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.

Platform Engineer - Cassandra and NoSQL

Adyen is in search of a Platform Engineer with a strong focus on Cassandra administration and scaling to join our Platform Engineering team in Amsterdam. Our on-premise platforms are experiencing rapid growth, making your role crucial in the team.

In this role, you will work at the intersection of software engineering and database administration, focusing on the scalability, performance, and reliability of our Cassandra clusters. You will collaborate with other platform engineers and developers across various business units, tackling the unique challenges that come with operating Cassandra at scale. We’re looking for an individual ready to bring deep technical expertise and innovative solutions to help optimize and expand our database infrastructure.

What you'll do 

• Cassandra Administration: Manage and maintain our Cassandra clusters, ensuring high availability, reliability, and performance.
• Scaling and Performance Optimization: Design and implement strategies to scale Cassandra to meet the demands of a rapidly growing platform. Optimize read and write throughput, tune for low-latency operations, and ensure efficient use of resources.
• Monitoring and Troubleshooting: Set up monitoring and alerting for Cassandra clusters. Diagnose and resolve issues related to performance, capacity, and consistency.
• Automation and Tooling: Develop and maintain Java-based tools and libraries for managing Cassandra, automating routine tasks, and ensuring consistent deployment practices.
• Data Modeling and Architecture: Collaborate with developers to design efficient data models and schemas optimized for Cassandra, ensuring alignment with application requirements and performance goals.
• Capacity Planning: Anticipate future growth and plan for capacity needs, including storage, throughput, and replication strategies.

Who you are

• Strong experience in administering and scaling Cassandra clusters in a production environment, with a solid understanding of distributed database principles.
• In-depth knowledge of Cassandra architecture, including data replication, sharding, consistency levels, and compaction strategies. Familiarity with Cassandra-specific tools and extensions.
• Proficient in Java, with experience in building and maintaining tools and libraries for database management. Familiar with Linux systems and automation tools such as Ansible/Puppet.
• Skilled in applying Software Engineering principles to database operations. Capable of writing clean, efficient code for automating tasks, managing infrastructure, and optimizing performance.
• Proven track record of managing large-scale Cassandra deployments, including performance tuning, scaling, and ensuring high availability in a 24/7 environment.
• Adept at diagnosing complex issues, with a proactive approach to preventing downtime and ensuring the integrity of the database environment.
• Experience participating in an on-call rotation to provide support for production environments, with the ability to diagnose and resolve incidents in real time. 
• Good to have experience working with production Kubernetes environments and developing and/or configuring Kubernetes operators to automate Cassandra operations.

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.