Staff Engineer, Adyen
Customer Interfaces
$258-367k
+ RSUs
More information about location
3 days a week in office
Payments platform built to grow businesses
Be an early applicant
Payments platform built to grow businesses
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$258-367k
+ RSUs
More information about location
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 a product engineer who can wear an architectural hat to build Agentic Workflows and manage backend orchestration (specifically Tool-use, Chains, and Policy Layers)
- Product-Minded Architect: You think in terms of user outcomes. You have a track record of partnering with product teams to turn ambiguous goals into robust technical reality
- Applied AI Experience: You have experience (or a deep technical interest) in building production-grade interfaces powered by LLMs, including harnesses, policy enforcement, evals, RAG architectures and secure data handling
- Full-Stack Powerhouse: Deeply proficient in Java for secure backend services and TypeScript/React/Vue for complex front-end applications
- Security First: You have a "security-by-design" mindset, particularly regarding the handling of sensitive financial data in modern web environments
- Entrepreneurial & Autonomous: You will be a core member of our growing San Francisco team, where you will be expected to operate with speed and autonomy. Success in this role requires you to effectively navigate and collaborate with a large, global organization
- 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 a Staff Engineer for Customer Interfaces (CI), you will lead the evolution of the Adyen experience from a traditional dashboard into an intelligent, conversational financial partner
- This role is essential for transforming natural language inputs into authenticated, secure financial operations
- Drive Intelligent Experiences: Lead the next generation of conversational UIs at Adyen. You will build Generative UIs that adapt in real-time, moving beyond static dashboards to create streaming, multi-modal experiences where the interface itself is a dynamic partner in the conversation
- Bridge Architecture & Innovation: Act as the primary technical liaison for AI initiatives, coordinating their integration and ensuring operational excellence with teams in different areas and global geographies. You will ensure that "intelligent modules" built in are the gold standard for performance and extensibility
- Zero-Trust for AI: Architect the security layer for conversational interfaces. You will solve the unique challenge of maintaining strict financial data privacy and "Zero Trust" principles while leveraging LLMs and advanced data processing
- Product Strategy & "The Art of the Possible": Partner deeply with the Head of Product to identify high-impact flows. You aren't just implementing designs; you are identifying where intelligent automation can solve "impossible" merchant problems
- Full-Stack Leadership: Own the end-to-end technical lifecycle. From backend services and data pipelines that feed our insights, to the frontend components that render them
- Global Influence: Mentor engineers and coordinate with global hubs to drive technical standards that benefit the entire Adyen ecosystem
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
$58.6m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Dec 2014
$250m
SERIES B
Total funding: $327.3m
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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