Adyen
Large (~4,770)
LangChain
Small (~230)
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
LangChain
Best for: AI engineers who want to shape the open-source LLM tooling ecosystem from inside a fast-moving startup
Ratings
AdyenLangChain
3.8
4.6
Overall
4.1
4.0
Work-Life Balance
3.9
4.7
Culture & Values
3.8
4.6
Comp & Benefits
3.6
4.4
Senior Mgmt
3.6
4.4
Career Opps
👍 76% Recommend
👤 80% CEO Approval (Ingo Uytdehaage)
👍 92% Recommend
👤 95% CEO Approval (Harrison Chase)
Culture Values
Adyen only
⚖️ Work-Life Balance🌱 Learning & Growth
LangChain only
🔓 Open Source🌐 Remote-Friendly🧩 Wears Many Hats🤝 Flat Hierarchy
Shared
⚙️ Engineering-Driven🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate🎯 Direct Product Impact
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
LangChain
- Open-source DNA with massive community — your work impacts millions of developers
- Small team with outsized impact — ship fast with high autonomy
- Very early-stage startup — limited structure and processes
- Rapidly scaling which brings growing pains and role ambiguity
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.
LangChain
Open-source DNA with massive developer community impact and high autonomy — but very early-stage with limited structure and rapidly shifting priorities.
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
LangChain — 87 jobs
💻 Engineering
45
💼 Sales / GTM
29
📣 Marketing
6
👤 HR / People
2
⚙️ Operations
2
🧠 ML / AI
1
📋 Product
1
Summary
Adyen scores 3.8/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 4.1 work-life balance rating. LangChain scores 4.6/5.0 overall with a 4.0 WLB. That’s a 0.8-point gap on overall satisfaction.
Both companies share these culture values: Engineering-Driven, Ship Fast & Iterate, Direct Product Impact. Adyen also emphasizes Work-Life Balance, Learning & Growth. LangChain also emphasizes Open Source, Remote-Friendly, Wears Many Hats, Flat Hierarchy.
On the hiring front, Adyen has 302 open roles and LangChain has 87 open roles.