Staff Java Engineer: Real-Time Fraud Platform Leader

Slashhash; Amsterdam; Hybrid; EUR 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Adyen in Amsterdam is seeking a Staff Java Engineer for the Merchant Fraud Prevention group. You will define the long-term technical vision across 2-3 engineering teams, architect high-throughput distributed systems, and partner with Data Science, ML Engineering, and Fraud Operations.

You will lead the technical north star, design real-time transaction processing, integrate ML models, and raise engineering standards while mentoring senior engineers and shaping the roadmap.

Qualifications

• Must-have deep distributed systems expertise.
• Experience building ML-enabled systems.
• Strong collaboration and leadership abilities.

Responsibilities

• Own the multi-year technical north star vision across 2–3 teams.
• Design high-throughput, low-latency distributed systems for real-time merchant data.
• Integrate complex ML models with streaming data pipelines.
• Partner with Engineering Director to align long-term investments with fraud goals.
• Establish architectural patterns and quality standards across fraud-focused teams.
• Mentor senior engineers and foster engineering excellence and safety.
• Collaborate with Data Science/ML engineering to support fast model deployment and feature stores.
• Translate fraud patterns into platform and tooling requirements.

Skills

Java

Distributed Systems

Machine Learning

Feature Stores

Real-time Inference

Model Serving

Big Data Pipelines

Security-by-design

Regulated Data Handling

Job description

Adyen in Amsterdam is seeking a Staff Java Engineer for the Merchant Fraud Prevention group. You will define the long-term technical vision across 2-3 engineering teams, architect high-throughput distributed systems, and partner with Data Science, ML Engineering, and Fraud Operations.

You will lead the technical north star, design real-time transaction processing, integrate ML models, and raise engineering standards while mentoring senior engineers and shaping the roadmap.