Senior Software Engineer (Java, Banking Network)
Company: Adyen
Location: Chicago
Salary: $180k - $243k per year
Type: Full-time
Posted: 2026-05-22
About this role
- The Banking Network team is building the foundation of money movement at Adyen
- We are engineering the core North American infrastructure of our global network, capable of handling massive transaction volumes with a strict focus on fault-tolerance and observability
- You will drive the evolution of our direct connections to the Federal Reserve (handling ACH, wire, and real-time payments), optimizing this critical system for scale while abstracting the complexity of these protocols to enable seamless banking experiences for our merchants
- Work on complex technical projects from requirements analysis through design, implementation, testing and launch into production
- Bring your own point of view on best engineering practices
- Be hands-on and contribute to the implementation
- 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
- Build APIs and tooling according to quality principles such as performance and code quality
- Collaborate across teams and time zones to get projects over the finish line
### Benefits
- Global exchange program
- Weekly happy hour
- Delicious healthy lunches
- Phantom share package
- Yearly trip to Amsterdam
- Paid holidays
- Work from home opportunities- You have a good understanding of Software Engineering practices and interest in product knowledge
- You’re not just a coder; you’re an engineer with an ownership mentality
- You value involving other people to hear different perspectives
- You have experience with Java, Web Services, REST Apis, Webhooks and SQL/PostgreSql
- You are familiar with complex large scale distributed systems
- Full professional proficiency in English
- 8+ years of experience in the software development industry
- Th...