Engineering Manager, Adyen
Customer Interfaces
$198-293k
+ RSUs
3 days a week in office
Payments platform built to grow businesses
Posted today
Payments platform built to grow businesses
1001+ employees
Posted today
$198-293k
+ RSUs
3 days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To make payments choices easy for merchants.
Role
Who you are
- We are looking for an engineering leader who maintains deep technical roots, excels at people development, and brings pragmatic execution to complex problems
- Pragmatic People Leader: You view team development and talent growth as a core metric of success. You know how to guide engineers through problem decomposition, resolve technical deadlocks, and foster a high-density talent environment
- Full-Stack & Systems Depth: Strong background in full-stack architecture. Proficient in Java for backend services and modern frontend frameworks (React, Vue, or Preact). You have the technical credibility to actively support your team during complex rollouts and incidents
- Applied AI & Safety Mindset: Familiarity with integrating production-grade LLM workflows, policy layers, streaming latency optimization, and zero-trust security boundaries in regulated industries
- Product-Minded Strategist: You connect technical work to merchant outcomes. You are comfortable navigating ambiguity, setting clear execution horizons (1–2 quarters), and translating product goals into pragmatic technical solutions
- Collaborative & Autonomous: Comfortable operating with high autonomy in a growing office while collaborating seamlessly across global time zones
- 5+ years of experience in a formal engineering management or team leadership role, with a proven track record of growing ICs and managing team delivery
- 10+ years of total software engineering experience, operating previously as a Senior or Lead Full-Stack / Backend Engineer
- Proven technical depth in Java backend services and modern frontend JavaScript/TypeScript frameworks
- 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 the job involves
- As the Team Lead for Customer Interfaces in San Francisco, you will lead an exceptional team of Individual Contributors to evolve Adyen’s experience platform
- You will own the end-to-end transformation of the merchant experience from traditional dashboards into intelligent, streaming, and conversational financial interfaces
- In this role, you will define the architectural vision and drive execution on dynamic UI components and Java-based backend orchestration, while empowering your team and raising the bar for engineering excellence in our San Francisco hub
- Lead & Empower an IC Team: Own the hiring, onboarding, and continuous development of a high-performing team of engineers in SF. Build a culture of autonomy, high ownership, and psychological safety, while actively mentoring team members to expand their career impact
- Owner of Technical Vision & Execution: You will own the broad architectural strategy for Customer Interfaces, translating high-level system designs (such as Agentic workflows, Tool-use, and Policy Layers) into structured, high-velocity engineering output
- Drive Intelligent Customer Interfaces: Guide your team in building Dynamic/Agentic UI components in Vue/Preact/TypeScript that adapt in real time beyond static dashboards, backed by performant, high-concurrency Java services
- Product & Roadmap Alignment: Partner directly with Product Managers and cross-functional stakeholders to build a balanced roadmap that smoothly weighs feature delivery against technical debt, performance, and system stability
- Champion Operational Rigor: Foster a culture of extreme ownership around live performance, security guardrails for AI interfaces, incident response, and thorough post-mortem root-cause analysis
- Raise the Engineering Bar: Maintain a close connection to the codebase to provide meaningful architectural guidance and code reviews
- Bridge Global Hubs: Serve as a key organizational node in San Francisco, driving documentation-first communication and aligning with cross-functional teams in Amsterdam, Chicago, and other global hubs
Application process
- 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
Our take
Adyen has been one of the most successful businesses in Europe over the last decade. When it went public in 2018 at a valuation of €7 billion, it raised over €1 billion and its share price popped on the first day, resulting in a valuation of €14 billion. And its valuation has continued to climb in the years since.
Adyen competes with large players like PayPal, as well as outsized startups like Stripe, to power payments and provide other infrastructure to conduct digital transactions. Disrupters in the field have been buoyed by a strong rise in eCommerce activity, where some or all of a transaction by a customer is made either online or by mobile.
Adyen has been one of the companies riding the wave by helping interested businesses to choose and then implement online payments - without the usual hoops to step through. Notable partners have included Autocanteen, a touchless self-checkout solution for the hospitality industry, and BILL, a small business-focused fintech platform.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
36% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Sep 2015
$57.8m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Dec 2014
$250m
SERIES B
Total funding: $326.3m
Company benefits
- Global exchange program
- Weekly happy hour
- Delicious healthy lunches
- Phantom share package
- Yearly trip to Amsterdam
- Paid holidays
- Work from home opportunities
Company HQ
Nieuwmarkt en Lastage, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Leadership
Pieter Van Der Does
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously Chief Commercial Officer at Bibit (payments company) before co-founding Adyen in 2006.
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