Mobile DevOps Manager

EngineersOfAI; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 180,000 - 243,000; Full time

Job summary

Adyen is seeking a Mobile DevOps Manager to guide the In‑Person‑Payments Tooling team in Chicago. You will lead a platform engineering group that developers rely on to manage the SDLC for our Android and iOS apps, collaborating with infrastructure teams to optimize Kubernetes-backed deployments.

You will drive an automation-first culture, shape the CI/CD roadmap, and ensure tooling health and security across the stack.

Qualifications

• 3+ years as a Technical Manager or Team Lead.
• Proven ability to coach engineers and grow team velocity.
• Strong analytical approach to infrastructure challenges.
• Familiarity with private cloud environments and IaC.
• Excellent cross-functional communication.

Responsibilities

• Lead DevOps and Infra Engineers to design high-performance CI/CD pipelines.
• Define roadmap for automation, caching, and security scanning.
• Mentor engineers to adopt an automation-first mindset.
• Coordinate with mobile devs and infrastructure for tooling health and alerting.
• Champion quality and maintain CI/CD as first line of defense.

Skills

Technical leadership

People management

Strategic thinking

Operational excellence

Tools

GitLab CI

Jenkins

Temporal

KMP

Develocity

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.

Mobile DevOps Manager

We are looking for a Manager for our In‑Person‑Payments Tooling team. The team is based in Chicago, you will be guiding the vision and execution for the CI/CD Engineering aspect ensuring smooth and efficient software development and deployment processes.

As a Manager, your primary focus is to create and enable a high performing platform engineering team. You will oversee the development of tools and applications that manage the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) for our Android and iOS applications. You will ensure your team successfully collaborates with the infrastructure teams, handling Kubernetes clusters to provide an elevated SDLC experience for the entire organization. You will also stay close to your users and deliver the most impactful initiatives for their developer experience.

What You’ll Do

• Technical Leadership: Lead a team of DevOps and Infrastructure Engineers in designing and implementing high-performance CI/CD pipelines using GitLab CI, Gradle, KMP, and Develocity.
• Strategic Oversight: Define the roadmap for automating build processes, caching optimizations, and security scanning to ensure software deployment remains smooth and efficient.
• Mentorship & Growth: Actively coach engineers in troubleshooting complex build failures and developing an "automation‑first" mindset.
• Cross‑Functional Collaboration: Serve as the primary point of contact between mobile developers and infrastructure teams to ensure tooling health, monitoring, and alerting are seamlessly integrated.
• Process Excellence: Champion quality‑focused initiatives, ensuring the CI/CD pipeline remains the organization’s first line of defense for code stability.

Who You Are

• Experienced People Leader: You have a proven track record (3+ years) as a Technical Manager or Team Lead. You know how to manage performance, foster career growth, and maintain team velocity.
• Empathetic Navigator: You understand that leading a team is about clearing roadblocks and building an environment where diverse perspectives thrive.
• Analytical Strategist: You can look at complex infrastructure challenges and guide your team toward logical, scalable solutions.
• Operational Excellence: You are comfortable working with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles and understand the requirements of a private cloud environment.

Nice to Have

• Mobile Development Background: While your leadership skills are the priority, experience with Android (Gradle/Kotlin) or iOS (Xcode/Swift) ecosystems is a significant plus.
• Deep CI/CD Knowledge: Hands‑on history with GitLab CI, Jenkins, Temporal.
• Systems Proficiency: An understanding of Linux systems administration (process management and resource allocation).

The annual base salary range for this role is $180,000 - $243,000; to learn more about our compensation philosophy, please click here.