Engineering Manager (Java)

15 Minutes ago • 3 Years +

Job Summary

Job Description

The Engineering Manager (Java) - Webhooks role at Adyen involves leading a team to develop the next version of Adyen’s Webhooks Framework. This includes ensuring reliability, performance, and scalability of critical systems in high-load environments. The manager will collaborate with Product and Engineering teams, participate in technical discussions, conduct code reviews, and mentor engineers. The role also involves overseeing people management, fostering open communication, and ensuring the team delivers high-quality, maintainable code. The goal is to productize Webhooks while addressing scalability challenges and customer needs, requiring a strong understanding of user experience and the ability to contribute to system architecture and implementation.
Must have:
  • 3+ years of experience leading engineering teams.
  • Experience with critical, high-load, distributed systems.
  • Strong technical expertise in Java and related technologies.
  • Hands-on and collaborative approach.
  • Ability to mentor and coach engineers.

Job Details

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.

 

Engineering Manager - Webhooks

We are seeking  a hands-on, results-driven Engineering Manager with extensive experience in leading teams that support critical systems in high-load environments.
As a part of the team, you will help to shape the next version of Adyen’s Webhooks Framework by collaborating with Product and Engineering teams. Webhooks are a crucial tool for our customers to integrate with Adyen; therefore our webhooks product needs to deliver up to our promises of low latency, accuracy, and being extremely reliable while doing so. Our goal as a team is to productize Webhooks whilst looking at the scalability challenges and our customers’ needs.

This role offers a unique opportunity to be technically hands-on while thriving in a team that builds and maintains critical systems in high-load environments. You will play a key role in shaping technical decisions, driving requirements, and ensuring the performance of a new, high-impact system. A strong understanding of user experience is essential, as well as the ability to challenge technical decisions and contribute directly to the system's architecture and implementation.

In addition to your technical responsibilities, your role also includes: focuses on coaching individuals to maintain high standards of performance, overseeing people management, fostering open communication and clearly communicating priorities.
Therefore, your communication skills are just as important as your technical skills. Additionally, your ability to promote a positive work environment and contribute to a strong company culture is equally valuable.

As an Engineering Manager for Webhooks, you will: 

  • Work closely with Product and Engineering teams to define and deliver the next version of Webhooks at Adyen.
  • Ensure reliability, performance and scalability; webhooks are part of Adyen's critical flows.
  • Lead hands-on by actively participating in technical discussions, code reviews, and system design to ensure best practices are followed.  
  • Ensure high performance by mentoring and coaching engineers, setting a high-quality bar.
  • Foster an inspiring and inclusive team culture of ownership, autonomy, collaboration, accountability and open communication/feedback.
  • Manage stakeholders by leveraging your network to align and implement a new Webhooks solution across Adyen.

Who you are:

  • You have 3+ years of experience leading engineering teams and delivering impactful, scalable solutions.  
  • Reliability and scalability are priorities for you, and you have experience working with critical, high-load, distributed systems.
  • You have strong technical expertise in Java (or Kotlin, Scala, Groovy), RabbitMQ, Elasticsearch, Cassandra.
  • You are hands-on and collaborative, engaging deeply together with your team’s work while fostering a supportive and learning-driven environment.  
  • You set a high bar and ensure your team delivers high-quality, maintainable code and solutions that scale.  
  • You are a strong mentor and coach, helping your team grow while maintaining high performance and accountability.  
  • You have a growth mindset, constantly learning and adopting new practices to stay ahead of industry trends.

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.

 

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About The Company

Adyen is a technology company that provides a single platform to accept payments anywhere in the world through any sales channel. Driven by a vision to improve customer experience, streamline processes, and ultimately increase revenue, Adyen enables businesses to process payments across online, mobile, and Point-of-Sale (POS) with over 250 payment methods in 187 transaction currencies. Over 3,500 businesses use the Adyen payment platform, including Facebook, Airbnb, Spotify, Groupon, Evernote, Booking.com, Yelp, Vodafone, Mango, Abercrombie & Fitch, O’Neill, and KLM. Adyen is headquartered in Amsterdam, with offices in San Francisco, São Paulo, Singapore, London, Paris, Berlin, Stockholm, Madrid, and Boston.


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