Staff Software Engineer

Job description

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.

We are looking for a Staff Software Engineer to provide technical leadership across our multi-tenant services platform powering Fusion, one of N-able’s flagship products. You will own complex distributed systems architecture, guide engineering direction, mentor teams, and drive design decisions that ensure scalability, resilience, and performance across our platform.This role goes beyond feature delivery. You will set technical standards, shape architecture across teams, solve deep system problems, and help engineering teams deliver with quality and confidence

You will operate as a senior technical leader and hands-on contributor. Key
responsibilities include:
Technical Leadership and Architecture
• Architect and evolve distributed, event-driven, cloud-native systems built in Go and related technologies
• Define and review architectural patterns across services, APIs, data
systems, and integration layers
• Align technical direction with other Staff Engineers and Architects across
teams
• Research, define, and advocate optimal solutions for complex platform
challenges
• Drive consistency in design patterns, code quality, scalability, and
performance 

Hands-On Engineering
• Deliver high-quality code for complex features and core platform
components
• Implement distributed data models, upsert strategies, and multi-copy
data optimization
• Work across storage and search systems including DocumentDB,
OpenSearch, SpiceDB, GraphQL, and AWS Neptune
• Build for reliability, throughput, and predictable latency
• Strengthen test design and automation frameworks using tools such as
Ginkgo and K6

System Ownership and Problem Solving
• Take ownership across multiple services and components in Fusion
• Debug and resolve complex production and customer-reported issues
• Perform deep root cause analysis and implement preventative
improvements
• Apply cloud and OS-level knowledge when diagnosing system behavior

Quality, Testing, and Engineering Excellence
• Champion disciplined coding practices
• Improve and extend automated testing frameworks
• Ensure engineering decisions consider system-wide impact
• Drive continuous improvement in SDLC, CI/CD, and secure development practices

Collaboration and Influence
• Mentor engineers and raise overall technical capability in the team
• Participate in design reviews and provide constructive technical
leadership
• Work closely with Product Management to break down complex
initiatives into executable plans
• Partner with Support, Sales, and Customers to resolve escalations and
protect customer trust

• Deep experience designing and building distributed, event-driven,
microservices-based systems
• Strong expertise in Go and at least one additional backend language
• Proven ability to create architecture from high-level direction
• Experience with cloud native platforms, ideally AWS
• Strong background in distributed data modeling and upsert strategies
• Demonstrated ability to debug complex systems end-to-end
• Hands-on experience with technologies such as:

• DocumentDB
• OpenSearch
• SpiceDB
• AWS Neptune
• GraphQL
• Strong understanding of testing strategy, load testing, and
automation
• Experience mentoring engineers and guiding technical decisions across
teams
• Ability to balance strategic thinking with practical delivery
• Familiarity with secure development practices and CI/CD pipelines

• 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

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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