R&D Group Leader

Summary: Data has never been more valuable, and more vulnerable. As cyber threats evolve and regulations tighten, organizations struggle to answer one key question: “Is my data secure?”  At Varonis, we take a different approach: we protect data from the inside out. Our fully autonomous Data Security Platform enables organizations to continuously reduce risk through intelligent automation, not manual effort.  We’re looking for an experienced R&D Group Leader to lead the Remediation domain, owning the systems that actually fix risk at scale, from policy definition to automated execution across customer environments.  This role sits at the heart of Varonis’ value: turning insights into real, safe, automated actions that reduce exposure across enterprise data.  We work in a flexible, hybrid model.  What You’ll Do  Leadership & Ownership  Lead and grow a group of engineers responsible for Data Lifecycle Automation (DLA), policies framework, and remediation automations  Own delivery, quality, and operational excellence of production systems running at scale  Define technical direction aligned with product and business goals  Product & Impact  Drive development of customer-facing remediation capabilities (e.g., permissions cleanup, stale access removal, exposure reduction)  Partner closely with Product, Security, and Customer Success to maximize real-world risk reduction outcomes  Translate complex security problems into scalable, automated solutions  Architecture & Systems  Own the design of distributed, highly scalable microservices handling policy evaluation, recommendation generation, and action execution  Ensure high reliability for real-time / near-real-time remediation flows  Drive best practices across CI/CD, observability, testing, and system resiliency  Enhance the execution of dev velocity and efficiency of leveraging AI agents.  Execution & Scale  Manage full lifecycle: ideation → design → production → customer impact  Balance innovation with operational stability in a fast-moving SaaS environment  Lead cross-team initiatives across Platform, access, Privacy, and AI domains  People Leadership  Mentor managers and senior engineers  Build a strong engineering culture focused on ownership, quality, and impact  Recruit and develop top-tier talent   Requirements:  Leadership & Experience  5+ years in engineering leadership (Group lead/director roles)  Proven experience delivering large-scale SaaS systems to production  Strong track record working across teams (Product, Infra, CS)   Technical Skills  Deep experience with distributed systems and microservices architecture  Experience building high-throughput, production-grade systems  Strong cloud experience (Azure preferred; AWS/GCP also relevant)  Experience with data-intensive systems / pipelines (advantage)   Domain Experience (Advantage)  Security / data governance / access management / compliance domains  Automation systems or workflow engines  Policy-based systems or rule engines   Mindset  Strong product mindset with focus on customer impact  Hands-on technical leader who can dive deep when needed  Passion for building systems that operate reliably at massive scale  AI-native mindset: actively leverages AI tools    We invite you to check out our Instagram Page to gain further insight into the Varonis culture!  @VaronisLife     Varonis is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.  #LI-Hybrid