Senior Software Engineer (Java)

About the role

Adyen, a financial technology platform providing payments, data and financial products, is looking for a Senior Software Engineer (Java) to build and maintain its distributed, high-performance platform. The role contributes to architectural design and scalability, works on core financial data processes and finance infrastructure, and is based in the Madrid office.

Key responsibilities

• Build and maintain the distributed high-performance platform.
• Contribute to architectural design decisions and ensure platform scalability.
• Mentor and coach junior engineers and peers, keeping a feedback loop for continuous growth.
• Identify and improve parts of the platform to make it more robust and scalable.
• Collaborate across teams and time zones, review code and be open to feedback.
• Help core financial data processes and finance infrastructure stay scalable, reliable and secure.

Required profile

• Software Engineer with 6+ years of experience with object-oriented programming languages (Java).
• Previous experience mentoring (not managing) developers.
• Deep understanding of why, how and where architectural software design fits.
• Fluent English, spoken in technical and non-technical contexts.
• Able to take ownership and lead a project.

Required skills

• Java 17
• RESTful web services
• SQL and PostgreSQL with MyBatis (ORM)
• CockroachDB and Elasticsearch
• Creating performant database queries and table structures