Senior AI Research 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.

The Opportunity

Adyen is building atop-tier AI engineering organization in Amsterdam, San Francisco and Madrid to drive our next chapter of innovation using AI globally across the entire company. This is ahighly technical, hands-on role focused on theexploration and application of cutting-edge AI research within the financial technology sector. As aSenior AI Research Engineer,you will operate with ahigh degree of autonomy and responsibility, deliveringstrategic, high-impact outcomes that bridge the gap between advanced AI research and production-grade applications at a global scale, potentially impacting trillions of dollars in transactions annually. 

What You'll Do:

• Innovate and Deploy: Drive the execution of Adyen's AI strategy, focusing on thepractical application of Generative AI (GenAI) and other AI methodologies in finance. This includes contributing to Adyen's efforts in key research areas such asAI agents for data analysis and operational workflows,human-in-the-loop for integrity risk, anddevelopment of foundation models. For instance, you might contribute to initiatives like the Data Agent Benchmark for Multi-step Reasoning (DABStep), which evaluates AI agents on real-world data analysis tasks, including those from the financial sector.
• Build Production-grade Applications: Bridge the gap between cutting-edge AI research and production by implementing research papers into robust, scalable, and production-ready code. Reduce complexity and dependencies across teams by championing engineering and scientific alignment by setting high quality standards.
• Optimize and Scale: Contribute to defining the long-term vision for AI at Adyen, specifically how AI will interact with humans and finance, including consumers, merchants, and financial institutions. This also includes understanding regulation and advocating for safe innovation in the field.
• Think Outside the Box: Drive innovation by challenging the status quo, introducing transformative ideas and implementing creative solutions to solve real-world problems. Carry outflexible, value-driven assignments, proactively unblocking teams to maximize organizational impact and drive strategic initiatives.
• Force Multiplier: Provide mentorship and horizontal sponsorship across the organization, fostering collaboration to share knowledge and best practices, and cultivating a culture of continuous improvement. This includes deeply engaging them in problem-solving processes and guiding them through execution, fostering their growth through hands-on involvement.
• Team Player: Actively pair with other engineering teams to solve deep-rooted technical challenges and be fully capable of beinghands-on with the code, whether creating proof-of-concepts or fixing critical performance issues.
• Learn and Lead: Connect with the broader AI community (including startups, VCs, and AI labs) to stay informed of the latest advancements and identify potential partnership opportunities.
  
  

Who You Are:

• You aredeeply embedded in the scientific AI research community and have a strong understanding of the latest SOTA advancements.
• You havesignificant experience and a strong understanding of Generative AI (GenAI) and Large Language Models (LLMs).
• You demonstrate astrong engineering mindset with a track record of writing clean, efficient, and scalablecode suitable for production environments.
• You have demonstrated experiencetaking cutting-edge AI research papers and implementing them into production-quality code.
• You demonstrate the ability tothink critically and deliver simple and elegant solutions to complex, cross-team problems, influencing strategic direction and fostering innovation across the organization.
• You excel attranslating complex technical concepts into clear, understandable terms for diverse audiences, including engineers, executives, and during public events. You adapt your communication style to effectively engage with diverse audiences.
• You thrive in leveraging empathy, influence, negotiation, relationship building, and conflict resolution tofoster strong, trust-based collaborations.
  
  

Nice to Haves:

• A strongproduct sense and the ability to identify impactful AI use cases.
• Experience inAI-enabled fintechcompanies.
• Familiarity withclassical machine learningconcepts.
• Experience with external visibility activities such asconferences and publications.
• Experience working withon-premise infrastructure.

Why Adyen?

This is an exceptional opportunity to join a solid, established company with a startup mindset, characterized by small teams, direct communication, and work on important challenges. You’ll have direct access to massive global datasets (e.g., payments, identity data) and the ability to see your team's work have an immediate impact at scale. We offer an environment of ownership and speed, where a focused research team can make a significant difference. You will be at the forefront of bridging AI and fintech, shaping how these two critical areas intersect. We are looking for individuals who are eager to stay connected to the edge of AI innovation while ensuring we deliver practical value to our global platform.

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 ourAmsterdam office. We are an office-first company and value in-person collaboration; we do not offer remote-only roles.