Head of Engineering - Financial Data Experience

• Own the customer-facing model of money movement for merchants, regulators, and Adyen Finance, ensuring data reflects the merchant's entities and periods rather than mirroring internal systems.
• Own how that data is delivered: datasets, reports, files and dashboards, on the same terms for every team that publishes through us.
• Create an environment that fosters continuous innovation.
• Build a best-in-class team; developing and hiring great people with the right skills to deliver.
• Curious, approachable and desire to work in a highly collaborative manner - both internal and external.
• Exceptional at prioritization, putting our merchant and business needs ahead of personal ambition.
• Accountable for the execution of key projects, ensuring timely delivery, tracking progress, removing blockers, and assisting with planning and prioritization as needed.
• Driven by simplicity, standards and reuse.
• Stay close enough to the technology to judge a design yourself.
• Build, mentor, and manage a high-performing engineering organization, balancing robust scalability with the execution of complex, cross-stream technical projects.

WHO YOU ARE

• 10+ years in engineering, 5+ leading, including experience as a manager of managers.
• Experience hiring and managing a sizeable engineering organisation (ideally 25-50 engineers), including managing managers, and setting an exemplary engineering culture
• You are literate in financial data. Ledgers, cut-offs, corrections and restatement, FX, fee attribution. You do not need payments; you do need to have worked where a number was an obligation rather than a metric.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and you are capable of translating complex technical concepts into clear, concise language, You are a great story teller, and are comfortable talking to tech & non-tech audiences, as well as merchants, vendors and internal stakeholders.
• You are comfortable streamlining the team's engineering operations, refining product requirements together with product and merchants and encouraging effective collaboration
• You have delivered through a platform you did not control, and got what you needed from it without a lever.
• You like to keep things simple, love dealing with uncertainty and get things done.
• You’re curious about what our biggest merchants are facing and you’re empathetic to solving problems that help all merchants.
• You are comfortable that the boundaries of this role are still being drawn, and you would rather help draw them than wait for them.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Adyen

We actively seek different perspectives to sharpen our ideas. Our unique culture is a product of our diverse backgrounds and experiences. No matter who you are or where you’re from, you’re welcome to be your true self at Adyen.

If you need accommodations or support during the recruitment process to perform at your best, you’ll have the opportunity to let our team know in your application. We encourage people from all backgrounds and abilities to apply.

What’s next?

Ensuring a smooth and enjoyable candidate experience is critical for us. We aim to get back to you regarding your application within 5 business days. Our interview process tends to take about 4 weeks to complete, but may fluctuate depending on the role. Learn more about our hiring process here. Don’t be afraid to let us know if you need more flexibility.

This role is based out of our Amsterdam office. We are an office-first company and value in-person collaboration; we do not offer remote-only roles.