Senior AI Research Scientist - Adyen

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Madrid, Spain
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3 days ago

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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

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TL;DR · Senior AI Research Scientist - Adyen

As a Senior AI Research Scientist at Adyen in Madrid, you will join a world-class team dedicated to advancing intelligent systems within financial technology. Your role involves designing and deploying sophisticated AI agents for complex multi-step tasks in real-world financial contexts, from data analysis pipelines to operational workflows. You will also own the evaluation strategy for these systems, creating robust benchmarks that ensure reliability and trustworthiness in production. Additionally, you will provide technical guidance across Adyen’s initiatives, ensuring consistency and avoiding duplication of efforts. This role requires deep expertise in language models, generative AI, and agentic systems, as well as proficiency in Python and experience with production-grade frameworks. Ideal candidates have a strong background in classical machine learning and a track record of shipping reliable AI systems in large-scale environments.

What you'll do

  • Design and deploy AI agents for complex, multi-step tasks in financial contexts.
  • Own the evaluation strategy and build internal benchmarks for agentic systems and LLMs.
  • Provide technical expertise on AI initiatives across Adyen to avoid duplicated efforts.
  • Set engineering standards and mentor team members on rigorous research practices.
  • Architect robust agentic systems with human-in-the-loop mechanisms for real-world deployment.

What we're looking for

  • Over 6 years of hands-on experience in applied AI/ML research and engineering.
  • Deep expertise in language models, generative AI, and production-grade agentic frameworks.
  • Proven track record of designing and operating large-scale agentic systems with multi-agent orchestration.
  • Rigorous evaluation framework design for AI systems beyond standard metrics.
  • Strong foundation in classical machine learning techniques including supervised learning and probabilistic modeling.

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