Engineering Manager, Platform Lifecycle

This is Adyen

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. 

For our teams, we create an environment with opportunities for our people to succeed, backed by the culture and support to ensure they are enabled to truly own their careers. We are motivated individuals who tackle unique technical challenges at scale and solve them as a team. Together, we deliver innovative and ethical solutions that help businesses achieve their ambitions faster.

Platform Lifecycle

Our team is responsible for the health and configuration of our user accounts through critical APIs with high availability SLOs. We are a central focal point connecting many of our different products and managing their interoperability.  Our goal is to ensure that there is zero friction for customers who want to use our services, and they are able to onboard quickly and quietly, with a clear suite of options to customize for their use case.  We are searching for someone who is interested in the business aspect of financial services/products, has a critical eye for internal and external user experience, finds enjoyment in automating processes, and is able to translate those interests and opinions into robust design and sound implementation.

What you’ll do

• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Collaborate closely with product, engineers, data engineers, and other key stakeholders within Adyen.
• Product Strategy: Craft a long-term vision for your team's product, balancing trade-offs pragmatically and aligning it with the overarching company vision.
• Team Motivation and Coaching: Exhibit leadership and inspire your team members, acting as a catalyst by coaching in areas such as engineering best practices, scalable architecture design, and product roadmap planning, thus having a multiplier effect.
• Goal Setting: Establish clear individual and team objectives that harmonize with Adyen's strategic data and engineering ambitions, working closely with the product manager to achieve alignment.
• Team Environment: Cultivate an inspirational and collaborative team environment characterized by open communication and a culture of constructive feedback, focusing on autonomy, ownership, collaboration, communication, and impact.
• Talent Acquisition: Lead the recruitment of new team members who embody the Adyen culture and possess the requisite skills to make meaningful contributions.
• Feature Development: Collaborate with different teams to design and implement new features, considering reliability, infrastructure, data, and development needs.

Who you are

• Extensive Experience: Bring 7+ years in the software development industry within a fast-paced tech environment, including at least 3 years of people management experience.
• Technical Proficiency: Expertise in Core Java, web services, queueing frameworks, REST APIs, and SQL/PostgreSQL.
• Innovative Mindset: Not afraid to challenge the status quo and possess an innate curiosity to question the "why."
• Leadership Qualities: Dynamic self-starter adept at fostering alignment across multiple teams, with strong coaching and mentoring capabilities, and experienced in leading technical projects in a fast-paced environment.
• Strategic Thinking: Proven track record of collaborating with senior leadership to shape strategic direction, including product roadmaps.
• Communication and Team Player: Exceptional communicator who can clearly explain technical concepts to non-engineers, foster a culture of collaboration, and exhibit robust management skills and technical acumen.
• Hands-On Approach: Comfortable with hands-on work and able to define, implement, and monitor performance KPIs to quickly identify opportunities for improvement in existing systems.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Experience leading engineering teams in a Java environment.
• Background in software development, ideally in a fast-paced tech setting.
• Full professional proficiency in English.

Our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion commitments 

Our unique approach is a product of our diverse perspectives. This diversity of backgrounds and cultures is essential in helping us maintain our momentum. Our business and technical challenges are unique, and we need as many different voices as possible to join us in solving them - voices like yours. No matter who you are or where you’re from, we welcome you to be your true self at Adyen. 

Studies show that women and members of underrepresented communities apply for jobs only if they meet 100% of the qualifications. Does this sound like you? If so, Adyen encourages you to reconsider and apply. We look forward to your application!

What’s next?

Ensuring a smooth and enjoyable candidate experience is critical for us. We aim to get back to you regarding your application within 5 business days. Our interview process tends to take about 4 weeks to complete, but may fluctuate depending on the role. Learn more about our hiring process here. Don’t be afraid to let us know if you need more flexibility.

This role is based out of our Amsterdam office. We are an office-first company and value in-person collaboration; we do not offer remote-only roles.