Senior Development Tooling Engineer

Adyen; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Adyen is seeking a Senior Development Tooling Engineer for its Engineering Tools team in Amsterdam. In this role, you will develop tools and applications to enhance the developer experience and automate processes effectively. The ideal candidate will have 7+ years of experience and solid expertise in Java, Python, or Golang.

Responsibilities include collaborating with engineers on software testing frameworks, writing bespoke tooling, and owning coordination projects. This position requires strong skills in CI/CD and containerization technologies.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in maintaining high availability in a constantly running system.
• Proficiency in Java, Python, or Golang.
• 2+ years of experience working with Linux.
• Familiar with Docker and Kubernetes for containerization.
• Proven track record in developing CI/CD tooling.

Responsibilities

• Work on tooling and systems that aid in maintaining a lean SDLC.
• Design and create tools for an amazing developer experience.
• Own projects that require coordination between teams.

Skills

Java

Python

Golang

Bash scripting

Linux

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD tooling

GitLab

Jenkins

Terraform

Ansible

Puppet

Job description

This is Adyen

Adyen provides payments, data, and financial products in a single solution for customers like Meta, Uber, H&M, and Microsoft - making us the financial technology platform of choice.

For our teams, we create an environment with opportunities for our people to succeed, backed by the culture and support to ensure they are enabled to truly own their careers. We are motivated individuals who tackle unique technical challenges at scale and solve them as a team. Together, we deliver innovative and ethical solutions that help businesses achieve their ambitions faster.

Senior Development Tooling Engineer

Adyen is looking for a Senior Development Tooling Engineer for its Engineering Tools team in Amsterdam. The position involves working on a distributed, real-time, 24/7 system with interesting performance and security requirements. The primary function will be developing tools and applications to create a great DevEx for other Software Engineers at Adyen. You love automating processes, providing tooling and advocating development / SDLC best practices to the rest of the organization. Instead of just scripting, you will be expected to develop experiences which make the daily lives of developers a breeze. Together we will be providing an elevated SDLC experience to the rest of the organization, working closely with the teams involved in the build and release process, but also with the teams that build our underlying on-premises infrastructure, such as our Kubernetes clusters and our own private cloud.

What you'll do

You will be working alongside a team of great engineers on tooling, software, and systems that aid us in maintaining a lean and performant SDLC for our feature teams. Examples include writing bespoke local or CI tooling, working on our software testing framework or environments, design of release pipeline and associated flows.

Who you are

• Programming Skills: 7+ years of experience in maintaining high availability in a constantly running system built in multiple languages, proficiency in either Java, Python or Golang is a must. You should also be comfortable with bash scripting.
• Linux Background: 2+ years of strong experience working with Linux, particularly in building containers in ephemer??

DevEx expert: Able to design and create tools, flows, and setups that provide an amazing developer experience. Great at navigating existing stacks to find and implement improvements.

• Owner: Own projects that require coordination between teams and push them through to the end.
• Mentor: Able to upskill your peers.
• Containerization: Familiar with Docker and Kubernetes for containerization and orchestration.
• Building and Automating: Proven track record in developing CI/CD tooling and applications, automating legacy processes to meet modern development standards.
• CI/CD Tools: Hands‑on experience with writing and maintaining GitLab and Jenkins pipelines.
• Infrastructure as Code: At least surface knowledge of Terraform, Ansible, Puppet for system configuration and automation.
• Diagnostic Skills: Capable of diagnosing problems effectively and making quick, informed decisions.

Mindset: staying composed but working with urgency during incidents, ensuring performance standards.

This role is based out of our Amsterdam office. We are an office-first company and value in-person collaboration; we do not offer remote-only roles.