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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 29 days Adyen's roles stay open a median of 45 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 37% of Adyen's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Adyen
- low 0 stale, 49 reposted of 234 open
- Hiring momentum
- 373 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-09-17
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Adyen's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Adyen.
About this role
As a Staff Engineer in the Observability domain at Adyen, you will lead the evolution of the company's global telemetry and monitoring ecosystem. Your responsibilities will include architecting a unified observability platform, revamping data systems, and enabling intelligent observability through the integration of AI. You will also work on simplifying the developer experience and providing technical leadership across engineering teams.
- benefits
- 1/5
- freshness
- 4/5
- career value
- 5/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Adyen as an employer.
What you need
- 10+ years of experience in software, systems, or platform engineering
- 3+ years in a technical leadership role within observability or large-scale distributed data systems
- Deep experience designing, scaling, and operating core telemetry data engines at a multi-petabyte scale
- Practical understanding of structuring high-volume telemetry streams for AI consumption
- Experience adopting industry-standard telemetry collection frameworks
- Strong proficiency in software development (ideally in Go, Java, or Python)
Nice to have
- Experience building or utilizing open standards like Model Context Protocol (MCP)
- Experience designing or integrating automated anomaly detection or conversational AI querying interfaces
- Familiarity with implementing automated multi-tenant isolation and capacity management frameworks
Worth weighing
- No salary listed
- Office-first company with no remote-only roles
- Vague details on specific projects or technologies used
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Listed by Adyen on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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