Adyen
Large (~4,770)
Anyscale
Medium (~250)
Best For
Adyen
Best for: Payments and backend engineers who value a no-nonsense engineering-first culture with above-average WLB and the challenge of processing global financial transactions at massive scale
Anyscale
Best for: Distributed systems and ML infrastructure engineers who want to work on the Ray open-source project and commercial AI infra
Ratings
AdyenAnyscale
3.8
4.2
Overall
4.1
3.8
Work-Life Balance
3.9
4.2
Culture & Values
3.8
4.1
Comp & Benefits
3.6
4.0
Senior Mgmt
3.6
4.0
Career Opps
👍 76% Recommend
👤 80% CEO Approval (Ingo Uytdehaage)
👍 84% Recommend
👤 87% CEO Approval (Robert Nishihara)
Culture Values
Adyen only
⚖️ Work-Life Balance🎯 Direct Product Impact🌱 Learning & Growth
Anyscale only
🔓 Open Source🤝 Flat Hierarchy
Shared
⚙️ Engineering-Driven🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate
Pros & Cons
Adyen
- Smart, humble colleagues with high standards and a market-leading payments product
- Good work-life balance with trust-based culture, free lunch, and international team trips
- Below-market compensation (~20% less than peers) with poor stock options
- Middle management quality issues as company scaled — inexperienced managers and internal politics
Anyscale
- Brilliant colleagues from top companies
- Direct impact on AI/ML ecosystem
- Context switching between projects
- Documentation can lag behind development
Bottom Line
Adyen
Adyen's engineering culture is well-regarded in fintech — principled, WLB-conscious (4.1/5), and technically rigorous — but expect a methodical Amsterdam-centric culture rather than a high-growth startup vibe.
Anyscale
Choose Anyscale if you want to work on Ray — the dominant compute framework for AI workloads — with strong engineering culture and open-source DNA.
Open Roles
Adyen — 279 jobs
💻 Engineering
80
💼 Sales / GTM
65
⚖️ Legal
19
💰 Finance
14
⚙️ Operations
12
📋 Product
12
👤 HR / People
11
📊 Data
10
🎨 Design
5
📣 Marketing
2
🧠 ML / AI
2
Anyscale
No open roles currently listed
Summary
Adyen scores 3.8/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 4.1 work-life balance rating. Anyscale scores 4.2/5.0 overall with a 3.8 WLB. That’s a 0.4-point gap on overall satisfaction.
Both companies share these culture values: Engineering-Driven, Ship Fast & Iterate. Adyen also emphasizes Work-Life Balance, Direct Product Impact, Learning & Growth. Anyscale also emphasizes Open Source, Flat Hierarchy.
On the hiring front, Adyen has 279 open roles and Anyscale has 0 open roles.