Team Lead - Software Engineer (APM Platform)

About the role

Adyen is looking for a Software Engineering Team Lead based in its Singapore office to lead a team of software engineers building and evolving the Alternative Payment Methods (APM) platform for the APAC region. The team helps merchants offer local and global payment methods, and works closely with Product Managers, Architects and other engineering teams. The role is office-based; remote-only positions are not offered.

Key responsibilities

• Lead, coach and develop a team of Software Engineers, fostering a culture of ownership, collaboration and continuous learning.
• Partner with Product Managers to turn business priorities and market needs into scalable technical solutions.
• Drive the team's technical direction, balancing delivery with long-term scalability, resilience and maintainability.
• Guide architectural discussions and engineering decisions on APM integrations, payment processing and platform capabilities.
• Build and evolve integrations with digital wallets, bank transfers, real-time payment schemes and other regional payment solutions.
• Ensure payment integrations are reliable, secure and scalable, with proper handling of flows, statuses, errors and reconciliation.
• Collaborate with Engineering Managers, Architects and other Team Leads to improve engineering practices, and act as an escalation point for complex technical challenges.
• Improve engineering quality through better testing, observability and developer productivity, and contribute to the APM strategy in APAC.

Required profile

• Experience leading and developing high-performing software engineering teams.
• Strong background building large-scale, distributed systems with Java or similar backend technologies.
• Enjoys coaching engineers through mentorship, feedback and career development.
• Comfortable leading technical discussions and working with Product Managers and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Strong problem-solving skills and enjoyment of complex technical challenges at scale.
• Thrive in collaborative, globally distributed teams and communicate across functions and regions.

Required skills

• Java or similar backend technologies
• Building payment systems or integrating alternative payment methods (highly desirable)
• Understanding of payment flows, transaction status handling, error management and reconciliation (plus)
• Experience with APAC payment methods and local ecosystems (plus)