Engineering Manager (Credit Card Payments) Adyen
Payments platform for merchants to simplify choices and grow businesses.
Permanent
Chicago
Remote: Not specified
180K to 243K $ a year
> 5 years
Skills we're looking for
Coaching and mentoring
Collaboration and teamwork
Java
Primary
Exchange
You'll be part of
4345 employees
Logiciels
Finance
Our take
Adyen has been one of the most successful businesses in Europe over the last decade. When it went public in 2018 at a valuation of €7bn, it raised over €1bn and its share price popped on the first day, resulting in a valuation of €14bn. Its valuation has continued to climb by the billions. Adyen competes with large players like PayPal, as well as outsized startups like Stripe, to power payments and provide other infrastructure to conduct digital transactions. Disrupters in the field have been buoyed by a strong rise in eCommerce activity, where some or all of a transaction by a customer is made either online or by mobile. Adyen has been one of the companies riding the wave by helping to reduce the friction between a company choosing to take payments online, and actually being able to do it. That can take multiple steps and agreements across numerous countries — Adyen’s pitch is that it essentially handles all of it in the backend as a service for its users. Notable partners have included Autocanteen, a touchless self-checkout solution for the hospitality industry, and BILL, a small business-focused fintech platform.
You'll be working on
- As an Engineering Manager based in Chicago, you will lead a team of software engineers responsible for building the leading Card Payments platform in NORAM
- Your mission is to drive the evolution of Adyen’s credit card platform across the region: engineering scalable, resilient, and high-performance payment capabilities that process critical transactions for top-tier merchants at scale
- You’ll work closely with Product Managers and Engineering teams to deliver core functionality across the Card Payments domain (Visa, Mastercard, Amex)
- As a people leader, you will champion an inclusive environment, coach engineers through continuous growth, and shape technical direction within one of Adyen’s primary payment domains
- Authoring Adyen’s Credit Card Payments strategy in NORAM, balancing product delivery with long-term platform scalability, resilience, and maintainability
- Lead by example, by setting the right context, and by helping teammates do their best work
- Coach and mentor a diverse team of software engineers, prioritizing psychological safety, clear feedback, and long-term career growth
- Foster a high-performing engineering culture built on ownership, collaboration, and continuous learning
- Partner closely with Product Managers to translate business priorities into scalable technical solutions
- Guide architectural discussions, champion high engineering standards, and empower engineers to own technical solutions end-to-end
Benefits
- Global exchange program
- Weekly happy hour
- Delicious healthy lunches
- Phantom share package
- Yearly trip to Amsterdam
- Paid holidays
- Work from home opportunities
We're looking for
- You are comfortably jumping into architecture reviews, unblocking technical hurdles, or guiding code reviews when your team faces complex, high-priority releases
- You enjoy leading technical discussions, facilitating architectural decisions, and balancing engineering quality with business priorities coming from Product Managers
- 7+ years of experience in software development in a fast paced tech environment
- Experience building payment systems or working within the cards payments ecosystem (e.g. authorisation, routing, card schemes, issuer/acquirer integrations) is highly desirable and considered a big plus
- You thrive in cross-functional, globally distributed settings and adapt your communication thoughtfully across regions and cultures
- You enjoy coaching engineers through technical mentorship, regular feedback, and career development
- You have a strong software engineering background building large-scale, distributed systems in Java or similar backend technologies
- You have a track record of leading and developing software engineering teams, fostering a culture grounded in ownership and collaboration
- Don’t check every single box? We still encourage you to apply! At Adyen, we value diverse perspectives
- 3+ years of experience managing cross-functional engineering teams
How we hire
- 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