Team Lead - Network Infrastructure

EngineersOfAI; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Adyen in Amsterdam is seeking a Team Lead for the Networking team to build, mentor, and coach a diverse group delivering foundational infrastructure services for our core platform.

You will collaborate with product and engineering, streamline operations, define goals, and drive the network infrastructure across the globe by deploying, scaling, and automating services, while maintaining health metrics and lifecycle.

Qualifications

• Proven experience managing and optimizing global network infrastructure environments.
• Experience in managing IT teams and products.
• Hands-on experience with Ansible and Puppet.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and optimize Adyen networking infrastructure.
• Set clear individual and team goals aligned with product manager.
• Lead operation and improvement of the networking team.
• Deploy, scale, and automate a network spanning the globe.
• Drive the technical direction of the team.
• Maintain sources of truth, performance and health metrics, and the full appliance lifecycle.

Skills

Global network leadership

Networking protocols

Linux networking

Team coaching

Infrastructure automation

Tools

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. 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.

Why you should join the Adyen Networking Team

This team is located in our Platform Engineering Solution in Amsterdam. The purpose of Platform Engineering is to enable Adyen engineers to autonomously build and support secure, scalable and reliable applications with high speed and quality through a common technology ecosystem.

As the team lead for our Networking team in Amsterdam, you will build, mentor, and coach a diverse, talented team at delivering foundational infrastructure services for our core platform.

You are comfortable streamlining the team's engineering operations, refining product requirements together with product and engineers and encouraging effective collaboration.

Sounds exciting? Keep reading!

What You’ll Do:

• Work closely with project managers, vendors, and other teams to ensure the successful deployment of networking infrastructure in Adyen.
• Design, implement, and optimize Adyen networking infrastructure.
• Set clear individual and team goals that align with our strategic engineering ambitions in close collaboration with the product manager.
• Take responsibility for the operation and improvement of the networking team at Adyen.
• Deploy, scale, and automate a network spanning the globe.
• Drive the technical direction of the team.
• Maintain sources of truth, performance and health metrics, and the full appliance lifecycle.

Who You Are:

• Proven experience managing and optimizing global network infrastructure environments.
• Experience in managing IT teams and products.
• Strong knowledge of networking protocols, EVPN, IS-IS, MPLS, Segment Routing, and firewalling.
• Strong knowledge of Linux networking stack.
• Proven experience in coaching, leading, and mentoring engineering talent.
• You have the ability to lead technical projects in a fast-paced environment.
• You are a team player who enjoys working with a global team across different offices, roles, and cultures.
• Hands‑on experience with infrastructure automation and configuration management tools such as Ansible and Puppet.

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.

Studies show that women and members of underrepresented communities apply for jobs only if they meet 100% of the qualifications. Does this sound like you?

What’s next?

Ensuring a smooth and enjoyable candidate experience is critical for us. We aim to get back to you regarding your application within 5 business days. Our interview process tends to take about 4 weeks to complete, but may fluctuate depending on the role.