Senior Software Engineer (Android - Kotlin Expert)
- Level
- Senior
Not stated in the posting: salary, work type, visa.
Open. First seen 5 October 2026.
About the role
Adyen's standard text
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.
About the team
Payment Client Foundation team owns and operates Adyen's integration with payment methods in store focused on the low-level integration layers, including payment kernels and ensuring compliance with global PCI standards. This is the foundation that keeps payment running for retailers around the globe. In this role, you will drive technical strategy, build a high-performing team, and shape the evolution of our platform as Adyen continues to scale globally.
What you'll do
As a Kotlin Engineer you will work on solutions for our payment terminals featuring many capabilities, such as:
- Accepting payments using credit cards and debit cards, Apple Pay or Google Pay on mobile phones or accepting payments through QR codes;
- Communication with the Adyen backend to achieve one platform solution;
You will be working on developing our main business logic in Kotlin, which will be deployed on both Android based terminals and mobile phones.
We value your input and encourage you to propose innovative solutions. You will have the opportunity to work on projects that keep Adyen competitive. With this freedom comes the responsibility to own your features end-to-end—from design and implementation to testing and monitoring—ensuring a secure and sustainable solution.
Qualifications
Must haves
- A minimum of 5 years of experience writing code in Kotlin
- A minimum of 8 years of experience building software for the Android platform
- Experience in development of enterprise level SDKs.
- Expert level knowledge of Kotlin, Android SDK, Jetpack Compose, Coroutines, Gradle, Dependency Injection
- Take ownership of features from design and implementation through deployment and maintenance
- A high level of personal accountability and a blend of strong technical skills, creative problem-solving, and a collaborative spirit
- Experience writing and maintaining a comprehensive suite of automated unit and integration tests
- Ability and desire to mentor and grow other engineers through code reviews, design reviews, and over-the-shoulder debuggin
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English
Good to haves
- Experience with Kotlin Multiplatform for cross-platform development;
- Additional programming knowledge/experience - C/C++, Python
- Card payment (EMV, ISO8583) knowledge
- Experience with building libraries used by other engineers
- Knowledge about security best practices and standards
- Experience working in payment industry
Adyen's standard text
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?
Adyen's standard text
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 our Bengaluru office. We are an office-first company and value in-person collaboration; we do not offer remote-only roles.
What this role asks for
Particular to this role
C · C++ · Gradle
Rare in Adyen's other 183 open postings.
Standard for mobile roles
Android · Jetpack Compose · Kotlin
Common in mobile postings at any company.
58% of this description is written for the role. The rest is Adyen's standard text, folded away below.
Compared with Adyen's other open jobs.
The team: Development HIRES STEADILY
This role is one of 39 open in Development. 8 were posted in the last 30 days and the oldest in May: a team that hires all year rather than one being built.
WHAT THE TEAM WORKS WITH, ACROSS ITS POSTINGS
Java (24 of 39), Machine Learning (10 of 39), PostgreSQL (8 of 39), SQL (8 of 39), LLM (6 of 39), Kafka (5 of 39), RabbitMQ (5 of 39)
OTHER ROLES ON THIS TEAM
- Team Lead - Software Engineer posted Oct 23
- Engineering Manager – Identity & Verification Services posted Oct 22
- Engineering Manager - Financial Products posted Oct 20
- Senior Machine Learning Engineer - AML Tech posted Oct 16
- Senior Machine Learning Engineer posted Oct 16
- Engineering Manager - Android posted Oct 12
- Head of Engineering - Financial Data Experience posted Oct 9
- Machine Learning Engineering Manager, Credit & Underwriting posted Oct 5
- Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Financial Products posted Sep 15
- Engineering Manager, Machine Learning - Personalize Intelligence posted Aug 31
- Engineering Manager - Data Delivery Platform posted Aug 28
- Java Engineer in Java Application Core Components team posted Aug 26
- Engineering Manager - Issuing posted Aug 24
- Staff Engineer - Payments (Mobile & Terminal Experiences) posted Aug 24
- Engineering Manager - Identity and Access Management posted Aug 19
- Staff Engineer - Banking Products posted Aug 17
- Senior Software Engineer (Java) - Banking Accounts posted Aug 14
- Member of Technical Staff posted Aug 11
- Engineering Manager - Debit Card Payments posted Aug 6
- Developer Relations Engineer posted Aug 3
- Staff Engineer - Intelligent Customer Experiences posted Jul 30
- Staff Software Engineer - Merchant Fraud Prevention posted Jul 28
- Engineering Leader - Payments APAC posted Jun 8
- Engineering Lead, Regional Payments posted Jun 3
- Senior AI Research Engineer posted Jun 3
- Staff Engineer - Customer Interfaces posted May 18
- Senior Machine Learning Scientist posted Apr 29
- Senior Software Engineer - Lending posted Apr 24
- Head of Engineering - Adyen protect posted Apr 1
- Engineering Manager, Capital posted Apr 1
- AOSP Engineer posted Feb 18
- Staff Engineer - Financial Products posted Feb 3
- Staff Software Engineer - Money Movement posted Nov 26
- Java Software Engineer - Payments posted Oct 31
- Staff Engineer - Financial Products posted Aug 5
- Java Engineer (Affirmative Action for Women) posted Aug 1
- Software Engineer (Java) posted Aug 1
- Java Software Engineer - CX posted May 15
From the team and dates on Adyen's own job board.
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