Senior Platform Engineer, Container Services

Adyen

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Work type
Hybrid
Location
Chicago, IL
Salary
$180,000–$243,000 / yr
Posted
90 days ago
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Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $178k
This role $212k
$105k $258k
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This role pays more than 75% of similar roles. Most pay $151,000–$204,587 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $212k versus about $178k for comparable roles.

Based on 240 similar postings.

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About Adyen

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

Adyen currently has 11 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $180,000–$243,000 across 8 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Senior Platform Engineer, Container Services

The Senior Platform Engineer - Container Services joins the Container Services team to own and operate core container orchestration infrastructure for a global payment platform. In this role, you will design, build, and maintain critical infrastructure systems across a global private cloud while driving automation to reduce toil and improve provisioning workflows. You will ensure the reliability and performance of platform systems, participate in on-call rotations, and contribute to architectural decisions regarding multi-region resilience. Key technical requirements include expertise in Kubernetes, Linux system administration, networking, and security fundamentals. You must possess hands-on experience with HashiCorp tools like Terraform, Consul, Nomad, and Vault, as well as GitOps workflows using ArgoCD. Proficiency in Bash, Python, or Go is required for building production-quality tooling.

What does a Platform Engineer earn?

Median $156250 from 30 postings across 22 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Design, implement, and maintain Kubernetes and supporting infrastructure across a global private cloud.
  • Develop tooling and automation to improve provisioning, configuration management, and operational workflows.
  • Own the availability and performance of critical platform systems and participate in on-call rotations.
  • Lead incident response and postmortem processes to improve the platform's operational posture.
  • Contribute to architectural decisions and evaluate new technologies for platform modernization.
  • Execute migration strategies and infrastructure standardization across multiple regions and datacenters.

What we're looking for

  • You must have 7+ years of experience in platform, infrastructure, or software engineering.
  • You must have advanced Linux skills in system administration, networking, and security fundamentals.
  • You must have hands-on experience with Kubernetes at scale, cluster operations, and GitOps workflows.
  • You must have experience with HashiCorp tools including Terraform, Consul, Nomad, and Vault.
  • You must have experience operating on-prem infrastructure, bare-metal provisioning, and datacenter operations.
  • You must have intermediate-to-advanced skills in Bash and either Python or Go.
  • Prior experience in FinTech or regulated industries is preferred.

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