Senior Software Engineer Chicago

boards.greenhouse.io - ATS - Chicago, IL

Full-time - Senior

Onsite - Chicago, IL

About the position

Adyen is seeking Senior Software Engineers to join our Chicago engineering hub, focusing on building a suite of embedded financial services for platforms. The role involves creating high-availability, resilient, and secure solutions while collaborating across teams to deliver innovative products that help businesses achieve their ambitions. Engineers will lead complex technical projects and contribute hands-on to the implementation, ensuring robust and scalable platform improvements.

Responsibilities

• Bring your own point of view on best engineering practices
• Collaborate across teams and time zones to get projects over the finish line
• Lead complex technical projects from requirements analysis through design, implementation, testing, and launch into production
• Be hands-on and contribute to the implementation, while offering technical guidance and mentoring to other engineers
• Identify and improve parts of the platform to make it more robust and scalable
• Launch functional features that impact many merchants and shoppers within the first few weeks.

Requirements

• Demonstrated knowledge of building Java based web services (RESTful, SOAP)
• Experienced in designing performant database models in PostgreSQL or other relational databases
• Knowledgeable of various software architecture paradigms such as event-driven or message queueing systems
• Great communication skills and the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to different stakeholders
• Familiar with complex large scale distributed systems
• Experienced in leading technical projects in a fast-paced environment
• Currently working at Senior Engineer or similar level
• Open to some domestic and international travel.

Benefits

• Hybrid workplace with in-person collaboration
• Equal opportunity employer
• Supportive work environment for diverse perspectives