Head of Engineering, India

This is Adyen

Adyen has a clear ambition to become the world's most customer-focused financial technology platform.  We provide 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.

Head of Engineering, India

We are seeking an experienced and visionary Head of Engineering to lead our engineering efforts in Bengaluru, India. This pivotal role will be a key member of the Site Leadership team for our Bengaluru Tech and Operations Hub, Adyen's newest engineering site and the primary hub in APAC. You will be instrumental in developing and scaling payment innovations for our merchants in India, while leveraging this knowledge for global impact. This role requires a strong strategic mindset to unify engineering efforts with product and commercial leadership, ensuring the delivery of our India strategy and contributing to our global platform.

What You Will Do

As the Head of Engineering in India, reporting to the Global VP of Payments and collaborating with peers worldwide, your focus will be threefold:

1. Build the payments engine of the future for the India market: We have a strong partnership already in existence with our product team and commercial teams focused on meeting the needs of our merchants in India and this role will be responsible for strategically building out our engineering capabilities in Bengaluru as part of this important 3-party partnership.
   • Provide clear guidance, purpose, and mission for engineering teams, fostering continuous innovation as they build out the roadmap.
   • Ensure the acquisition and development of the right skills to deliver on the agreed roadmap.
   • Serve as the primary face of engineering for our Indian merchants, building strong relationships and understanding their unique requirements
   • Partner globally to ensure the delivery on one global platform while meeting the specific needs of the Indian market.
   • Oversee execution for key projects, ensuring timely delivery, tracking progress, removing blockers, and assisting with planning and prioritization as needed.
2. Be part of the Bengaluru Tech & Operations Hub Site Leadership Team: This role will be a critical member of this group, which will make leadership decisions for the site as well as be an external spokesperson for the great innovation Adyen is driving in India.
   • Be the external face of engineering for the country, representing Adyen at tech events, meetups, and fintech forums to build brand awareness within the local engineering and fintech community. 
   • Foster a community of senior leaders in the office and make it an effective leadership team for the office.
   • Implement the right rituals to amplify global messages and make sure they get properly embedded.
   • Drive internal events and initiatives (provide focus to teams / productivity boost / raise visibility on what's currently being done by others in the Hub).
3. Grow and Nurture High-Performing Engineering Teams: You will work with our Talent Acquisition team to continually raise the bar on the engineering talent we are bringing into the Tech Hub.  You’ll partner with teams globally to drive a successful onboarding and upskilling for Bengaluru engineers into the Adyen way of building.
   • Work with global leaders and support them building teams in Bengaluru around critical domains & missions. 
   • Be a strategic partner for Talent Acquisition, Team Leads, HR and Senior Leaders, supporting:
     • Employer Branding initiatives (Events and Campaigns).
     • Recruitment process (from Sourcing, HackerRank to Offer Letters).
     • Reward strategy.
   • Enable a successful growth and performance management practice
     • • Partner with HR and monitor overall performance in the office.
       • Facilitate promotions and/or relocating team members.
       • Upskilling and Training programs (Tech Academy joint effort).
       • Mentorship and Support for first time Team Leads.
       • Sounding board for seasoned Team Leads.

Who You Are

• A proven leader with 10+ years experience building and mentoring high-performing engineering teams within global companies, with a track record of delivering complex, scalable platforms (preferably at a fast-growing fintech company)
• Experience hiring and managing a sizeable software development organisation (ideally 50-100+ engineers), including managing managers, and setting an exemplary engineering culture
• Skilled in building large-scale, distributed systems, ideally with expertise in Java or similar programming languages, and a passion for software architecture, scalability, and maintainability
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and you are capable of translating complex technical concepts into clear, concise language, You are a great story teller, and are comfortable talking to tech & non-tech audiences, as well as merchants and internal stakeholders 
• You are comfortable streamlining the team's engineering operations, refining product requirements together with product and merchants and encouraging effective collaboration
• You like to keep things simple, love dealing with uncertainty and get things done. 
• You’re curious about what our biggest merchants are facing and you’re empathetic to solving problems that help all merchants

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 Bengaluru office. We are an office-first company and value in-person collaboration; we do not offer remote-only roles.