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.

Software Engineer (Distributed Data Stores)

Adyen is in search of a Software Engineer (Distributed Data Stores) with a strong focus on Java to join our team. Our platforms are scaling rapidly, and you will play a critical role in developing, optimizing, and scaling distributed data systems that power our core services.

In this role, you will collaborate with engineers across teams to manage and enhance distributed data stores like Cassandra, Elasticsearch, and Redis. You will develop client, design partitioning and clustering strategies, improve system performance, and ensure high availability for globally distributed services.

What you'll do 

• Design, build, and optimize distributed data stores to ensure scalability, fault tolerance, and high availability.
• Develop and implement data partitioning, clustering, and sharding strategies for large-scale global systems.
• Collaborate with platform and infrastructure teams to ensure seamless integration and operation of distributed systems.
• Write efficient Java code to interact with various distributed databases and optimize performance.
• Troubleshoot performance bottlenecks and work on high-priority systems to ensure availability in production environments.

Who you are

• Have at least 3 years of experience working with distributed systems. 
• Strong experience working with distributed data stores like Cassandra, Redis, Elasticsearch, or similar technologies.
• Advanced knowledge of Java, with hands-on experience in writing scalable and high-performing code for distributed systems.
• Familiar with partitioning, replication, consistency models, and CAP theorem. Experience in designing data distribution strategies like sharding and consistent hashing.
• Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot and resolve issues in large-scale, production environments with distributed systems.
• You are a proactive problem solver, willing to take ownership of challenges. A team player with a strong desire to learn and improve continuously.
• Develop and maintain tools and libraries for managing different distributed data stores, automating routine tasks, and ensuring consistent deployment practices.
• Participate in a 24/7 on-call rotation once or twice a month, responding to and resolving urgent issues to maintain system stability and minimize downtime.

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.