Senior Platform Engineer - Container Services

Adyen•Chicago, IL

9d•$180,000 - $243,000•Hybrid

About The Position

We are looking for a Platform Engineer for the Container Services team in Chicago. This team owns and operates Adyen's core container orchestration infrastructure, the foundation that keeps our global payment platform running. In this role, you will design, build, and operate critical infrastructure systems, drive automation and reliability improvements, and help scale Adyen's platform as we continue to grow globally.

Requirements

7+ years of experience with platform, infrastructure, or software engineering.
Advanced skills in Linux system administration, networking (TCP/IP, DNS, routing, firewalls), and security fundamentals.
Hands-on experience with Kubernetes at scale, cluster operations, networking, troubleshooting.
Comfortable operating on-prem infrastructure (i.e. outside of public cloud), bare-metal provisioning, hardware lifecycle, storage, and datacenter operations.
Intermediate-to-advanced Bash proficiency.
Intermediate-to-advanced skills in Python or Go.
Ability to build production-quality tooling and automation.
Work authorized in the United States without the need for new visa sponsorship.

Nice To Haves

Prior experience in FinTech or regulated industries where reliability and security are paramount.
Experience with configuration management tools (Ansible, Puppet).
Experience with load balancers (HAProxy, Nginx, etc).
Experience with infrastructure-as-code at scale.
Familiarity with HashiCorp tools (Terraform, Consul, Nomad, Vault).
Familiarity with GitOps workflows (ArgoCD).

Responsibilities

Design, implement, and maintain container orchestration (Kubernetes) and supporting infrastructure across our global private cloud.
Develop tooling and automation that improves provisioning, configuration management, and operational workflows, enabling self-service for engineering teams and reducing manual effort.
Own the availability and performance of critical platform systems, participate in on-call rotations, and drive incident response and postmortem processes that continuously improve our operational posture.
Work closely with platform engineers in Chicago, contributing to a global team that operates 24/7 infrastructure across multiple regions and datacenters.
Contribute to architectural decisions, evaluate new technologies, and help drive platform modernization initiatives — including migration strategies, multi-region resilience, and infrastructure standardization.