Analytics Engineer - Boulder, Colorado
You’ll join the Team USA SumUp Analytics group — a small, distributed team dedicated to building the data foundations that power SumUp’s US operations. You will work in a lean, high-impact environment where your work is visible, your contributions matter, and no two days look the same. Together, we’re tackling complex data challenges, designing reliable infrastructure, and transforming raw data into insights that shape business decisions.
We’re now looking for a hands-on, technically curious Analytics Engineer to help us build new data infrastructure, streamline reporting, and bring structure to complex datasets.
What you’ll do- Participate in the day-to-day support rotation, handling ad hoc data requests, troubleshooting reporting issues, and diagnosing data pipeline problems across the business
- Build, maintain, and document dbt models in a Snowflake environment
- Develop and maintain Tableau dashboards and data sources for stakeholders across the company
- Help to modernize our data infrastructure, with the goal of enabling business stakeholders to self-serve with the help of AI-assisted tooling
- Manage stakeholder relationships independently — gathering requirements, setting expectations, and communicating clearly with both technical and non-technical audiences
- Have experience as an Analytics Engineer, Data Analyst, BI Analyst or similar role working with complex datasets.
- Possess 1-4 years of applicable experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Analytics, Information Systems, related field or equivalent experience
- Write advanced SQL in your sleep and know your way around Snowflake and dbt Core
- Build and maintain Tableau dashboards that stakeholders actually trust
- Manage stakeholders confidently — gathering requirements, setting expectations, and pushing back when a request isn't clearly defined
- Figure things out independently using available resources before escalating
- Stay calm and effective in fast-moving, imperfect environments
- Sweat the small stuff when it comes to data quality
- Collaborative, approachable, and easy to work with
Bonus Points!
- Worked with self-serve or semantic data layers
- Fluent in AI-assisted data tools like GitHub Copilot or Cursor
- Contributed to an AI agent knowledge base or done prompt engineering work
- Understand the limitations of LLMs when applied to data problems
- Thrived in a lean or startup-style team before
- Worked with Salesforce
Why you should join SumUp
- You’ll play a key role in building the data infrastructure that supports SumUp’s US operations from the ground up.
- You’ll be part of a global company that values autonomy, learning and meaningful impact over bureaucracy.
- You’ll have opportunities to grow your technical skills in data architecture, automation, and reporting at scale.
- You’ll work in a supportive environment that values trust, transparency and continuous improvement.
Compensation:
- $95-115K base salary
- Eligible for Virtual Stock Options
- Compensation will be finalized based on the candidate’s experience and location
Benefits & More:
- We’re a truly global team of 4000+ people from 60+ countries, working to help small businesses across 3 continents.
- Startup environment and small, cross-functional teams
- A full suite of benefits including medical, dental and vision
- 22 days vacation days & 8 sick days plus 11 paid holidays
- 401(K) employer match and paid parental leave
- One month of sabbatical after every 3 years of employment
About SumUp
We believe in the everyday hero.
Small business owners are at the heart of all we do, so we create powerful, easy-to-use financial solutions to help them run their businesses. With a founder’s mentality and a “team-first” attitude, our diverse teams across Europe, South America, Australia, 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, color, religion, ethnic or national origin, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, or any other basis protected by law.
SumUp will not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than directly from a candidate.
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SumUp Boulder, Colorado, USA Office
SumUp is located in East Boulder with beautiful views of the Flatirons and access to restaurants, breweries, and public transport.
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