VP of Engineering, Developer Experience

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.VP Engineering - Developer Experience Developer Experience is a key component of our Customer Experience and is dedicated to creating a seamless and efficient integration journey for developers using our product. You will play a pivotal role in further shaping Adyen into a brand loved by developers through delivering a great integration experience. You will lead a multidisciplinary team focused on product consistency, increasing ease of use, and fostering a developer-centric culture. Our mission is to empower our customers’ and partners’ developers with self-service capabilities, reduce time-to-go-live, and offer robust tools and resources that enhance the integration process. We achieve this through : Providing intuitive, self-service integrations.Simplifying API usage for developers.Driving innovation that reduces customer time-to-go-live.Offering plug-and-play integrations for rapid adoption.Maintaining relevant, high-quality code samples and documentation.As the VP of Engineering for Developer Experience, your primary focus will be to lead the world-class developer experiences by : Strategic Leadership : Define and execute the (technical) vision for Adyen's Developer Experience domain, ensuring alignment with the company's goals and developer community needs.Delivering Excellence : Maintain high-quality standards across all integration-related products, ensuring consistency and simplicity. Establish best practices for engineering quality, scalability, and performance to support developers at scale.Championing Developer Experience : Advocate for developers by enhancing usability, reliability, and efficiency in integrations, APIs, and tools.Building & Mentoring Teams : Lead and grow a diverse, inclusive, and high-performing multi-disciplinary team, empowering members through clear expectations and growth opportunities across subdomains such as webhooks, API quality, integration SDKs, developer relations, developer monitoring and tooling etc.Unifying Integration Standards : Drive the adoption of common principles and taxonomy to streamline integration processes, improve API consistency, and deliver innovative developer tools, SDKs, and documentation.Drive Community : Be the evangelist in the developer community through conferences, articles, and thought leadership.Who you are We are looking for a dynamic and visionary leader with the following qualifications : A passion for developer experience, integration simplicity, and reliability.Proven experience as a leader in engineering, ideally with a background in developer-facing products, APIs, or integrations.Strong public presence with experience as a thought leader, including speaking at conferences, writing articles, and engaging with the developer community.Exceptional mentorship and team-building skills with a track record of fostering inclusive and high-performing teams.A customer-centric mindset with a focus on delivering measurable outcomes.Our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion commitmentsOur 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.Adyen is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, national origin, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, marital status or any legally protected status.All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.#J-18808-Ljbffr