Software Engineer

Adyen; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Adyen is seeking a strong software engineer to join our San Francisco team. You will build scalable services in Java, design APIs, and own features from requirements to production.

Based in our SF office, this office-first role emphasizes in-person collaboration; remote-only work is not offered. 5+ years in software development and fluency in English are expected; you will collaborate with global teams across time zones.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in software development.
• Full professional proficiency in English.
• Based in San Francisco; office-first role with in-person collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Work on complex technical projects from requirements analysis through design, implementation, testing and launch.
• Contribute to the implementation with own point of view on engineering practices.
• Be hands-on and improve parts of the platform for robustness and scalability.
• Build APIs and tooling with emphasis on performance and quality.
• Collaborate across teams and time zones to ship features quickly.
• Deliver live functionalities in production early in the project lifecycle.

Skills

Java

Web Services

REST APIs

SQL/PostgreSQL

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.

What you’ll do:

• Work on complex technical projects from requirements analysis through design, implementation, testing and launch into production.
• Bring your own point of view on best engineering practices.
• Be hands-on and contribute to the implementation.
• Identify and improve parts of the platform to make it more robust and scalable.
• Your code will be used at scale and you are expected to think in that mindset when building features.
• We launch fast and iterate often. Concretely, this means that within your first few weeks, you will bring live functionalities that impact many merchants and shoppers.
• Build APIs and tooling according to quality principles such as performance and code quality.
• Collaborate across teams and time zones to get projects over the finish line.

Who you are:

• You're not just a coder; you're an engineer with an ownership mentality.
• You have experience with Java, Web Services, REST Apis, Webhooks and SQL/PostgreSql.
• You have a good understanding of Software Engineering practices and interest in product knowledge.
• You are familiar with complex large scale distributed systems.
• You value involving other people to hear different perspectives.
• 5+ years of experience in the software development industry
• Full professional proficiency in English
• This role is based out of our San Francisco office. We are an office-first company and value in-person collaboration; we do not offer remote-only roles.

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 San Francisco office. We have a hybrid workplace and value in-person collaboration; we do not offer remote-only roles.

Our engineers are building the first financial technology platform that combines payments, data, and financial services. We’re looking for more talented problem solvers to help us address a unique set of challenges.