Adyen

Adyen is a financial technology platform founded in 2006 and headquartered in Amsterdam, where it processed its first payments. The company built its technology from the ground up to handle the complexity of modern global commerce, helping leading businesses accept payments, manage their data and offer financial products. It employs more than 4,000 people and operates 28 offices worldwide, with a workforce representing over 115 nationalities.

Its core product is a unified payments platform that lets businesses accept payments globally; it processed €970.1 billion in volume annually and reports platform uptime of 99.999%. Alongside payments, the company offers tools for managing payment and commerce data, and infrastructure that enables businesses to embed financial products for their own customers. Engineering is done in-house, and the firm describes its approach as focused on getting the fundamentals right and building systems from the ground up rather than relying on workarounds.

The work sits at the intersection of payments, data and embedded finance, spanning e-commerce, technology, transportation and fashion retail, among other sectors. With operations in 28 offices and a highly international workforce, the company's activities touch many jurisdictions at once, and its product set covers payments processing, data management and financial products in a single platform. Adyen states a long-term focus and an ambitious, straightforward working style.