Manager, Identity and Access Management

Role Summary

The Team Access Experience Engineering (AXE) is part of Netflix’s Access Control Engineering (ACE) domain within the Security Service Engineering (SSE) organization. AXE turns ACE’s deep authorization and access‑control capabilities into paved paths, tools, and self‑service experiences that make it easy and safe for engineers across Netflix to implement access consistently and securely. As Engineering Manager, AXE (Poland), you will lead a Poland‑based engineering team that builds and operates the access experience and integration layer at Netflix.

• Lead a Poland‑based engineering team focused on backend or full‑stack systems, including internal platforms and developer‑facing tools such as APIs, SDKs, and connectors in complex, multi‑tenant environments.
• Partner closely with the Access Control Engineering Team (ACE), the Security Services Engineering Org (SSE), and cross‑functional stakeholders to drive adoption of secure access patterns across a wide variety of internal services and platforms.
• Translate security requirements into engineering solutions and architect resilient backend infrastructure that supports authentication, authorization, and identity management.
• Design and maintain identify and access management (IAM) tools and workflows that enable end‑to‑end lifecycle support from discovery and onboarding to auditing.
• Collaborate with Product Manager / Technical Project Manager functions to execute on strategic roadmaps and agreed‑upon success metrics.
• Lead teams in a distributed, async‑first environment, fostering strong cross‑functional relationships and clear written communication across time zones.
• Represent AXE’s strategy with senior engineering leadership, navigate complex tradeoffs, and collaborate across Netflix’s orgs and stakeholders.
• Mentor individual contributors, coach technical leadership within the local hub, recruit in Poland, and nurture a culture rooted in Netflix values.
• Apply a pragmatic, risk‑informed approach to decision‑making, balancing security, developer experience, and usability.

• Experience leading impactful engineering teams focused on backend or full‑stack systems, such as internal platforms and developer‑facing tools / integration services including APIs, SDKs, and connectors in complex, multi‑tenant environments with high integration density.
• Experience mentoring team members and cultivating technical leadership within a local hub.
• Strong technical proficiency relevant to distributed systems and identity and access management (IAM), including architecting and maintaining resilient backend infrastructure, working with security concepts such as authentication, authorization, and identity management, addressing integration challenges across heterogeneous technology stacks.
• Ability to collaborate with Access Control Engineering Team (ACE) to translate security requirements into engineering solutions, including in scenarios where direct IAM experience is still developing.
• A product‑centric mindset for the experience layer, with a focus on driving adoption through paved paths that reduce the need for custom solutions, supporting the end‑to‑end lifecycle from discovery and onboarding to auditing, and partnering with PM/TPM functions to execute on strategic roadmaps and agreed‑upon success metrics.
• Experience working in a distributed, async‑first environment, with the ability to lead teams whose partners operate across different time zones, support local autonomy while staying aligned with global leadership, and use overlapping hours effectively through clear written communication.
• Ability to build strong cross‑functional relationships and communicate effectively in order to represent AXE’s strategy with senior engineering leadership, navigate complex tradeoffs, and collaborate across our orgs and stakeholders.
• Commitment to people development and hub building, including coaching individual contributors and providing a clear scope for meaningful impact, and recruiting in Poland and contributing to a culture rooted in Netflix values.
• A pragmatic, risk‑informed approach to decision‑making, balancing security, developer…