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Senior Optimization Data Analyst

Adyen · Chicago · On-site

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About Adyen

Run payments, manage your data, and offer financial products in one platform. Adyen is purpose-built for the world. Backed by Index and ICONIQ.

About the role

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.

What they're looking for

  • 10+ years of relevant experience in data analytics, data science, risk, or fraud optimization, with a demonstrated track record of driving measurable impact in a payments or fintech environment
  • Expert-level proficiency in Python, SQL, and PySpark, with hands-on experience in large-scale data processing, scalable ETL pipeline development, and production-grade analytical systems
  • Strong experience with data visualization and self-service analytics tools such as Looker or Tableau, with the ability to design dashboards and tools that non-technical stakeholders can use independently
  • Experience with big data technologies including Spark and Airflow, and version control systems including Git, with a standard of engineering quality that produces reliable, maintainable, and scalable outputs
  • Proven ability to lead high-impact, cross-functional initiatives independently, with the organizational credibility and communication skills to align stakeholders across commercial, product, and data functions
  • Ownership mentality, intellectual curiosity, and the ability to operate in a fast-paced, cross-functional, global environment where ambiguity is the norm and impact is the measure
More about this role

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.

We are looking for a Senior Optimization Data Analyst to take a defining role in how Adyen drives payment performance for its most complex merchants. As a senior member of the Performance Optimization team, you will bring the full breadth of payment optimization expertise expected at this level, across authentication, authorization, and cost, while going deeper in risk, fraud, and ML-driven decisioning than any other role on the team. You will combine hands-on technical capability with recognized domain expertise in risk to lead the team's most complex merchant...

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