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As a Staff Engineer for Monetization, you will be the technical compass for how Adyen’s systems earn revenue at scale. Our monetization domain underpins how we price, bill, and account for all Adyen products, making it one of the most impactful areas of the company. You will focus on the long-term evolution of our architecture: anticipating challenges, spotting opportunities, and ensuring we have the right technical foundations for the next generation of revenue systems. Rather than writing every line of code yourself, you will work closely with Tech Leads and Senior Engineers: coaching, guiding, and aligning them toward excellent, scalable solutions that keep our systems robust and reliable. You’ll have the space to think, innovate, and make high-leverage technical decisions that will shape how Adyen monetizes its products for years to come.
Job Responsibility:
Architect and drive adoption of scalable and high-performance data pipelines and monetization framework components
continuously assess and improve existing systems to enhance performance, reliability, and scalability
evaluate and integrate new tools and technologies to optimize our monetization ecosystem
lead through influence by building strong relationships across the organization
proactively define and advocate best practices in terms of performance, code quality, data validation, data governance, and discoverability
guide and mentor other engineers in advanced engineering and architectural principles, fostering a culture of learning, innovation, and excellence across teams
inspire distributed teams to achieve shared goals
Requirements:
10+ years of software engineering experience
at least 5 years as a Senior or Staff Engineer leading large-scale backend systems
deep understanding of server-side engineering principles
hands-on experience in Java (preferred) or other backend languages
familiar with data systems and pipelines (SQL, Kafka, Airflow, or similar)
experienced with ensuring data quality and lineage in mission-critical flows
familiarity with observability and incident response practices (Prometheus, Grafana, PagerDuty, or equivalents)
skilled at influencing without direct authority and aligning diverse stakeholders
balances long-term architectural vision with pragmatic short-term trade-offs
passionate about coaching others and raising the technical bar