Adyen
Large (~4,770)
Datadog
Large (~6,000)
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
Datadog
Best for: Engineers who want strong comp and interesting scale challenges in cloud observability
Ratings
AdyenDatadog
3.8
4.2
Overall
4.1
3.8
Work-Life Balance
3.9
4.3
Culture & Values
3.8
4.4
Comp & Benefits
3.6
3.8
Senior Mgmt
3.6
4.0
Career Opps
👍 76% Recommend
👤 80% CEO Approval (Ingo Uytdehaage)
👍 80% Recommend
👤 87% CEO Approval (Olivier Pomel)
Culture Values
Adyen only
⚖️ Work-Life Balance
Datadog only
💎 Strong Comp & Equity
Shared
⚙️ Engineering-Driven🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate🎯 Direct Product Impact🌱 Learning & Growth
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
Datadog
- Excellent compensation and equity — stock has been a genuine wealth builder for early employees
- Strong engineering culture with smart coworkers and interesting technical challenges at scale
- Fast pace can lead to long hours and pressure to deliver, work-life balance varies by team
- Rapid growth has led to organizational growing pains and bureaucracy creeping in
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.
Datadog
Choose Datadog if you want strong comp, interesting scale challenges in observability, and a fast-paced engineering culture — but expect long hours and growing bureaucracy.
Open Roles
Adyen — 302 jobs
💻 Engineering
82
💼 Sales / GTM
67
👤 HR / People
16
⚖️ Legal
15
📋 Product
14
💰 Finance
12
📊 Data
11
⚙️ Operations
11
📣 Marketing
5
🎨 Design
4
🧠 ML / AI
2
🎧 Support
1
Datadog — 433 jobs
💼 Sales / GTM
208
💻 Engineering
112
📋 Product
26
📣 Marketing
16
👤 HR / People
8
🧠 ML / AI
8
🎨 Design
5
⚙️ Operations
5
⚖️ Legal
3
📊 Data
1
💰 Finance
1
Summary
Adyen scores 3.8/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 4.1 work-life balance rating. Datadog 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, Direct Product Impact, Learning & Growth. Adyen also emphasizes Work-Life Balance. Datadog also emphasizes Strong Comp & Equity.
On the hiring front, Adyen has 302 open roles and Datadog has 433 open roles.