Adyen Salary

💰 $169K–$233K salary range

Median: $194K  ·  Based on 69 public Adyen job postings  ·  Updated July 1, 2026

This Adyen salary benchmark is built from public job postings — no private placement data. Figures reflect base salary only (equity is separate) and are refreshed as new postings are collected.

📊 Salary breakdown

Highest-paying open roles at Adyen

• Member of Technical Staff — $228K–$401K · Development
• Head of Hardware Partnerships — $258K–$375K · Payments Partnership
• Staff Engineer - Financial Products — $258K–$367K · Development
• Engineering Director, Developer Experience — $300K–$367K · Development
• Engineering Director, Developer Platform — $300K–$367K · Development
• Staff Engineer - Customer Interfaces — $258K–$367K · Development
• Engineering Director — $300K–$367K · Development
• Manager, Rewards (Compensation & Benefits) - Americas — $250K–$320K · Human Resources
• Head of Product, North America Payments — $235K–$317K · Product Management
• Staff Engineer - Customer Onboarding — $235K–$317K · Development

Adyen salary by department

• development: $246K median · $401K top base — Member of Technical Staff (view JD) (17 roles)
• commercial business development: $215K median · $300K top base — Senior Commercial Strategy Manager, Financial Services & Insurance (view JD) (6 roles)
• professional services: $194K median · $276K top base — Team Lead, Implementation (view JD) (8 roles)
• marketing: $170K median · $195K top base — Senior Demand Generation Manager (view JD) (6 roles)
• account management: $160K median · $240K top base — Senior Enterprise Account Manager (view JD) (7 roles)
• merchant operations: $108K median · $220K top base — Group Manager, Financial Crime Americas (view JD) (5 roles)

Adyen salary by seniority

• Mid: $170K median · $240K top base — Implementation Engineer (view JD) (12)
• Senior: $198K median · $401K top base — Member of Technical Staff (view JD) (22)
• Staff: $276K median · $367K top base — Staff Engineer - Customer Interfaces (view JD) (5)

Adyen salary — lead & management

• Lead: $212K median · $276K top base — Team Lead, Implementation (view JD) (9)
• Manager: $185K median · $320K top base — Manager, Rewards (Compensation & Benefits) - Americas (view JD) (14)
• Director: $325K median · $375K top base — Head of Hardware Partnerships (view JD) (6)

Adyen salary by location

• Remote: $209K median · $401K top base — Member of Technical Staff (view JD) (32 roles)
• Chicago: $193K median · $317K top base — Staff Engineer - Financial Products (view JD) (16 roles)
• San Francisco: $201K median · $375K top base — Head of Hardware Partnerships (view JD) (11 roles)
• New York: $178K median · $375K top base — Head of Hardware Partnerships (view JD) (10 roles)

Remote work at Adyen

67% of Adyen's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly.

What Adyen looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: Java (13) · PostgreSQL (6) · SQL (3) · Swift (2) · Project Management (2) · JavaScript (2) · Kafka (2) · OpenAI (2) · Demand Generation (1) · Python (1).

About Adyen

Adyen is Public stage · 1,001–5,000 employees · founded 2006 · HQ Amsterdam, Noord-Holland. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at Adyen

Roles typically ask for around 6 years of experience (up to 15+ for the most senior).

Posted pay vs. total compensation

The figures on this page are the midpoint of each posting's advertised salary range (which, for commission roles, includes on-target earnings). Equity is a separate — and often large — component of total compensation, especially at high-growth and AI-native companies; 78% of these postings reference equity (rsu). Equity is not included in the medians above.

Adyen total compensation signals

Beyond the posted-range midpoint, postings indicate: common structures: salaried. Bonus, commission, and equity vary by role and are not included in the base medians above.

Adyen hiring activity

Adyen has 69 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 69 public job postings with disclosed pay. 15 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (36 in the last 90).

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Common questions

What does Adyen pay?
The median pay is $194K, with a typical range of $169K–$233K, based on 69 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at Adyen?
One of the highest-paying open roles is Member of Technical Staff, at $228K–$401K base.

Which team pays the most at Adyen?
The development team, at a $246K median.

Where does this data come from?
Public job postings on company career pages and public job boards — no private placement or client data.

Methodology

Posted-range midpoints (USD) aggregated from 69 public Adyen job postings (2025–2026). Range = 25th–75th percentile; median = 50th percentile. Roles, departments, skills, and experience are parsed from the postings. Base salary only — equity excluded. Last refreshed July 1, 2026.

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