Adyen - Engineered for ambition

This episode (recorded late 2023) of Inspiring Computing features Nikki, a tech lead in machine learning at a company called Adyen. She discusses her journey into AI and our role at adjunct. Nikki initially studied econometrics, but found it lacking in practical application. She then delved into programming, building apps and websites, and eventually combined her love for mathematics and programming.
She worked at KLM as a software engineer, primarily on C++ plus before transitioning to ING. Was she, when she began working on extensively with Python and data related projects. At Adyen Nikki explains that the company facilitates payment processes for various businesses, ensuring integration with different payment methods for companies like streaming services and eclipse Cromer's platforms. She elaborates on the, behind the scenes process of payments, including the risk checks authentication. Emphasizing agent's role as a payment. Gateway and its banking license, which allows for same day payment processing.
Nikki discusses the complexity of payment optimization due to different messaging protocols and the rules across banks, particularly. With visa and MasterCard edge and maintain standards and smooth transition of these protocols. Leveraging machine learning models, trained on past data to adapt, to changes and ensures seamless payment processing across various banks and regions. They experiment different models per region, per group, and companies to optimize this performance.

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