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VP of Engineering & Tribe Lead - SumUp

Moved to Denmark, joined a European unicorn 🦄

Joined SumUp in 2021 after relocating from Amsterdam to Copenhagen, starting as Engineering Manager in the Accounting Squad (Merchant Growth Tribe). The team had recently joined SumUp through the Debitoor acquisition — merging cultures and integrating into the wider tribalized organization was the first big challenge.

Grew through three levels of scope over four years:

  • Engineering Manager — Accounting Squad, Merchant Growth Tribe.
  • Director of Engineering — Invoices Tribe, owning SumUp Invoices and Accounting; aligning tech and product for fast iteration and developer experience.
  • VP of Engineering & Tribe Lead — Invoices & Accounting tribe with P&L responsibility: ~30 FTE across 4 squads plus QA, delivering both mobile (inside the SumUp SuperApp) and web experiences.

In parallel, drove the global Incident Response process — leading the rollout across Risk, Compliance, and Operations to make incident handling holistic and customer-centric.

When the company pivoted from growth to profitability in 2023, engineering held the line — shipping against tighter priorities and contributing to a €285M funding round in December 2023 that fueled a more sustainable trajectory.