Security Software Engineer 5

Overview

Security Software Engineer 5 at Netflix working on access control experience layer services with an AXE team in Warsaw, Poland.

What you'll do

• Design, build, and operate services that make access control safe and straightforward for internal engineering teams.
• Own system design, implementation, and partner integration for access tooling and integration services.
• Plan and execute rollout strategy and ongoing maintenance for access-related components.
• Develop an adoption layer for next-generation access management, including APIs, SDKs, and self-service workflows.
• Partner with ACE and Security Services Engineering in a follow-the-sun, async-first model.
• Provide integration and experience-layer work on top of core access control infrastructure.

What you'll need

• Ability to collaborate to solve problems, navigate ambiguity, and make self-directed decisions with trade-off awareness.
• Experience building scalable, reliable, high-availability, and low-latency services.
• Proficiency in modern languages, with Java preferred (or Kotlin, Go, or Python) and openness to work across the tech stack.
• Experience designing and building developer-facing APIs, SDKs, and integration patterns.
• Familiarity with access control and IAM concepts including identity, authentication, authorization, roles, groups, attributes, and resource models.
• Experience with auth protocols including OpenID Connect, OAuth, SAML, and SCIM.
• Experience with GraphQL, gRPC, REST, or similar technologies.

Details

• Role is based in Poland and can be performed remotely within the country.
• AXE team work is described as in Warsaw, Poland, with collaboration across EMEA and UCAN time zones.