Adyen tech stack

Adyen builds mostly with Java, Python, SQL, JavaScript. Its stack also includes PostgreSQL, Kubernetes, Linux, Trino. Java is named in 45 of the 130 job postings Adyen published in the last 12 months (35%). Counted by Alion from the job postings of Adyen, updated Sep 26, 2026.

Source: Alion Coverage: the company's job postings of the last 12 months Sep 26, 2026
Technologies in use
166
Postings analysed
130
Open now
51
Modernity
80 /100
New in 6 months
8

What programming languages does Adyen use?

Java is named in 35% of job postings at Adyen, followed by Python (32%), SQL (26%), JavaScript (13%).

Java 45 35% required in 89% · 20 open now · since May 2025
Python 41 32% required in 83% · 12 open now · since Jun 2025
SQL 34 26% required in 79% · 9 open now · since May 2025
JavaScript 17 13% required in 82% · 4 open now · since Sep 2025
Kotlin 7 5% required in 100% · 3 open now · since Feb 2026
TypeScript 5 4% required in 80% · 1 open now · since May 2026
Go 4 3% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Apr 2026
C++ 3 2% required in 33% · 1 open now · since Feb 2026
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PHP3
Bash2
Swift2
Node JS2
LookML1
Rust1

What frameworks and libraries does Adyen use?

Hadoop is named in 4% of job postings at Adyen, followed by Pandas (4%), React.js (3%), Vue.js (3%).

Hadoop 5 4% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Jun 2025
Pandas 5 4% required in 60% · since Oct 2025
React.js 4 3% required in 100% · 1 open now · since May 2026
Vue.js 4 3% required in 100% · 1 open now · since May 2026
OpenTelemetry 4 3% required in 75% · 2 open now · since Feb 2026
LightGBM 4 3% required in 50% · since Oct 2025
PyTorch 4 3% required in 50% · since Oct 2025
TensorFlow 4 3% required in 50% · since Oct 2025
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XGBoost4
Preact3
Kotlin Multiplatform3
FastAPI2
Jetpack Compose2
PassKit2
Playwright2
Pytest2
Dagger1
Flink1
Hilt1
Jest1
LangChain1
LlamaIndex1
PennyLane1
Scikit-learn1
Vitest1

What databases does Adyen use?

PostgreSQL is named in 18% of job postings at Adyen, followed by Trino (5%), ClickHouse (5%), ElasticSearch (5%).

PostgreSQL 23 18% required in 83% · 8 open now · since May 2025
Trino 7 5% required in 71% · since Oct 2025
ClickHouse 6 5% required in 83% · 2 open now · since Feb 2026
ElasticSearch 6 5% required in 67% · 3 open now · since May 2025
Redis 5 4% required in 60% · 4 open now · since Apr 2026
OpenSearch 3 2% required in 67% · 1 open now · since Feb 2026
Neo4j 2 2% required in 100% · since Jul 2026
Cassandra 2 2% required in 50% · 1 open now · since Nov 2025
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SQLite1

What cloud and platforms does Adyen use?

Kubernetes is named in 14% of job postings at Adyen, followed by Linux (10%), Spark (10%), Apache Kafka (8%).

Kubernetes 18 14% required in 94% · 3 open now · since Oct 2025
Linux 13 10% required in 92% · 7 open now · since Feb 2026
Spark 13 10% required in 77% · 2 open now · since Jun 2025
Apache Kafka 11 8% required in 64% · 4 open now · since May 2025
Grafana 9 7% required in 67% · 2 open now · since Oct 2025
AWS 7 5% required in 100% · 4 open now · since Mar 2026
Looker 6 5% required in 83% · 3 open now · since Feb 2026
Amazon S3 5 4% required in 100% · 4 open now · since Mar 2026
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Tableau5
VMWare5
GitLab4
GitHub4
Postman4
RabbitMQ4
Android SDK3
MLFlow3
AWS Bedrock2
AWS Lambda2
AWS Step Functions2
Amazon EKS2
GitHub Actions2
Agentforce1
Airflow1
Datadog1
Dynatrace1
Figma1
Framer1
GCP1
GitLab CI1
Okta1
Power BI1
Sentry1
SonarQube1
Splunk1
Vertex AI1

What developer tools does Adyen use?

Prometheus is named in 10% of job postings at Adyen, followed by Rest API (8%), Puppet (8%), Ansible (7%).

Prometheus 13 10% required in 77% · 5 open now · since Oct 2025
Rest API 11 8% required in 100% · 4 open now · since May 2025
Puppet 10 8% required in 60% · 5 open now · since Mar 2026
Ansible 9 7% required in 67% · 4 open now · since Mar 2026
Git 9 7% required in 67% · 3 open now · since Jun 2025
pySpark 8 6% required in 63% · 2 open now · since Jun 2025
Terraform 6 5% required in 50% · 1 open now · since Mar 2026
KVM 5 4% required in 100% · 4 open now · since Mar 2026
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Nagios5
Zabbix5
Docker4
Gradle4
Model Context Protocol3
Tempo3
VictoriaMetrics3
Argo Workflows2
OpenStack2
Pulumi2
Alertmanager2
HAProxy2
ArgoCD1
Claude Code1
Consul1
Cursor1
Google ADK1
GraphQL1
Nomad1
Vault1
kubectl1
Bitrise1
Detekt1
Gerrit1
Jenkins1
Magento1
Maven1
Nginx1

What AI and ML technologies does Adyen use?

LLM is named in 6% of job postings at Adyen, followed by Claude (1%), Gemini (1%).

LLM 8 6% required in 88% · 4 open now · since Nov 2025
Claude 1 1% required in 100% · since Nov 2025
Gemini 1 1% required in 100% · since Jun 2026

Which engineering practices does Adyen ask for?

AI Agents is named in 18% of job postings at Adyen, followed by Platform Engineering (16%), Machine Learning (13%), RAG (8%).

AI Agents 24 18% required in 96% · 9 open now · since Jul 2025
Platform Engineering 21 16% required in 100% · 9 open now · since Feb 2026
Machine Learning 17 13% required in 88% · 5 open now · since Oct 2025
RAG 11 8% required in 91% · 5 open now · since Apr 2026
CI/CD 10 8% required in 90% · 3 open now · since Mar 2026
A/B Testing 9 7% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Dec 2025
Incident Management 8 6% required in 88% · 1 open now · since Nov 2025
ETL/ELT 7 5% required in 71% · 2 open now · since Jun 2025
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LLM Guardrails5
Time Series Forecasting5
Anomaly Detection5
Human-in-the-Loop5
Agentic Workflows4
Tool Use4
DNS3
Dependency Injection3
Multimodal AI3
GitOps3
SOAP3
Feature Store3
Context Engineering2
EU AI Act2
Edge AI2
FinOps2
Fine-tuning2
Function Calling2
GraphRAG2
Post-training2
Prompt Engineering2
RLHF2
SLI/SLO/SLA2
TCP/IP2
Tokenization2
Configuration Management1
HPC1
IAM1
Master Data Management1
NIST AI RMF1
PWA1
Red Teaming1

And 3 more, each named in fewer postings.

What other technologies does Adyen use?

Kotlin Coroutines is named in 2% of job postings at Adyen.

Kotlin Coroutines 3 2% required in 100% · since Jun 2026

What does each Adyen team work with?

The technologies each team's postings require most often, with the number of postings that require them.

Backend

34 postings
Java27
PostgreSQL17
SQL12
Rest API10
Kubernetes9
Python7

Product

13 postings
GitLab2
Model Context Protocol2
SQL2

DevOps

13 postings
Python10
Linux8
Prometheus7
AWS5
Amazon S35
Ansible5

Leadership

10 postings
Java3
LLM2

Analytics

9 postings
Tableau5
SQL4
Python2
Spark2

AI/ML

9 postings
Python5
Kubernetes3
Argo Workflows2
Docker2
Grafana2
LLM2

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How much does Adyen pay by technology?

Median stated pay of the postings that name each technology, against the median of all Adyen postings with stated pay: $243k across 38 postings.

TechnologyPostings with payMedianvs company median
Java15$243k0%
Python10$238k−2%
SQL10$210k−14%
JavaScript7$293k+21%
PostgreSQL7$243k0%

How is the Adyen stack changing?

Read from the dates of the postings themselves: a technology is new when the first posting that names it appeared in the last six months, rising or falling when its share of postings moved between the last two quarters.

First appeared
TokenizationSep 2026
FinOpsAug 2026
EU AI ActAug 2026
SLI/SLO/SLAAug 2026
PassKitJul 2026
PreactJul 2026
OpenStackJul 2026
TableauJul 2026
Rising
SQL13% → 25%
Git3% → 10%
Tableau0% → 7%
PostgreSQL10% → 16%
ETL/ELT3% → 8%
Looker0% → 5%
Preact0% → 4%
Falling
Machine Learning20% → 11%
Apache Kafka13% → 5%
CI/CD13% → 7%
Prometheus13% → 8%
Grafana10% → 5%
Kotlin7% → 4%
ClickHouse7% → 4%
Terraform7% → 4%

How modern is the Adyen stack?

Cutting-edge AI adopter 80/100

Adyen scores 80 out of 100 (Cutting-edge). The score averages how current each technology in the stack is and adds weight for AI adoption. AI technologies in the stack: 3; legacy ones: 0.

How common is the Adyen stack in its industry?

Share of the 289 companies in the same industries, whose stack Alion knows, that use each technology.

Java46%
Python60%
SQL70%
PostgreSQL44%
Kubernetes50%
JavaScript59%
Linux34%
Spark18%
Apache Kafka35%
Grafana29%

What sets Adyen apart

LightGBM4%
Android SDK3%
Kotlin Multiplatform2%
Preact1%

Questions about the Adyen tech stack

What programming languages does Adyen use?

The languages named in Adyen job postings are Java (35%), Python (32%), SQL (26%), JavaScript (13%), Kotlin (5%), as a share of the 130 postings of the last 12 months.

Does Adyen use Hadoop?

Yes. Hadoop is named in 5 of 130 job postings (4%) and required in 5 of them.

What cloud and platforms does Adyen use?

The cloud and platforms named in Adyen job postings are Kubernetes (18), Linux (13), Spark (13) (postings in brackets).

What skills do you need for a Backend job at Adyen?

Backend postings at Adyen most often require Java (27), PostgreSQL (17), SQL (12), Rest API (10), out of 34 postings in the last 12 months.

Is the Adyen tech stack changing?

Yes. Tokenization, FinOps, EU AI Act, SLI/SLO/SLA first appeared in Adyen job postings in the last six months.

How modern is the Adyen tech stack?

Adyen scores 80 out of 100 (Cutting-edge). The score averages how current each technology in the stack is and adds weight for AI adoption. AI technologies in the stack: 3; legacy ones: 0.

How does Alion know the Adyen tech stack?

Alion reads every job posting Adyen publishes and tags the technologies each one names. The figures on this page count the 130 postings of the last 12 months and were updated on Sep 26, 2026.

Method and citation

Alion reads every job posting the company publishes and tags the technologies each one names. Shares count the postings of the last 12 months, open and closed; the company's own products are counted apart. How we count

Alion, "Adyen tech stack: 166 technologies from 130 job postings", as of Sep 26, 2026. https://alion.io/company/adyen/technologies

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