Machine Learning Engineering Manager, Personalize Intelligence

The Opportunity

We're looking for an enthusiastic, self-driven Engineering Manager to lead the Personalize Intelligence team. You will lead the team that develops and owns the machine-learning behind Adyen Checkout optimization- our real-time, decision engine that helps merchants to increase their shopper conversion rate to boost seamless checkout experience. It is also the cornerstone of Adyen Uplift, a powerful AI product suite to optimize holistically for conversion, fraud and cost that is used by many of Adyen's customers today.

What You'll Do

• Lead the Personalize Intelligence team with hands-on technical leadership, driving architecture strategy and raising the bar through active mentoring and technical guidance.
• Work cross-functionally with Design, Product, Data Engineers, Machine Learning Engineers, Developers and other key stakeholders.
• Have a multiplier effect by motivating team members and providing coaching in areas including but not limited to: engineering best practices, scalable architecture design, product roadmap discussions.
• Maintain an inclusive team culture focused on autonomy, ownership, collaboration, communication, and impact.
• Collaborate with different teams to design and implement new services with reliability/infra/data/dev in mind.
• Set clear individual and team goals that align with our strategic engineering ambitions in close collaboration with the product manager.
• Create an inspiring and collaborative team environment with an open communication/feedback culture.
• Recruit new team members who align with the Adyen culture and required skills.

Qualifications

• You have affinity to the Shopper and Checkout optimization domain.
• You have proven experience working with, and deep understanding of machine learning products.
• You are an energetic self-starter experienced in creating alignment between multiple teams.
• You are able to define, implement and monitor performance to quickly identify opportunities for improvement in existing systems.
• You have experience in coaching and mentoring engineering talent.
• You have experience in leading technical projects in a fast paced and critical environment.
• You have experience collaborating with senior leadership to set strategic direction including product roadmaps.
• You are an excellent communicator and team player who can inspire others around them.
• You can clearly communicate technical concepts to non-engineers.

Minimum Qualifications

• 2+ years experience in managing machine learning engineering teams within a mission-critical environment.
• 7+ years of experience in a ML/AI tech environment.

Pay & Schedule

• Annual base salary range: $207,000 - $279,000 plus RSUs.
• This position is based out of the Chicago office. We are an office-first company and value in-person collaboration; we do not offer remote-only roles.