Maria Soulountsi is a skilled Backend Engineer currently employed at SumUp since December 2023. Prior to this role, Maria worked as a Software Engineer at Blacklane from July 2021 to December 2023, focusing on service design, implementation, and maintenance in the payments and billing domain, including integrations with Braintree and CurrencyCloud. Maria's earlier experience includes positions at CANDIS, Blacklane, Twyla AI, and I.Co.S, where responsibilities ranged from microservices design to natural language processing and Android application development. Maria holds a Bachelor's degree in Information and Communication System Engineering from the University of the Aegean, completed in 2018. Proficient in a variety of programming languages and technologies, Maria's expertise encompasses Ruby, Golang, Python, and various database and cloud solutions.