#104 - End-to-End Technical Independence feat. Alexander Matthey // CTO @ Adyen
Description
Discover the benefits of end-to-end technical independence with Alexander Matthey, CTO of Adyen.
Learn why Adyen cherishes its in-house strategy as Alexander shares how Adyen’s extreme technical independence (no third-party vendors) enables efficiency in everything from libraries to security.
Listen to find out:
- Security First: How Adyen makes security a priority for everyone. đź”’
- Pick Up the Phoneđź“ž: How direct communication makes them more efficient.
- How Adyen’s long-term vision drives innovation. 🚀
- How Conway’s Law is applied to their team structure
Listen here
Timestamps:
(00:00 ) Introduction to the Alphalist Podcast
(00:44 ) Meet Alexander Matthey, CTO of Adyen
(01:34 ) Adyen's Founding and Growth
(02:47 ) Alex's Nerd Journey
(05:42 ) Transition from Coding to Leadership
(07:28 ) How GenAI is changing coding
(10:52 ) Life in the FinTech space
(15:04 ) How Adyen's Long-Term Vision Drives Innovation
(18:12 ) End-to-End Independence. No third-party vendors.
(20:39 ) Product Discovery - Start with Customer
(22:49 ) How industry has changed
(23:43 ) Adyen Tech Strategy: Have set languages/tools etc.
(27:24 ) Adyen Tech Stack
(27:50 ) Adyen's Organisational Structure & Conway's Law
(28:28 ) -Biggest Concentration on Payments
(29:35 ) -Teams powering Financial Services
(30:39 ) -Data and Platform Engineering
(31:48 ) Transitioning to Smaller Teams
(33:06 ) Starting from Scratch: Building a Payment System not in 100% private cloud
(35:33 ) The Adyen Formula: Direct Communication via Phone
(42:13 ) Security First: Internal Responsibility
(46:16 ) Tools and Monitoring for Security
(49:57 ) Security if start from scratch
(54:07 ) Advice to My Younger Self
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