Location: Cork - NETGEAR European headquarters
Work Model: Hybrid (3 days on-site)
The Staff Enterprise Systems Architect is a senior systems and technology expert responsible for the design, implementation, and optimization of NETGEAR’s subscription and payments platforms. This role combines technical execution with strategic oversight, ensuring that NETGEAR’s subscription business is scalable, customer-centric, and future-ready.
The ideal candidate will bring proven experience in transformational enterprise-level roles—modernizing legacy systems, driving execution, and delivering measurable outcomes. They will have deep expertise in subscription management systems (such as ARIA, Zuora, or Stripe Billing), payment ecosystems, and enterprise data architecture, with a strong track record of execution and delivery.
This individual will collaborate closely with engineering, product, finance, and data teams to ensure our subscription and payment platforms are designed to support NETGEAR’s planned growth and leverage AI-driven agent shopping flows that enhance customer experience and automation. A deep understanding of data analytics and a strong interest in applying AI technologies will be essential to success in this role.
Key Responsibilities
Subscription & Payments Optimization: Ensure NETGEAR’s subscription and payment platforms are designed and maintained to support current and future growth, driving operational efficiency and scalability.
Technology Ownership: Act as the systems owner for subscription and payments platforms, ensuring configurations, integrations, and enhancements align with business goals.
Systems Management & Troubleshooting: Oversee configuration, optimization, and issue resolution across subscription and payment systems. Ensure compliance and seamless integrations across global markets.
Data Architecture & Integrity: Design and maintain databases and data lakes optimized for analytics, reporting, and financial accuracy. Guarantee data integrity, consistency, and scalability across systems.
Engineering Collaboration & APIs: Partner with engineering teams to deliver secure, scalable, and well-documented APIs that enable seamless cross-system communication and support business innovation.
Analytics & Insights: Use Snowflake, Tableau, and other data tools to provide actionable insights into subscription performance, churn, revenue, and efficiency.
AI and Automation: Integrate AI and automation into subscription and payment flows to improve billing accuracy, fraud detection, and shopping experiences through agent-driven customer journeys.
Required Qualifications
5+ years’ experience working with subscription and payment technologies.
Proven experience in a transformational role at an enterprise level, driving modernization and scalable platform delivery.
Proven experience managing and optimizing enterprise-level subscription and payment systems with a focus on execution and delivery.
Deep understanding of data analytics and strong interest in leveraging AI to drive automation, insight, and innovation.
Deep understanding of global payment compliance, financial operations, and digital commerce ecosystems.
Expertise in data architecture, integrity, and analytics using platforms like Snowflake and Tableau.
Strong technical communication skills with the ability to influence across business and engineering teams.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience in leveraging AI for subscription optimization, automation, and intelligent shopping flows.
Background in SaaS or consumer services organizations.
Experience with Salesforce Commerce Cloud, Shopify, or similar e-commerce platforms.
Demonstrated ability to drive alignment and collaboration across functions.
Company Statement/Values:
At NETGEAR, we are on a mission to unleash the full potential of connectivity with intelligent solutions that delight and protect. We turn ideas into innovative networking products that connect people, power businesses, and advance the way we live.
We're a performance-driven, talented and connected team that's committed to delivering world-class products for our customers. As a company, we value our employees as the most essential building blocks of our success. And as teammates, we commit to taking our work to the Next Gear by living our values: we Dare to Transform the future, Connect and Delight our customers, Communicate Courageously with each other and collaborate to Win It Together. You’ll find our values woven through our processes, present in our decisions, and celebrated throughout our culture.
We strive to attract top talent and create a great workplace where people feel engaged, inspired, challenged, proud and respected. If you are creative, forward-thinking, passionate about technology and are looking for a rewarding career to make an impact, then you've got what it takes to succeed at NETGEAR. Join our network and help us shape the future of connectivity.
NETGEAR hires based on merit. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
Top Skills
What We Do
At NETGEAR, we turn ideas into innovative networking products that connect people, power businesses, and advance the way we live. Easy to use. Powerful. Smart. And designed just for you.
For Home
NETGEAR makes it easy for you to have the smartest home in the neighborhood, with the latest, fastest networking technology products. From the most advanced wireless internet connectivity, to superior streaming, remote home video monitoring, and storage solutions, your home networking system will have the speed, range and performance you need, every time you need it. At NETGEAR, we focus on all things connected, with the goal of making your online experience seamless so you can sit back, relax and do more.
For Business
In business, confidence is everything. When it comes to your network, it’s even more important. Whether you’re a small business with big dreams or a mid-size business ready to take the next step, you need to share access and ideas safely, connect remote locations securely and give your people the tools to perform. At NETGEAR, we provide networking, storage and security solutions without the cost and complexity of big IT. Our advanced range of reliable, affordable networking products are easy to install and maintain. We deliver solutions you can count on, so you can spend more time on what matters most – growing your business.
For Service Providers
Keeping your customers happy and loyal is everything. At NETGEAR we are dedicated to your success. That’s why we deliver the tools and solutions you need to keep your residential and business customers connected, productive and satisfied. Partner with NETGEAR for home connectivity, home media, security and automation, and mobile solutions. We pay attention to the details that matter to you to deliver custom, cost-effective and scalable solutions that contribute to your bottom line.
