Senior Platform Engineer - Container Services

We are looking for a Senior Platform Engineer for the Container Services team in San Francisco. This team owns and operates Adyen's core container orchestration infrastructure, the foundation that keeps our global payment platform running. In this role, you will design, build, and operate critical infrastructure systems, drive automation and reliability improvements, and help scale Adyen's platform as we continue to grow globally. This role is based in our San Francisco office. We're an office-first company and expect employees to work in-office at least 3 days a week on average.

Responsibilities

Build and operate core infrastructure: Design, implement, and maintain container orchestration (Kubernetes) and supporting infrastructure across the global private cloud; Drive automation and reduce toil: Develop tooling and automation that improves provisioning, configuration management, and operational workflows, enabling self-service for engineering teams; Ensure reliability at scale: Own the availability and performance of critical platform systems, participate in on-call rotations, and drive incident response and postmortem processes; Collaborate across teams and time zones: Work closely with platform engineers in Chicago on a global team operating 24/7 infrastructure across multiple regions and datacenters; Shape platform evolution: Contribute to architectural decisions, evaluate new technologies, and drive platform modernization initiatives, including migration strategies, multi-region resilience, and infrastructure standardization

Requirements

7+ years of experience with platform, infrastructure, or software engineering; Advanced Linux system administration skills, including networking (TCP/IP, DNS, routing, firewalls) and security fundamentals; Hands-on experience with Kubernetes at scale, including cluster operations, networking, and troubleshooting; Familiarity with HashiCorp tools (Terraform, Consul, Nomad, Vault) and GitOps workflows (ArgoCD); Comfortable operating on-prem infrastructure (outside public cloud), including bare-metal provisioning, hardware lifecycle, storage, and datacenter operations; Intermediate-to-advanced Bash proficiency; Intermediate-to-advanced skills in Python or Go; Ability to build production-quality tooling and automation; Work authorized in the United States without the need for new visa sponsorship

Nice to have

Prior experience in FinTech or regulated industries where reliability and security are paramount; Experience with configuration management tools (Ansible, Puppet); Experience with load balancers (HAProxy, Nginx, etc.); Experience with infrastructure-as-code at scale

Benefits

Equity (RSUs); 401(k); Health insurance; Dental insurance; Vision insurance; and more