The opportunity
Adyen provides payments, data, and financial products in a single solution for customers like Meta, Uber, H&M, and Microsoft - making us the financial technology platform of choice. At Adyen, everything we do is engineered for ambition.
What you'll do
Lead, coach and develop a team of Software Engineers, supporting their technical and professional growth.
Foster a high-performing engineering culture built on ownership, collaboration and continuous learning.
Partner closely with Product Managers to translate business priorities and: market needs into scalable technical solutions.
Drive the technical direction of the team, balancing product delivery with: long-term platform scalability, resilience and maintainability.
Guide architectural discussions and engineering decisions relating to APM: integrations, payment processing and platform capabilities.
Build and evolve integrations with alternative payment methods, including: local payment schemes, digital wallets, bank transfers and other regional payment solutions.
What they're looking for
- You have experience leading and developing high-performing software engineering teams.
- You have a strong software engineering background building large-scale,: distributed systems using Java or similar backend technologies.
- You enjoy coaching engineers through technical mentorship, regular feedback and career development.
- You're comfortable leading technical discussions, facilitating architectural: decisions and balancing engineering quality with business priorities.
- You have experience working closely with Product Managers and: cross-functional stakeholders to deliver customer-focused solutions.
- You have strong problem-solving skills and enjoy tackling complex technical challenges at scale.
- Experience building payment systems or integrating alternative payment: methods, such as digital wallets, bank transfers, real-time payment schemes or local payment methods, is highly desirable.
- You understand the complexities of payment processing and integrations,: including transaction flows, payment status handling, error management and reconciliation.
