Engineering Manager, Developer Platform & Observability

Adyen

San Francisco, California, United States
Base: $215,000 - $320,000; equity: rsus included; ...
On-site
5+ years technical software engineering experience
3+ years leadership managing high-performing teams
Experience with postgresql kafka and elasticsearch
This role leads a specialized team dedicated to making the invisible visible by eliminating guesswork for developers integrating with Adyen

Job Summary

  • This role leads a specialized team dedicated to making the invisible visible by eliminating guesswork for developers integrating with Adyen.
  • You will oversee systems like PostgreSQL, Kafka, and Elasticsearch that power API logs and dashboards handling approximately 3.5 billion events weekly.
  • The position requires coaching a high-performing team of backend and frontend engineers while maintaining hands-on technical literacy.

Matching Summary

This role leads a specialized team dedicated to making the invisible visible by eliminating guesswork for developers integrating with Adyen.

Salary

Base: $215,000 - $320,000; Equity: RSUs included; Benefits: Not specified

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • 5+ years technical software engineering experience
  • 3+ years leadership managing high-performing teams
  • Experience with PostgreSQL Kafka and Elasticsearch
  • Proven track building developer-facing tools
  • Deep comfort with Java SQL and distributed systems

Nice-to-have

  • Experience in payments industry
  • Background building external-facing developer consoles
  • Strong product mindset for customer-centric observability
  • Ability to thrive in autonomy and ambiguity
  • Focus on rapid execution over perfect solutions

Key Requirements

  • 5+ years of technical experience as a Software Engineer
  • 3+ years in a leadership role
  • Must be work authorized in the United States without new visa sponsorship

Work Rights

Must have US work authorization without new H-1B CAP sponsorship

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