Software Engineering Manager - Cards & Wallets

Adyen Payments

Amsterdam, Netherlands
On-site
3+ years people management experience
Card issuing or tokenization domain expertise
Java 21, postgres, kafka, rabbitmq, redis, elastic stack
This role involves leading a core team to build and scale Adyen's Issuing Platform, processing millions of transactions globally

Job Summary

  • This role involves leading a core team to build and scale Adyen's Issuing Platform, processing millions of transactions globally.
  • The Engineering Manager acts as the technical authority, driving the roadmap for card issuing, network tokenization, and wallet integrations.
  • Candidates must possess strong people leadership skills to coach high-performing backend and mobile engineers while maintaining exceptional technical standards.

Matching Summary

This role involves leading a core team to build and scale Adyen's Issuing Platform, processing millions of transactions globally.

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • 3+ years people management experience
  • Card Issuing or Tokenization domain expertise
  • Java 21, Postgres, Kafka, RabbitMQ, Redis, Elastic stack
  • API-based financial service scaling experience
  • Stakeholder management with payment schemes

Nice-to-have

  • Experience at a Card Issuer FinTech company
  • Mobile engineering team leadership
  • Apple Pay and Google Pay integration knowledge
  • Deep understanding of scheme interactions
  • Customer-centric product mindset

Key Requirements

  • At least 3 years of people management experience
  • Proven track record in Financial Product delivery
  • In-depth knowledge of Java 21 and distributed systems
  • Experience managing critical global API-based products

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