Staff Engineer, Mobile Payments & Terminal Experiences

Adyen

Chicago (IL)

On-site

USD 235,000 - 317,000

Full time

9 days ago

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Job summary

Adyen is seeking a Staff Engineer for Mobile Payments & Terminal Experiences in Chicago. You will guide the technical direction across mobile apps, SDKs, and payment terminals, mentor engineers, and collaborate with product and design teams to deliver seamless shopper experiences.

This role emphasizes ownership, architecture, and scalable systems in a dynamic payments environment. You will drive complex payment experiences from mobile into terminals, tackle performance and security challenges,

Qualifications

10+ years of hands-on software engineering in modern production environments.
5+ years of direct, hands-on mobile development on Android (Kotlin) or iOS (Swift).
Experience building merchant- or consumer-facing SDKs.
Cross-functional collaboration and influence without formal authority.
Ability to define and drive long-term technical direction for complex payment experiences.

Responsibilities

Build the next generation of payment experiences across devices, apps, and surfaces.
Define and drive the long-term technical strategy for mobile apps, SDKs, payment terminals, and backend systems.
Lead resolution of reliability, performance, security, payment flows, and device compatibility at global scale.
Partner with Product, Design, Legal, and others; translate goals into executable plans and balance delivery with investments.
Establish architectural boundaries, APIs, and integration patterns for cross-functional teams.
Mentor engineers across levels; explain the "why" behind decisions to juniors.
Raise observability, testing, and operational excellence with external partners.