepening existing ones.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Office-first company that values human connection, autonomy, and continuous learning. Core values include Team First, We Care, and Founder’s Mentality.
- **Remote/Hybrid policy**: Office-first with the ability to work remotely occasionally, as agreed with teams.
- **Benefits**: Relocation support for overseas hires, dedicated budget for conferences and external training, and location-specific perks.
- **Engineering culture**: Autonomous teams, servant leadership, and a focus on pragmatic, self-driven problem-solving.
- **Inclusion**: Recognized as a Top Global Employer for inclusion; active LGBTQ+ community and gender parity initiatives.
- **Hiring process**: Transparent, with recruiter screening, hiring manager interview, technical assessment, team interview, bar raiser, and final offer.

## Sources
1. [sumup.com](https://www.sumup.com/careers/)
2. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/sumup)
3. [sumup.com](https://www.sumup.com/careers/culture/)
4. [sumup.com](https://www.sumup.com/careers/positions/)
5. [sumup.com](https://www.sumup.com/careers/how-we-hire/)

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