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Senior Software Engineer

Chicago, Illinois, United StatesOnsiteFull TimeSenior$180,000–$243,000 /yrPosted 2 months agoVisa sponsorship available

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Role summary

Adyen is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join their Pricing team. This role is critical for Adyen's revenue generation, focusing on the technical components that determine merchant transaction pricing. You will be responsible for designing, implementing, and launching features that ensure contractually accurate and performant pricing data. The ideal candidate has at least 8 years of experience, expertise in Java-based web services, relational databases like PostgreSQL, and distributed systems. You will lead technical projects, mentor other engineers, and contribute to making the platform more robust and scalable, with code impacting many merchants and shoppers.

### Who you are
- You have at least 8 years of professional experience as an engineer and are currently working as a Senior Software Engineer or at a similar level
- You have great communication skills and the ability to articulate complex technical concepts in front of different stakeholders
- You are flexible, a team player, someone with an eye for detail
- Familiar with complex large scale distributed systems
- 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
- 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 the job involves
- Every time a merchant submits a transaction or uses one of Adyen’s services, the Adyen platform must determine whether to charge the merchant and how much they should be charged
- In many cases, what exact price a merchant pays to use Adyen’s services depends on how much volume they have already processed and/or the exact details of the contract they signed with Adyen
- The Pricing team owns the technical components that allow all products at Adyen to be priced
- Commercial users interact with Pricing’s products to create and sign deals, Support uses our products to answer merchant questions about their pricing, and the rest of the Adyen platform relies on us to receive up-to-date, contractually accurate, and performant data on how every single event running through our system should be priced
- The work we are doing is truly central to Adyen’s ability to generate revenue and we are making a significant and principled investment into new and improved services to support Adyen’s and our merchants’ growth
- 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, but at the same time offer technical guidance and mentoring to other engineers
- Identify and improve parts of the platform to make it more robust and scalable
- Your code will be used at scale and you are expected to think in that mindset when building features
- We launch fast and iterate often. Concretely, this means that within your first few weeks, you will bring live functionalities that impact many merchants and shoppers

### The application process
- 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. Don’t be afraid to let us know if you need more flexibility

### Benefits
- Global exchange program
- Weekly happy hour
- Delicious healthy lunches
- Phantom share package
- Yearly trip to Amsterdam
- Paid holidays
- Work from home opportunities

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