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Adyen · 14 hours ago

Staff Engineer - Lending

Chicago, IL

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$255K/yr - $348K/yr

7+ years exp

Adyen is a leading financial technology platform aiming to provide innovative financial products and services. They are seeking a Staff Engineer for their Financial Products team to build the foundational system for their lending and credit capabilities, focusing on infrastructure development and product lifecycle management.

Financial ServicesFinTechMobile AppsMobile Payments

Culture & Values

No H1B

Responsibilities

Launch and scale embedded lending products for our enterprise customers, in collaboration with product and commercial counterparts

Provide architectural and design leadership to build a strong foundation for our Financial Products offering

Design, build, and optimize Adyen’s credit and loan origination platform to ensure a robust and frictionless credit risk assessment process

Mentor engineers to uphold high standards of and technical excellence

Drive a culture of continuous innovation by challenging the status quo and introducing transformative ideas

Qualification

Lending product developmentCredit engine buildingTechnical leadershipB2B enterprise productsCommunication skillsProblem-solving

Required

2+ years of experience developing lending or credit products

7+ years of hands-on development experience in a modern engineering environment

Technical leadership experience, including mentoring engineers and leading an engineering strategy

Building a credit engine or core components of a lending platform, including underwriting, credit scoring, credit decisioning, and servicing

Proactive relationship-builder with strong communication skills and the ability to work closely with diverse stakeholders across cultures

Self-starter who can identify problems and figure out solutions

Preferred

Building products for the B2B enterprise market

Working in both European and US markets, with an understanding of their different regulations and challenges

Benefits

Equity in the form of RSUs

Company

Adyen

Glassdoor4.1

Adyen is the financial technology platform of choice that helps businesses achieve their ambitions faster.

Founded in 2006

Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, NLD

1001-5000 employees

http://www.adyen.com

Funding

Current Stage

Public Company

Total Funding

$266M

Key Investors

ICONIQ CapitalGeneral AtlanticIndex Ventures

2018-06-13IPO

2015-09-30Series Unknown

2014-12-15Series B· $250M

Leadership Team

Pieter van der Does

CEO & co-founder

Tom Adams

Chief Technology Officer

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