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As a Staff Engineer for Onboarding, you will lead the evolution of the Adyen merchant journey into a seamless, high-velocity activation layer. You are an Applied AI Specialist who views onboarding as an Intelligent Extraction and Reasoning problem, using LLMs to interpret merchant documents and automate complex KYC/Risk mapping. You will design the architecture that turns complex regulatory and business requirements into a zero-friction activation experience for merchants.
Job Responsibility
Drive Activation Velocity: Lead the architecture for our global onboarding systems.
Bridge Policy & Code: Act as the technical architect where business logic meets regulatory requirements.
Product Strategy: Proactively shape the strategic roadmap in partnership with the Director of Engineering, other Staff Engineers, and Product teams.
Global Standardization: Mentor engineers to drive technical standards that ensure the user journey is compliant and performant across all regions.
Requirements
Systems Architect: You think in terms of merchant journeys and system bottlenecks. You have a track record of building resilient, distributed systems.
Compliance-Minded: You have a deep understanding of security-by-design, specifically as it relates to KYC, identity verification, and regulated data handling.
Full-Stack Powerhouse: Deeply proficient in Java and experienced in building high-concurrency API architectures.
Applied AI Experience: You have experience (or a deep technical interest) in building production-grade interfaces powered by LLMs, including harnesses, policy enforcement, evals, RAG architectures and secure data handling.
Entrepreneurial & Autonomous: You can navigate a large, global organization to align diverse teams (Risk, Operations, Product) on a unified technical vision for onboarding.