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We are looking for an Engineering Manager to lead one of our core teams building out Adyen’s Issuing Platform. This is a high-impact, high-stakes domain that is foundational to our Financial Products offering. In this role, you won’t just manage a team; you will own the technical direction and execution of a platform that processes millions of transactions and powers our clients' global growth. You will be responsible for scaling our card issuing capabilities and advancing our wallet offering (e.g., Apple Pay, Google Pay) while maintaining the highest possible standards for reliability, performance, and security. This is a driving role for industry experts and exceptional technical leaders who thrives on complexity, demands technical excellence, and is ready to shepherd a team through a period of rapid growth.
Job Responsibility:
Drive the Roadmap: Develop and execute the technical roadmap for expanding our card issuing, network tokenization, and wallet integration services, translating ambitious business goals into world-class technical reality
Technical Authority and Excellence: Act as the technical leader and domain expert for the Cards & Wallets platform, 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, occasionally, to clients
People & Performance: Coach, mentor, and build a high-performing team of Backend and Mobile Engineers. You will be responsible for continuous performance management, professional development, and maintaining a culture of rapid, top-notch execution
Execution & Ownership: Work closely with Product Managers to manage project timelines while proactively addressing technical debt, and enforcing best engineering practices. You are a driver, not an executor, focused on strategic, quality delivery
Client & Product Focus: Maintain a strong product mindset, deeply understanding our clients' needs, scheme interactions, and the broader market landscape. You will propose new features and collaboratively shape the future direction of the product
Requirements:
At least 3 years of experience in people management, with a proven ability to build, maintain, and constructively coach high-performance engineering teams
Experience working at an Issuer (FinTech preferred) with exposure to Card Issuing, Wallets, or Tokenization
Alternatively, experience managing the technical delivery of a highly critical, global, API-based financial product
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 21, Postgres, Kafka, RabbitMQ, Redis, Elastic
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
Proven ability to lead complex projects involving multiple teams and external partners (e.g., payment schemes, third-party vendors), demonstrating strong influencing and strategic thinking skills
You deeply care about the customers experience and take pride in your and your team’s work that delivers a delightful experience