Engineering Manager, Developer Experience & Observability - Adyen

Ayden

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San Francisco, CA Posted 27 days ago $215,000–$320,000 / year
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TL;DR

As an Engineering Manager for Developer Experience & Observability at Adyen, you will lead a full-stack team focused on building real-time observability tools that provide developers with clear insights into their API integrations. Your role involves overseeing the development of systems using PostgreSQL, Kafka, and Elasticsearch to deliver near-real-time data analysis, transforming raw transaction logs into actionable guidance for merchants. You’ll participate in architectural designs and code reviews while maintaining a strong product mindset to ensure customer-centric observability. Additionally, you will coach and mentor your team, balancing rapid deployment with technical excellence, and work closely with Product Managers to manage project timelines and address technical debt proactively. Ideal candidates have extensive experience in building developer-facing tools and high-traffic API products, along with deep expertise in Java, SQL, and distributed systems.

Skills

PostgreSQL Kafka Elasticsearch Java SQL Docker CI/CD Python JavaScript React Node.js AWS Git Jenkins Prometheus Grafana Redis GraphQL

What you'll do

  • Maintain a strong product mindset to build "Customer-Centric Observability" tools.
  • Oversee architectural designs and code reviews for high-scale reliability systems.
  • Lead the team to ship functionalities within weeks, impacting millions of transactions globally.
  • Coach and mentor a full-stack engineering team of Backend and Frontend developers.
  • Ensure near real-time insights at scale using data tech stack like Kafka/Elasticsearch.

What we're looking for

  • 5+ years of hands-on software engineering experience.
  • 3+ years in a leadership role managing high-performing engineering teams.
  • Proven track record in building developer-facing tools and observability platforms.
  • Deep comfort with Java, SQL, and distributed systems.
  • Experience with large-scale systems and high-traffic API products.
  • Ability to coach, mentor, and build a high-performing team of engineers.

Market check

Salary context

This $215,000–$320,000 range sits above 85% of similar postings on FindRole.

Peer median band

$149,100–$232,300

Median floor and ceiling across peers.

Typical midpoint (25–75%)

$163,325–$245,125

Middle half of comparable postings.

Based on 239 comparable postings.

* 240 is the maximum number of comparable postings sampled.

Employer

About Ayden

Adyen is a global payments platform that provides end-to-end payment processing, merchant acquiring, and issuing solutions to large global companies, enabling them to accept payments anywhere in the world. Industry: Payments Technology & Financial Services

Ayden currently has 107 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $180,000–$243,000 across 37 roles with salary data.

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