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“Engineering Manager at Adyen. Skills: technical leadership, managing engineering teams, developer-facing tools, observability platforms, high-traffic API products, PostgreSQL, Kafka, Elasticsearch, Java, SQL. lead a specialized team dedicated to making the "invisible" visible. eliminate the guesswork for developers”
Industry & Context.
eliminate the guesswork for developers; debugging tools; optimize their integration; challenging and driving technical design and solutions; solving "unsolvable" scaling or UX challenges
work authorized in the United States without the need for new visa sponsorship, can support visa transfers but will not sponsor individuals for H-1B CAP applications, consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
5+ years of technical experience, with a significant background as a hands-on Software Engineer, 3+ years in a leadership role, managing high-performing engineering teams while maintaining "boots on the ground" technical literacy, Proven track record in building developer-facing tools, observability platforms, or high-traffic API products
Nice to Have
Experience in payments or building external-facing developer consoles/dashboards
What You'll Do.
lead a specialized team dedicated to making the "invisible" visible
eliminate the guesswork for developers
building a product suite that provides real-time clarity
ensure that when a developer integrates with us
they have the telemetry
and insights to move from "first request" to "production" with zero friction
guide a full-stack team of engineers who balance lean experimentation with the rigors of high-scale reliability
oversee the systems (PostgreSQL
Elasticsearch) that power our API Logs and Developer dashboards
transforming raw data into actionable guidance for our partners
Maintain a product mindset
move beyond standard monitoring to build "Customer-Centric Observability"
propose new features and collaboratively shape the future direction of the product
participate in architectural designs and code reviews
Act as a technical leader and domain expert for your teams products
challenging and driving technical design and solutions to ensure an exceptionally high technical bar
be the point person for product technical decisions
speaking for the product across the organization and to customers
lead your team to ship functionalities within weeks
impacting millions of transactions globally
Work closely with Product Managers to manage project timelines while proactively addressing technical debt
and enforcing best engineering practices
and build a high-performing team of Backend and Frontend engineers
responsible for continuous performance management
professional development
and maintaining a culture of rapid
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
collaboratively shape the future direction of the product; speaking for the product across the organization and to customers; Work closely with Product Managers; Coach, mentor, and build a high-performing team of Backend and Frontend engineers
Communication Scope
speaking for the product across the organization and to customers
Process & Methodology
manage project timelines
Full Job Description
This is Adyen Adyen provides payments, data, and financial products in a single solution for customers like Meta, Uber, H we build the lens through which thousands of global merchants view their integration. As the Engineering manager for developer observability, you will lead a specialized team dedicated to making the "invisible" visible. Your goal is to eliminate the guesswork for developers. You aren't just managing infrastructure; you are building a product suite that provides real-time clarity. You’ll ensure that when a developer integrates with us, they have the telemetry, debugging tools, and insights to move from "first request" to "production" with zero friction. The Role This is a hands-on technical leadership role. You will guide a full-stack team of engineers who balance lean experimentation with the rigors of high-scale reliability. You’ll oversee the systems (PostgreSQL, Kafka, Elasticsearch) that power our API Logs and Developer dashboards, transforming raw data into actionable guidance for our partners. What you'll do: Maintain a strong product mindset, move beyond standard monitoring to build "Customer-Centric Observability"—tools that tell a developer exactly why a payment failed or how to optimize their integration. You will propose new features and collaboratively shape the future direction of the product. You’ll participate in architectural designs and code reviews, ensuring our data tech stack (Kafka/Elasticsearch) delivers near real-time insights at scale (~3.5 billion events weekly growing fast). Act as a technical leader and domain expert for your teams products, challenging and driving technical design and solutions to ensure an exceptionally high technical bar. You will be the point person for product technical decisions, speaking for the product across the organization and to customers. We value "live" over "perfect." You will lead your team to ship functionalities within weeks, not months, impacting millions of transactions globally. Wor
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