Engineering Manager - Identity & Access Management

This is Adyen

Adyen provides payments, data, and financial products in a single solution for customers like Meta, Uber, H&M, and Microsoft - making us the financial technology platform of choice. At Adyen, everything we do is engineered for ambition. 

For our teams, we create an environment with opportunities for our people to succeed, backed by the culture and support to ensure they are enabled to truly own their careers. We are motivated individuals who tackle unique technical challenges at scale and solve them as a team. Together, we deliver innovative and ethical solutions that help businesses achieve their ambitions faster.

About the Identity team

The “Identity” and “Access Management” teams are responsible for the authentication and authorization of human and system users across our platform. Both teams together ensure that all users can securely and seamlessly access the necessary resources while maintaining the integrity and confidentiality of our systems.

Given the critical nature of these functions, the Identity team operates with a paramount focus on reliability. Even minor disruptions to authentication or authorization processes can have significant impacts on our normal operations. Therefore, the team is dedicated to building and maintaining robust, highly available, and fault-tolerant systems.

As an Engineering Manager within the Identity team, you will bear technical responsibility for these vital systems. You will work in close collaboration with the Access team, but also with other product teams and a diverse range of stakeholders across the company, ensuring that our identity solutions not only meet technical excellence but also align with broader business objectives and user needs.

What you will do

• Work closely with Product and Engineering teams to define and deliver the next version of Authentication at Adyen;
• Ensure reliability, performance and scalability; authentication and authorisation are part of Adyen's critical flows;
• Lead hands-on by actively participating in technical discussions, code reviews, and system design to ensure best practices are followed;
• Foster an inspiring and inclusive team culture of ownership, autonomy, collaboration, accountability and open communication / feedback;
• Ensure high performance by mentoring and coaching engineers, setting a high-quality bar;
• Effectively manage stakeholders throughout the company.

Who you are

• You have 3+ years of experience leading engineering teams and delivering impactful, scalable solutions;
• You bring a strong foundation in software engineering, with deep system design skills and hands-on experience in technologies such as Java, Postgres and Redis;
• Reliability and scalability are priorities for you, and you have experience working with critical, high-load, distributed systems;
• You are hands-on and collaborative, engaging deeply together with your team’s work while fostering a supportive and learning-driven environment;
• You set a high bar and ensure your team delivers high-quality, maintainable code and solutions that scale;
• You are a strong mentor and coach, helping your team grow while maintaining high performance and accountability;
• You have a growth mindset, constantly learning and adopting new practices to stay ahead of industry trends.

Our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion commitments 

Our unique approach is a product of our diverse perspectives. This diversity of backgrounds and cultures is essential in helping us maintain our momentum. Our business and technical challenges are unique, and we need as many different voices as possible to join us in solving them - voices like yours. No matter who you are or where you’re from, we welcome you to be your true self at Adyen. 

Studies show that women and members of underrepresented communities apply for jobs only if they meet 100% of the qualifications. Does this sound like you? If so, Adyen encourages you to reconsider and apply. We look forward to your application!

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.