Adyen
Large (~4,770)
Figma
Large (~2,800)
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
Figma
Best for: Ambitious engineers who want world-class technical challenges on a beloved product
Ratings
AdyenFigma
3.8
3.7
Overall
4.1
3.1
Work-Life Balance
3.9
4.0
Culture & Values
3.8
4.0
Comp & Benefits
3.6
3.2
Senior Mgmt
3.6
3.5
Career Opps
👍 76% Recommend
👤 80% CEO Approval (Ingo Uytdehaage)
👍 73% Recommend
👤 95% CEO Approval (Dylan Field)
Culture Values
Adyen only
⚖️ Work-Life Balance
Figma only
No unique values
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
Figma
- World-class talent and technically ambitious problems — real-time multiplayer, WebAssembly rendering
- Strong product mission that employees genuinely believe in — Figma is loved by its users
- Work-life balance rated 3.1/5 — 60+ hour weeks common, especially near deadlines
- Hypergrowth growing pains — product suite doubled without proportional hiring
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.
Figma
Choose Figma if you want WebAssembly-level challenges on a product people love — but expect 60+ hour weeks during crunch.
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
Figma — 156 jobs
💼 Sales / GTM
46
💻 Engineering
28
🎨 Design
11
👤 HR / People
11
⚖️ Legal
7
📣 Marketing
7
📋 Product
6
📊 Data
2
⚙️ Operations
2
💰 Finance
1
🧠 ML / AI
1
🎧 Support
1
Summary
Adyen scores 3.8/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 4.1 work-life balance rating. Figma scores 3.7/5.0 overall with a 3.1 WLB. That’s a 0.1-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.
On the hiring front, Adyen has 302 open roles and Figma has 156 open roles.