VP Engineering, Machine Learning / AI

Join Adyen as VP Engineering - Machine Learning / AI

Adyen is seeking an experienced VP Engineering focused on Machine Learning to join our dynamic global data organization. As a leader in financial technology, Adyen provides payments, data, and financial products in a single solution for customers like Meta, Uber, H&M, and Microsoft. Our ML/AI team is composed of around 100 skilled engineers and data scientists, and the VP will oversee multiple teams across platform risk, payments performance engineering, data platform development and MLOps, and payments automation optimization.

What You'll Do

• Leadership and Management: Lead and mentor a diverse team of engineering leaders, focusing on performance management and talent recognition. Ensure alignment with company goals and foster a high-performance culture.
• Technical Excellence: Oversee the ML platform's delivery of change and reliability.
• Production Systems: Manage and improve live production systems that make critical decisions and impact significant revenue streams at a large scale. Ensure robustness, scalability, and efficiency in all deployed solutions.
• Innovation and Implementation: Drive the adoption of innovative techniques and methodologies, ensuring our ML practices remain industry-leading. Lead our PhD programs and keep the team updated on industry advancements.

Who You Are

• Proven Expertise in ML/AI: You have a solid track record in the ML/AI/GenAI/data science field, with professional experience that includes significant, tangible impacts. You've built or been part of teams that have created widely recognized frameworks, products, formulas, or algorithms.
• Production Experience: Extensive experience working in production-heavy environments at scale is essential. We value leadership experience in large companies, startups, scaleups, and open-source communities.
• Startup/Founder Mentality: You possess a solid drive to get things done, with a determination to push boundaries and achieve results.
• Research Curiosity: You are keenly interested in staying connected with the latest ML/AI research. Your curiosity and engagement with ongoing research in academia or big tech drive your approach.
• Leadership Experience: Demonstrated experience leading large, highly skilled teams, particularly leaders within those teams.

Other Job Details

• Location: Most of the ML/AI team is based out of Amsterdam. We have a hybrid workplace and value in-person collaboration; we do not offer remote-only roles.
• Travel: This role requires domestic and international travel.

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.

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.