Software Engineering Manager – Unified Platform - Adyen

Ayden

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TL;DR

As a Software Engineering Manager at Adyen’s Unified Platform in Amsterdam, you will lead and mentor a team of 5-7 engineers responsible for building critical components of the company's financial infrastructure. Your day-to-day involves guiding the design and development of scalable distributed systems using Core Java, web services, queueing frameworks, REST APIs, and SQL/PostgreSQL, while collaborating closely with product teams to ensure reliability and scalability. You will balance long-term technical improvements with timely product delivery, foster a culture of continuous improvement, and hire and develop engineering talent. The role requires expertise in backend engineering, strong people management skills, and the ability to communicate complex technical concepts effectively across various stakeholders. This position is crucial for Adyen’s mission to provide seamless financial services globally, addressing challenges such as scaling data infrastructure and enhancing finance observability through monitoring systems.

Skills

Java SQL PostgreSQL REST APIs Kafka RabbitMQ Docker CI/CD AWS GCP Git Jira Confluence Prometheus Grafana Spring Boot Hibernate JUnit SonarQube Maven Gradle

What you'll do

  • Lead and mentor a team of 5–7 engineers building critical components of Adyen’s financial infrastructure.
  • Guide the design and development of scalable distributed systems using Core Java, web services, and SQL/PostgreSQL.
  • Balance long-term technical improvements with product delivery requirements.
  • Foster a culture of ownership, collaboration, and continuous improvement within the team.
  • Improve operational excellence through automation, observability, and system reliability initiatives.

What we're looking for

  • 3+ years of experience managing engineering teams.
  • 8+ years of backend software engineering experience.
  • Strong technical proficiency in Java or similar languages.
  • Ability to lead and mentor a team of 5–7 engineers.
  • Experience guiding the design and development of scalable systems.
  • Skilled at collaborating across teams and aligning stakeholders.

Market check

Salary context

This listing doesn't show a salary. Similar roles on FindRole typically pay $148,500–$219,600.

Peer median band

$148,500–$219,600

Median floor and ceiling across peers.

Typical midpoint (25–75%)

$156,930–$217,725

Middle half of comparable postings.

Based on 240 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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