Infrastructure (Cloud) Engineer

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.

Infrastructure (Cloud) Engineer 

Our Infrastructure Engineering team builds and operates foundational Linux and cloud infrastructure that our developers and engineers rely on every day. We are looking for a hands-on Infrastructure engineer with deep, production-level experience administering Linux at scale and designing, building, and operating core multi-cloud foundations.

In this role, you will own and evolve critical infrastructure layers, starting with large-scale Linux systems and extending into the design and implementation of cloud foundations. This includes automating cloud account onboarding and lifecycle management, designing cloud network topologies from the ground up, establishing security and identity foundations, and building shared platforms for cost management, observability, logging, and tracing. You will remain deeply hands-on, responsible not only for architectural direction but also for implementing and operating highly available, automated, production-grade infrastructure.

If you are a hands-on Linux engineer with strong cloud experience who enjoys building cloud foundations, automating infrastructure at scale, and owning architectural decisions through implementation and operation, this role is for you.

What You'll Do

Your primary responsibility will be the end-to-end architecture and stability of our foundational infrastructure. This goes beyond scripting and focuses on systems design, reliability, and security at scale.

• Build the Foundation: Design and implement complete setups of multi-cloud environments, including account structure, landing zones, VPCs, IAM, security baselines, and cost controls.
• Networking & Connectivity: Establish robust, secure hybrid connectivity between cloud environments and on-premises infrastructure (VPNs, Direct Connect, ExpressRoute, etc.).
• Security & Governance: Implement cloud security controls, guardrails, and policy enforcement to align with organizational and regulatory requirements.
• Observability: Introduce logging, monitoring, alerting, and tracing using cloud-agnostic and third-party observability tools to give visibility into the health and performance of cloud services.
• Automation: Develop and maintain automation for account provisioning, identity and access management, and other common cloud operations tasks using Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
• Cost Optimization: Implement cost controls, tagging strategies, and reporting mechanisms to manage cloud spend and drive cost awareness.
• Support & Troubleshooting: Serve as a point of escalation for cloud-related issues, helping other teams troubleshoot, resolve, and learn from incidents.
• Collaborate & Upskill: Work cross-functionally with internal teams, share your knowledge, and contribute to growing a high-performing engineering organization.
• Ensure Platform Reliability: Troubleshoot and resolve complex issues across the cloud infrastructure to guarantee the high availability and performance our customers depend on. You will also participate in a blameless on-call rotation.

What We're Looking For 

This role requires a senior Systems Engineer mentality with a strong track record of designing and operating production infrastructure.

Minimum Requirements:

• 5+ years of hands-on Linux Systems Engineering in large-scale, high-availability environments; deep knowledge of OS internals, scripting (Bash, Python, Go), and configuration management (e.g. Puppet, Ansible).
• 5+ years of hands-on cloud/infrastructure engineering experience designing and managing foundational components (networking, IAM, security, account structures) in AWS, Azure, or GCP; multi-cloud experience is a plus.
• Strong understanding of cloud fundamentals and large-scale architecture.
• Experience designing and implementing hybrid cloud connectivity (VPN, Direct Connect, ExpressRoute) and complex network topologies, including routing, firewalls, and peering.
• Solid foundation in cloud security, identity, governance, and compliance best practices.
• Hands-on experience with observability stacks (e.g. CloudWatch, Azure Monitor, GCP Operations, Prometheus, Grafana).
• Proven experience with Infrastructure as Code (e.g. Terraform, Pulumi) for provisioning and managing core cloud services.
• Experience with cloud cost management, tagging strategies, and reporting tools.
• Strong automation mindset; able to automate operational tasks with code.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and collaborative, team-oriented attitude.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills; able to explain and document complex architecture to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Highly Desired Skills:

• Prior experience acting as a lead engineer or architect, owning a substantial portion of an organization's infrastructure.
• Experience with container orchestration (e.g., Kubernetes) from an infrastructure provisioning and security standpoint.
• Deep knowledge of performance tuning and troubleshooting at the OS, network, and application layers.
• Experience setting up or maintaining centralized organizational structures/landing zones (e.g., AWS Control Tower, Azure Landing Zones).

Who You Are

• A builder who enjoys creating reliable, secure infrastructure from scratch.
• A team player who thrives on collaboration and wants to mentor others.
• A problem-solver who takes initiative, owns problems, and sees them through.

A lifelong learner who keeps up with the rapidly evolving cloud landscape.

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.