Engineering Director, Partner Enablement Apps

Netflix; Warszawa; Hybrid; PLN 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Netflix is seeking an Engineering Director to lead and scale the Partner Enablement Apps engineering organization, based primarily in Warsaw, with global collaboration. The role focuses on long-term technical strategy, organizational health, and delivery excellence across multiple teams handling partner integrations and payments experiences.

You will drive cross-functional initiatives, mentor leaders, and ensure reliable, scalable systems while fostering an inclusive, high-performance culture

Qualifications

• Extensive software development experience with strong technical foundations.
• Significant experience managing managers or leading multiple teams with prior team management experience.
• Proven track record of building and scaling engineering organizations.
• Experience with distributed systems, web applications, and cloud infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive the long-term technical vision and roadmap for Enablement Applications, aligning with broader Netflix objectives
• Partner with Product Managers, Designers, and senior leadership across wider organization and cross-functional stakeholders to influence organizational strategy and prioritization
• Identify opportunities for innovation and platform evolution that will scale to support Netflix's next hundred million customers
• Own the technical and organizational strategy for migrating and deprecating legacy services while maintaining operational excellence
• Build, mentor, and retain a world-class engineering team, including hiring and developing engineering managers and senior individual contributors
• Create an environment where engineers at all levels can do the best work of their careers
• Foster a culture of continuous learning, psychological safety, and engineering excellence
• Champion diversity and inclusion, ensuring all team members can thrive regardless of background
• Provide thoughtful coaching and career development support tailored to individual growth needs
• Establish and maintain a strong, mature foundation for core services across all Enablement Apps
• Collaborate with cross-functional partners to design and implement scalable, performant, and reliable solutions
• Stay current with industry trends, tools, and technologies, assessing their relevance and driving adoption where appropriate
• Own reliability and support for Partner Enablement Applications, including first-tier support for internal and external partners
• Drive operational maturity through metrics, SLOs, and continuous improvement initiatives
• Balance innovation with stability, ensuring the team delivers value while maintaining system health
• Build strong relationships with Product, Design, Partner Engineering, and Business Development teams
• Effectively communicate technical concepts and trade-offs to non-technical stakeholders
• Navigate complex organizational dynamics and drive alignment across distributed teams
• Demonstrate experience or strong interest in AI-powered intelligent systems and task automation

Skills

Leadership

Distributed systems

Cloud infrastructure

CI/CD

Mentoring

Communication

Strategic thinking

Tools

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Spinnaker

Gradle

Job description

Netflix is seeking an Engineering Director to lead and scale the Partner Enablement Apps engineering organization, based primarily in Warsaw, with global collaboration. The role focuses on long-term technical strategy, organizational health, and delivery excellence across multiple teams handling partner integrations and payments experiences.

You will drive cross-functional initiatives, mentor leaders, and ensure reliable, scalable systems while fostering an inclusive, high-performance culture