Senior Platform Engineer – Distributed Data Stores

About the role

Adyen is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to join its NoSQL team in Amsterdam. You will work at the intersection of software engineering, database administration, and infrastructure operations, building tools and managing distributed data stores that power core services.

Key responsibilities

• Develop robust tooling and automation using Python or Go to manage, scale, and monitor distributed data stores.
• Design, build, and optimize distributed data stores such as Cassandra, Elasticsearch, Redis, and explore new technologies like Clickhouse.
• Implement data partitioning, clustering, and sharding strategies for large‑scale global systems.
• Collaborate with platform and infrastructure teams to ensure seamless integration and operation of distributed systems.
• Troubleshoot performance bottlenecks and maintain high availability in production environments, including participation in a 24/7 on‑call rotation.

Required profile

• Proven experience with distributed data stores such as Cassandra, Redis, Clickhouse, or Elasticsearch.
• Strong programming skills in Python or Go, with a track record of building reliable automation and developer tooling.
• Deep understanding of partitioning, replication, consistency models, CAP theorem, sharding and consistent hashing.
• Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot and resolve issues in large‑scale production environments.
• Proactive problem‑solver who takes ownership and works well in a team.

Required skills

• Python
• Go
• Cassandra
• Redis
• Clickhouse
• Elasticsearch