About the role
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, Capital
We’re looking for an Engineering Manager to lead the development of our Capital product, powering how businesses conduct business expenses and payment transactions. Capital is the next growth frontier as Adyen grows into a comprehensive financial service provider beyond Payments.
This is a rapidly growing space, giving you the opportunity to influence the strategy, own the roadmap, explore and deploy AI first product development, and see it through from early build to a scaled product.
As an engineering leader, you’ll work closely with partners across engineering, product, commercial, and operations to deliver a best-in-class Issuing solution that serves both enterprise clients and embedded finance partners. This San Francisco-based role is part of the broader Financial Products organization, which owns the full suite of financial services at Adyen.
What You'll Do
- Drive the Roadmap: Develop and execute the technical roadmap for expanding the richness of our Issuing proposition globally, translating ambitious business goals into world-class technical reality.
- Technical Authority and Excellence: Act as a technical leader and domain expert for Issuing, challenging and driving technical design and solutions to ensure an exceptionally high technical bar. You will be the point person for product technical decisions, speaking for the product across the organization and to customers.
- People & Performance: Coach, mentor, and build a high-performing team from the ground up. You will be responsible for performance management, professional development, and maintaining a culture of rapid, top-notch execution.
- Execution & Ownership: Work closely with Product Managers to manage project goals and timelines while proactively addressing technical debt, and enforcing best engineering practices. You are a driver, not an executor.
- Client & Product Focus: Maintain a strong product mindset, deeply understanding our clients' needs, financial service industry, and the broader market landscape. You will propose new features and collaboratively shape the future direction of the product.
Who you Are
- People Leadership: 3+ years of experience in people management, with a proven ability to build, retain, and constructively grow high-performance engineering teams.
- Technical Depth: You possess a high technical bar and in-depth knowledge of how to build and scale a world-class, API-based financial service. You should be comfortable discussing and challenging decisions made by Senior+ engineers, and working with our tech stack: Java, Postgres, Kafka, RabbitMQ, Redis, Elastic.
- Execution Mindset: Strong execution skills are paramount. This includes effective communication, stakeholder management (internal and external), and leveraging strategic thinking to solve problems and get things done.
- Collaboration & Influence: Proven ability to lead complex projects involving multiple teams and external partners, demonstrating strong influencing and strategic thinking skills.
- Customer Care: you deeply care about the customers experience and take pride in your and your team’s work that delivers a delightful experience.
Total rewards & compensation
The annual base salary range for this role is $250,000 - $293,000. Compensation is based on factors including qualifications, experience, and location. Total compensation package includes equity (RSUs), 401(k), health, dental, vision, and more.
In-office expectations
This role is based in our San Francisco office. We're an office-first company and expect employees to work in-office at least 3 days a week on average. This approach helps strike a balance between bringing people together for in-person collaboration and learning from each other, while also supporting flexibility.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Adyen
We actively seek different perspectives to sharpen our ideas. Our unique culture is a product of our diverse backgrounds and experiences. No matter who you are or where you’re from, you’re welcome to be your true self at Adyen.
If you need accommodations or support during the recruitment process to perform at your best, you’ll have the opportunity to let our team know in your application. We encourage people from all backgrounds and abilities to apply.
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. If you have specific time constraints, please communicate them with your recruiter, and we’ll do our best to accommodate them where possible.
EEO statement
Adyen is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, national origin, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, marital status or any legally protected status. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
Work Eligibility
You must be work authorized in the United States without the need for new visa sponsorship. The company can support visa transfers but will not sponsor individuals for H-1B CAP applications.