Senior Staff Engineer – Netwrix Directory Manager

Senior Staff Engineer

We're seeking a Senior Staff Engineer to drive the technical strategy and architectural evolution of Netwrix Directory Manager (NDM) - a cornerstone of our identity governance and administration (IGA) portfolio.

As a Senior Staff Engineer, you will serve as the principal technical authority for NDM, ensuring its modernization aligns with Netwrix's broader cloud transformation and product vision. You will partner closely with the Director and Engineering Manager as a peer in defining technical direction, setting architectural standards, and influencing how NDM integrates across the company's identity and security ecosystem. This role combines strategic influence with hands-on technical depth. You'll provide technical leadership across teams, guide design reviews, validate critical decisions, and mentor other senior engineers to elevate overall engineering excellence. This is a hybrid role with 3 days weekly in our Kraków office.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with the Director and Engineering Manager as a peer to define NDM's long-term technical strategy and architectural roadmap.
• Lead architectural design for NDM modernization, ensuring scalability, security, and alignment with Netwrix's Azure-based SaaS platform strategy.
• Drive architectural alignment across products, influencing shared patterns, integration models, and cross-identity data flows.
• Represent NDM engineering in architecture councils, platform discussions, and leadership reviews.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and guide adoption to improve resilience, performance, and developer productivity.
• Provide deep technical guidance and mentorship to Staff and Senior Engineers, developing the next generation of technical leaders.
• Collaborate closely with product management to ensure architecture and roadmap align with customer and business outcomes.
• Stay hands-on as needed – leading design reviews, prototyping critical components, and troubleshooting high-impact issues.

Qualifications & Experience

Required:

• Proven experience leading large-scale architecture or modernization efforts for complex, enterprise-grade systems.
• Deep expertise in distributed systems, cloud-native architecture, and modern software design patterns.
• Strong knowledge of Azure services and SaaS architectural principles, including multi-tenancy and scalability.
• Demonstrated ability to translate business and product strategy into actionable technical roadmaps.
• Experience influencing technical direction across multiple teams or products.
• Exceptional communication and collaboration skills with both technical and business stakeholders.
• Proven ability to mentor and elevate other senior and staff engineers.

Preferred:

• Experience designing or leading identity, access management, or IGA solutions.
• Background in security, compliance, or regulated software environments.
• Expertise in microservices, event-driven, or message-based architectures.
• Familiarity with observability, reliability engineering, and large-scale data management.
• Participation in company-wide or open technical forums as a thought leader or architecture representative.
• Experience shaping architectural standards or technical strategy across multiple products.
• Exposure to hybrid identity environments bridging on-prem and cloud.
• Proven ability to balance innovation with pragmatic delivery in enterprise settings.
• Interest in leveraging AI or automation to improve developer velocity and product resilience.

Our Values

At Netwrix, our values guide every action:

• Next-Level Customer Focus - Customers first, always. We listen, protect, and go the extra mile—because their success is our mission.
• Excellence - We set high standards and take pride in delivering exceptional results. We celebrate wins, seek constant improvement, and address shortcomings professionally.
• Transparent Ownership - We celebrate our successes, own up to our mistakes, communicate openly, and face challenges head-on with a genuine commitment to doing the right thing.
• Winning with Clear Thinking - We value clarity, find straightforward solutions to complex problems, and make swift, effective decisions.
• Relentless Innovation - We continually seek better ways to serve our customers and stay ahead. We foster creative thinking, and we embrace new approaches.
• Industry-Leading Expertise - We take pride in our expertise and continuously seek to learn and share knowledge, striving to be the trusted experts our customers rely on.
• eXceptional Together - We believe in the power of collaboration and diverse perspectives. By valuing each other's strengths, we achieve outcomes that surpass individual contributions.

Join us in a culture where integrity, respect, and hard work are foundational. Be part of a team dedicated to making a lasting impact.

Why You'll Love Working at Netwrix

• Competitive Health Benefits
• Continuous Learning and Development Opportunities
• Team-Oriented, Collaborative, and Innovative Work Environment
• Regular Company Town Halls to Keep You Informed
• Opportunities for Career Growth and Advancement

We pride ourselves on a culture that truly values employee input across various backgrounds and experiences. We look forward to welcoming new talent who can help us further our mission.

Netwrix Corporation and its wholly owned subsidiaries are Equal Opportunity Employers (EEO) and welcome all applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law. Please let us know if you require any accommodation.