Director, Software Engineering

4 days ago

Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom N-able Technologies Ltd. Full time
Why N-able

N-able isn't just another software company – we're going places, and we would love for you to be a part of that journey. With N-ablites in more than 15 countries around the world, you're adding your unique voice to a diverse team of people who are supporting our customers, and one another. The Way We Work, our hybrid working model based on trust and flexibility, allows you to maximize your contributions while growing your career.

We are hiring a Director of Engineering reporting to the Senior Director of Engineering to shape our future platform. The successful candidate sees themselves as the technical leader within the company. Specifically, the right candidate will have experience building on-prem and SaaS products and managing the technical and architectural roadmaps. You will collaborate closely with product teams, executive stakeholders, and other engineering directors to drive alignment with our overarching Ecoverse strategy.

The right candidate will have experience managing a large engineering organization of 70+ engineers in distributed sites across Europe and North America. Winning is delivering great products for our customers. We do that by building an organization that can continuously deliver high quality new capabilities for our customers at scale.

What You'll Do

Strategic & Technical Leadership

  • Define and execute the strategic vision for Platform Services, ensuring it aligns with the company's Fusion platform roadmap.
  • Provide architectural direction and high-level oversight for IAM (SSO, UMS, CAS), Data Services (EventBus, Data Warehouse, Visualization & Reporting), and Platform UI (Apex Design System, N-query – Our GraphAPI).
  • Drive continual evolution of core platform capabilities, enabling product teams to deliver best-in-class features quickly and consistently.

Team & Organizational Management

  • Lead, mentor, and scale a multi-location engineering team (e.g., Romania, UK, Bulgaria, etc.), promoting a culture of excellence, collaboration, and continuous learning.
  • Partner with internal HR and Talent Acquisition teams to hire and retain top engineering talent; ensure effective onboarding, career development, and succession planning.
  • Set clear objectives and performance standards for the engineering organization, regularly reviewing progress and addressing gaps.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

  • Serve as the primary liaison between Platform Services and product engineering teams, ensuring alignment on technical standards, priorities, and delivery timelines.
  • Work closely with Product Management to define shared roadmaps, clarify requirements, and optimize platform capabilities for broad reuse.
  • Collaborate with Architecture, DevOps, UX, and other stakeholders to establish consistent processes, patterns, and technologies that streamline development.

Operational Excellence & Reliability

  • Implement and refine SLA-driven metrics that guarantee robust, high-performance services (e.g., data veracity, uptime, security).
  • Oversee monitoring, logging, and alerting systems to ensure proactive incident response and continuous improvement of service reliability.
  • Champion security, compliance, and best practices across all platform services, ensuring the integrity of our data and infrastructure.

Innovation & Continuous Improvement

  • Identify emerging technologies (e.g., AI/ML for data services, real-time analytics, advanced IAM protocols) and evaluate potential adoption to advance the platform.
  • Inspire a culture of experimentation, encouraging teams to propose, prototype, and validate new ideas that improve developer velocity and product quality.
  • Stay informed about industry trends, evolving standards, and cutting-edge approaches to platform engineering, bringing relevant insights back to the organization.

Stakeholder Engagement & Communication

  • Present high-level updates, progress, and strategic plans to executive leadership and at MBRs/QBRs, translating technical initiatives into business value.
  • Act as a trusted advisor to both internal teams and external partners regarding platform strategy, capabilities, and roadmap.
What You'll Bring
  • Proven Track Record: Significant experience in software engineering, leading large, distributed teams in a Director-level or similar leadership capacity.
  • Technical Expertise: Strong background in cloud-native architectures, microservices, CI/CD pipelines, identity management, data engineering, and/or SaaS-based product development.
  • Strategic Mindset: Ability to craft and communicate a long-term vision for platform services that balances immediate product needs with future scalability.
  • Cross-Functional Leadership: Demonstrated success influencing diverse teams (e.g., DevOps, UX, Product) and cultivating alignment in a complex, global environment.
  • Operational Excellence: Familiarity with SLA-driven development, production monitoring, high-availability techniques, and security & compliance frameworks (SOC2, ISO, etc.).
  • Strong Communication & Collaboration Skills: Capable of translating technical details into executive-level narratives and building consensus among senior stakeholders.
  • Preferred Attributes:
  • Exposure to or hands-on experience with IAM solutions, graph-based data services (e.g., GraphQL, Apollo Federation), and big data analytics.
  • Track record of building or evolving a "platform team" that serves multiple internal engineering partners.
  • High degree of comfort leading in a matrixed organization, with a passion for fostering a culture of ownership and innovation.
Purple Perks
  • Medical, dental and vision coverage
  • Generous PTO and observed holidays
  • 2 Paid Volunteer Days per year
  • Employee Stock Purchase Program
  • Fundraising 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, Inc. (NYSE: NABL), we are a global software company that turns IT possibilities into capabilities. That means we partner with technology leaders who support companies around the world by offering secure infrastructure and tools to navigate their evolving IT needs. We build strong relationships with our customers to help them thrive at every stage of growth, and at the heart of this effort is our network of N-ablites—a global team of extraordinary, diverse creators who are dedicated to making a difference in how our partners do IT.

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