Staff Software Engineer - Money Movement

Adyen; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Adyen is seeking a technical leader to shape the architecture, design, and execution of critical systems powering its global Financial Products. You will collaborate with engineering, product partners, and cross-functional teams to solve complex challenges and ensure scalable solutions.

You will guide the technical vision, mentor engineers, and drive innovations across the organization, based in Amsterdam in an office-first environment.

Qualifications

• 2+ years in the financial industry, preferably banking/fintech.
• 15+ years of hands-on development in a modern engineering environment.
• Technical leadership experience including mentoring engineers and engineering strategy.
• Hands-on design and build of large-scale distributed systems.
• Strong Java background with platform mindset for multiple products.
• Proactive relationship-builder with diverse stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Scale and expand the money movement foundation across Adyen products.
• Provide architectural and design leadership for the Financial Products foundation.
• Optimize global banking connections and banking license zones.
• Design and build new banking rails as products expand.
• Mentor engineers to uphold high standards of technical excellence.
• Drive a culture of continuous innovation and challenge the status quo.

Skills

Java

Distributed systems design

Technical leadership

Mentoring engineers

Cross-cultural communication

Job description

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. At Adyen, everything we do is engineered for ambition.

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.

In this role, you will be a technical leader and trusted advisor, shaping the architecture, design, and execution of critical systems that power Adyen’s global financial products. You’ll work closely with engineering teams, product partners, and cross-functional stakeholders to solve complex technical challenges, drive technical excellence, and ensure our solutions scale with the needs of our global business. Your expertise will guide the direction of our technology stack, influence best practices, and help set the technical vision for the organization.

You thrive in a fast-paced, global environment and are passionate about building robust, scalable systems that deliver real value to Adyen’s customers. You’re not afraid to challenge the status quo, advocate for innovation, and mentor others to raise the bar across the engineering organization. This is a pivotal moment to shape the future of Financial Products at Adyen, and your impact will be felt across the company and beyond.

What You’ll Do:

• Scale and expand our money movement foundation that supports the needs of all Adyen products;
• Provide architectural and design leadership to build a strong foundation for our Financial Products offering;
• Optimize Adyen banking connection globally, including zones where Adyen holds a banking license as well as areas where Adyen uses partners;
• Design and build new banking rails as Adyen expands their products;
• Mentor engineers to uphold high standards of and technical excellence;
• Drive a culture of continuous innovation by challenging the status quo and introducing transformative ideas.

Who You Are:

• 2+ years of experience in the financial industry, preferably in the banking or fintech sector;
• 15+ years of hands-on development experience in a modern engineering environment;
• Technical leadership experience, including mentoring engineers and leading an engineering strategy;
• Hands-on experience designing and building large scale distributed systems;
• Strong background and hands-on experience coding with Java;
• Platform mindset. Able to generalize complex processes and create simple and flexible services to support multiple products;
• Proactive relationship-builder with strong communication skills and the ability to work closely with diverse stakeholders across cultures;
• Self-starter who can identify problems and figure out solutions

Nice-to-have

• Experience with banking in EU, UK or US;
• Working in both European and US markets, with an understanding of their different regulations and challenges.

Our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion commitments

Our unique approach is a product of our diverse perspectives. This diversity of backgrounds and cultures is essential in helping us maintain our momentum. Our business and technical challenges are unique, and we need as many different voices as possible to join us in solving them - voices like yours. No matter who you are or where you’re from, we welcome you to be your true self at Adyen.

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.