Senior Staff Software Engineer

Why N-able

At N-able, we’re not just helping businesses be secure —we’re redefining what it means to be cyber resilient. Our end-to-end platform blends AI-powered capabilities and flexible tech stacks, so customers can manage, secure, and recover with confidence. But the real power behind it all? Our people. We’re a global crew of N-ablites, who love solving complex problems, sharing knowledge, and delivering solutions that actually make a difference. If you're into meaningful work, fast growth, and a team that’s got your back, you’ll be surrounded by people who believe in what they do—and in you.

What You'll Do

The Sr Staff Software Engineer supervises the design, implementation, and integration of new features across complex software products, services, or components. Serving as the technical leader of the unit, this role is also responsible for the creation of architecture and work plans across projects based on high-level vision and executing high-quality code design at all levels.

• Develops high-quality code for complex tasks.
• Leads the team in adopting best practices and delivering optimal solutions.
• Provides technical mentorship to team members, fostering continuous growth and development.
• Works with other Staff Engineers to align with technologies and solutions across multiple teams.
• Prepares and delivers engineering-related presentations, both internally and externally.
• Demonstrates expertise and ownership across a wide set of components, products, and/or services.
• Implements complex stories and fixes issues across multiple layers, writes unit tests, and improves unit test framework.
• Without high-level architecture plans, creates code and software architecture of complex features with multiple components, using OOP principles and design patterns.
• Reviews architecture and designs from other Architects and Staff Engineers, and identifies issues early.
• Writes new automated tests, and add the enhancement to the test framework/library when required. Proactively suggests improvements in the testing architecture, reviews, and accepts new concepts.
• Reviews and enhances the usability of implemented features, and follows existing usability guidelines.
• Troubleshoots, debugs, and isolates complex issues, and proposes solutions.
• Uses low-level operating systems knowledge to troubleshoot complex issues.
• Collaborates with Sales, Support, Customers, and other external teams to resolve escalations & customer issues, perform root cause analysis, and implement preventative measures.
• Researches and finds optimal solutions for complex stories/epics.
• Works in collaboration with Product Management, Architects, and other solution leaders to design and implement complex, cross-team features, and stories.
• Proactively suggests enhancements to building frameworks and tools to streamline development activities.
• Defines and delivers valuable, usable, and testable user stories, on time, without supervision.

What You'll Bring

• 15+ years of expert understanding of large-scale distributed applications built on GoLang / Java with system design knowledge .
• Hands-on experience building big data and analytics platforms at scale using Spark, Kafka, and orchestration tooling like Airflow on a cloud data warehouse or lakehouse (Snowflake, Databricks, BigQuery, Redshift, Opensearch, Elastic Search) with open table and columnar formats.
• Expert SQL and data modeling skills (good to have)
• Proficiency in Docker, Kubernetes, and Linux environments
• Proven ability to design, prototype, and validate end-to-end solutions for large-scale,
• distributed, cloud-native platforms with AWS (EC2, RDS, EKS, S3, etc.) /Azure / GCP
• Demonstrated proficiency in multiple areas of programming (e.g., web development, concurrency, non-blocking I/O, algorithms, etc.)
• Very good knowledge of commercial software design and development practices
• Highly skilled in the following areas: Coding, Software Design, Testing, Test Automation, and Product Design
• Ability to positively impact business and technical outcomes
• Marked interest in exploring and utilizing new technologies
• Demonstrated mastery of one or more programming languages
• Familiarity with CI/CD best practices
• Knowledge of Agile development methodologies
• Effective at translating highly complex technical architectures into clear narratives for non-technical audiences

Purple Perks

• Group Medical , Personal Accident & Term life coverage 
• Generous PTO and observed holidays
• 2 Paid VoluNteer Days per year
• Employee Stock Purchase Program
• FuN-raising opportunities as part of our giving program
• N-ablite Learning – custom learning experience as part of our investment in you
• The Way We Work – our hybrid working model based on trust and flexibility

About N-able

At N-able, our mission is to protect businesses against evolving cyberthreats with an end-to-end cyber resilience platform to manage, secure, and recover. Our scalable technology infrastructure includes AI-powered capabilities, market-leading third-party integrations, and the flexibility to employ technologies of choice—to transform workflows and deliver critical security outcomes. Our partner-first approach combines our products with experts, training, and peer-led events that empower our customers to be secure, resilient, and successful.

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