Netflix is one of the world’s leading entertainment services with 278 million paid memberships in over 190 countries enjoying TV series, films and games across a wide variety of genres and languages. Members can play, pause and resume watching as much as they want, anytime, anywhere, and can change their plans at any time.

The Role

Netflix is reinventing how the world is entertained. Over 270+ million members around the globe enjoy our award-winning movies and TV shows, but most of our growth still lies ahead. The N-Tech Engineering & Reliability organization plays a vital role in developing internal solutions to streamline employee productivity. Our goal is to make employees' daily activities frictionless and nurture their overall experience, subsequently saving Netflix time and money. Directly reporting to the Director of N-Tech Engineering & Reliability, you will partner closely to drive strategic decisions and ensure alignment across the organization on cross-functional engineering initiatives.

| ABOUT YOU

You are a highly skilled and independent thought leader with a passion for developing high-quality products. You excel at tackling intricate, open-ended challenges and are capable of forming strong collaborative relationships across various teams. You have a proven track record of building scalable, high-performance applications and are adept at influencing strategic decisions within your department or technical domain. Your expertise with back-end technologies, AI, GenAI, and LLMs enables you to apply these tools effectively to solve complex enterprise problems.

In this role, you will be instrumental in shaping our strategic vision and integrating AI into our enterprise employee-facing applications. As a vital member of the team, you will be responsible for creating company-wide tools that enhance productivity and streamline operations. You will design, develop, and maintain robust products and infrastructure, ensuring seamless integration with third-party and internal services. Your ability to communicate technical concepts clearly and persuasively will be crucial in collaborating across functions and driving impactful solutions. Your work collaborating cross-functionally across your scope allows you to lead, grow, and create opportunities for colleagues so they can scale their impact. 

| RESPONSIBILITIES

Identify, architect, develop, test, deploy, and operate fully integrated solutions across build/buy that provide seamless end-to-end product experiences.

Lead and influence longer-term engineering and GenAI-related strategies for N-Tech Engineering.

Lead cross-functional technical efforts, driving alignment and consensus across diverse teams.

Design and implement scalable GenAI systems and make critical technical decisions on technology, reliability, and performance.

Represent N-Tech in GenAI working groups and product discussions, driving prioritization of GenAI efforts across Software & Systems Engineering and SRE teams. 

Design, build, and maintain infrastructure for modern integration methods between our applications, third-party services, and other Netflix teams' services.

Solve complex, high-impact problems and influence strategies to improve system and product quality across N-Tech Engineering.

Influence strategies and execution roadmaps within your department or technical areas of expertise, ensuring alignment with business goals.

Deliver a variety of artifacts, including code, algorithms, designs, prototypes, strategies, or architectures, that lead to system simplification and higher impact.

Collaborate extremely effectively with product managers, designers, other engineers, stakeholders, and vendors on projects within the team and across all of Netflix.

Communicate complex technical issues and business impacts clearly to varied audiences.

Mentor, develop, and grow members in your department/sub-function.

| WE VALUE

Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to make data-driven decisions

Passion for engineering principles and developing tools and applications for impact with high quality

Ability to thrive in a dynamic environment where needs shift and clearly articulate priorities and critical outcomes to your team

Demonstrated sound judgment by taking a strategic approach to solving technical problems with a holistic view of the business impact

Role model for inclusion, ensuring all voices are heard and facilitating the emergence of the best ideas

Ability to foster psychological safety and hold colleagues across the sub-function to the same standard

| SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

10+ years of experience as a software engineer, demonstrably delivering on time and with quality

5+ years of deep experience with AI, GenAI, LLMs, ML, etc.

Expert knowledge of data structures, algorithms, modern design patterns, and layers

Expert knowledge of Python and Java.

Demonstrable ability to lead a project, deliver an end product on time, at quality, and influence technical roadmaps

Passion to build internal solutions and own the development of enterprise-wide applications

Extensive knowledge of building quality APIs for internal and external products

Lots of experience integrating internal and third-party services into your solutions

Expert knowledge of cloud computing platforms like Amazon Web Services

Deep experience with Node, JavaScript, React, SpringBoot, NoSQL, and GraphQL

Proven track record of mentoring and developing other engineers

Ability to shift from tactical to strategic approaches and break down large problems into manageable pieces

Our compensation structure consists solely of an annual salary; we do not have bonuses. You choose each year how much of your compensation you want in salary versus stock options. To determine your personal top of market compensation, we rely on market indicators and consider your specific job family, background, skills, and experience to determine your compensation in the market range. The range for this role is $100,000 - $700,000.

We are an equal-opportunity employer and celebrate diversity, recognizing that diversity of thought and background builds stronger teams. We approach diversity and inclusion seriously and thoughtfully. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, ancestry, national origin, caste, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, age, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic makeup, marital status, or military service.

Job is open for no less than 7 days and will be removed when the position is filled.