Senior Software Engineer (Java) - Screening Services

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.

Screening Services

Our team operates at the critical juncture between regulatory mandate and operational scale within Adyen. We are responsible for mastering the complexities of diverse, global regulatory frameworks, translating complex legal requirements into robust, reliable software and processes. By owning this challenging domain, we assure millions of customers that their transactions are handled through a dependable and compliant framework, allowing them to rely confidently on our platform for their financial needs worldwide.

In this role, you will: 

• Build – Help the Screening build solutions that enable Adyen’s global growth in a compliant way. Our roadmap is diverse with solutions across backend and big data. You will be responsible for the entire lifecycle of your projects, from ideation to productionizing. 
• Innovate – Our team is a pioneer in the Adyen engineering organization, as we are one of the first teams deploying GenAI-powered applications to support other functions of Adyen. This is a new development paradigm that comes with a whole set of new challenges. 
• Collaborate – We rely on good collaboration in order to deliver solutions impacting several parts of Adyen.
• Set the Team Direction – In our team, engineers actively shape the product roadmap and closely collaborate with the product team to ensure our solutions are compliant, complete and scalable. 

Who You Are:

• You have 8+ years of professional experience and are currently working as a senior engineer or at a similar level.
• Experience working in cross-functional product teams, part of a larger organization, is a big plus. 
• Our tech stack revolves around java, so you should be proficient in Java.
• The team works across backend and big data. You should be able to comfortably design and productionize cross-stack solutions.
• You are able to coach other engineers and bring a mindset of learning and curiosity to the team.
• Very good understanding of industry-standard engineering practices is a must. 
• You have excellent communication skills and the ability to articulate complex technical concepts in front of different stakeholders.
• You have the ability to drive a team’s roadmap in close collaboration with the product and engineering leadership of the team. 

Required technical qualifications

• Demonstrated knowledge of building Java based web services (RESTful, SOAP)
• Experienced in designing performant database models in PostgreSQL or other relational database)
• Knowledgeable of various software architecture paradigms such as event-driven or message queueing systems

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? If so, Adyen encourages you to reconsider and apply. We look forward to your application!

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. Learn more about our hiring process here. Don’t be afraid to let us know if you need more flexibility.

This role is based out of our Amsterdam office. We are an office-first company and value in-person collaboration; we do not offer remote-only roles.