Staff Engineer - Financial Products - Adyen

Ayden

Actively hiring
San Francisco, CA Posted 83 days ago

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TL;DR

As a Staff Engineer in Adyen’s Financial Products team, you will lead the technical direction and execution of critical systems that support global financial operations. You’ll collaborate with cross-functional teams to solve complex challenges, ensuring our solutions scale effectively with business needs. Your responsibilities include scaling foundational infrastructure for all Adyen products, providing architectural guidance for new financial offerings, mentoring engineers to uphold high standards, and fostering a culture of innovation. Ideal candidates have over 10 years of hands-on development experience in modern engineering environments, particularly within the banking or fintech sector, with expertise in designing large-scale distributed systems using Java. You will work in a fast-paced global setting, driving technical excellence and shaping the future of Adyen’s financial products.

Skills

Java Docker Kubernetes CI/CD AWS PostgreSQL Terraform Python Go Mentorship Platform_Mindset Large_Scale_Distributed_Systems Financial_Industry_Experience Hands_On_Development Modern_Engineering_Environment

What you'll do

  • Lead the architectural and design aspects of critical systems for Adyen’s financial products.
  • Expand and scale foundational technology to support all Adyen product needs.
  • Mentor engineers to maintain high standards of technical excellence and innovation.
  • Design new system frameworks as Adyen introduces new financial offerings.
  • Advocate for transformative ideas to challenge existing practices and drive progress.

What we're looking for

  • Over 10 years of hands-on development experience in modern engineering environments.
  • Extensive experience designing and building large-scale distributed systems.
  • Strong background in coding with Java, including practical implementation.
  • At least 2 years of experience in the financial industry, preferably banking or fintech.
  • Ability to mentor engineers and uphold high standards of technical excellence.

Market check

Salary context

This listing doesn't show a salary. Similar roles on FindRole typically pay $143,000–$244,000.

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$143,000$244,000

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Typical midpoint (25–75%)

$168,250$214,500

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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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