Engineering Manager, Netflix
Ecosystems Platform and Reliability
$190-920k
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
Office located in Los Gatos, CA
Streaming service
Job no longer available
Streaming service
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$190-920k
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
Office located in Los Gatos, CA
1001+ employees
Company mission
Entertainment, like friendship, is a fundamental human need; it changes how we feel and gives us common ground. Netflix is better entertainment at lower cost and greater scale than the world has ever seen. They want to entertain everyone, and make the world smile.
Role
Who you are
- The ideal candidate will be an inspiring leader, an effective communicator, dedicated to fostering an environment of continuous improvement and good development practices, and enjoys working in the office a few days per week (some of the team and close partners are local and work in person a few days per week)
- Minimum of 7 years of experience in software development, with 3+ years leading a backend services platform team
- At least 3 years of experience in a leadership or management role within a software engineering team
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with an ability to navigate cross-functional team dynamics
- Comfortable working across multiple time zones in the US, Asia, and Europe when communicating with global distributed team members
- Familiarity with systems such as Jenkins, Github actions, Gradle, Spinnaker etc. is a plus
What the job involves
- We are seeking an experienced Software Engineering Manager to lead our Ecosystem Platform and Reliability team
- This role involves establishing long-term technical strategy, driving the development and evolution of the core services to power our suite of web applications to scale partner management, device lifecycle management and partner payment channels, collectively known as Enablement Apps
- The team is also responsible for the reliability and support for Enablement Apps, which includes first tier support for internal and external partners
- The Ecosystem Platform and Reliability team develops the foundational software platform for Enablement Apps
- We provide a unified approach for developing and delivering cloud and data systems leveraged by application teams and other stakeholders
- Thoughtful leadership with experience in hiring, coaching, and retaining strong engineering talent with various needs for personal and professional growth
- Lead a team of globally distributed engineers, providing technical guidance and career development support
- Foster a culture of continuous learning and development best practices within the team
- Collaborate with cross-functional partners to identify, design, and implement scalable and performant solutions for our evolving applications
- Coordinate and prioritize migration and deprecation of legacy services
- Champion data quality and engineering excellence
- Establish a strong and mature foundation for the core services for all Enablement Apps including but not limited to: Testing - unit/automated testing to minimize downtime, Monitoring & alerting, Scalable on-call support (i.e. balanced enough for the team to not always feel like they’re on-call and we have the right level of support)
- Stay current with the newest trends, tools, and technologies in the field, assessing their relevance to our ecosystem
Otta's take
Xav Kearney
CTO of Otta
Netflix was started when one of the co-founders had received a $40 late fee after failing to return a film on time. Now, Netflix is one of the fastest growing technology companies, reinventing the entertainment space by providing high quality content for low fees.
This is becoming an increasingly competitive space, with deep-pocketed rivals including Amazon, Disney, Apple and AT&T. They are all spending big on content and pricing cheaply in a battle to win subscribers.
After a dwindling number of subscribers due to tough competition in 2022, Netflix is focused and committed to improving its core service which is its TV, movies and now games going forward. Post-IPO funding of $183 million from Winslow Capital at the end of 2023 followed the previous year's dumping of shares by the same company after Netflix's first loss of subscribers. This capital indicates a shifting perspective on Netflix's outlook, which saw a year-end subscriber boost.
Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
-8% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Apr 2000
$50m
SERIES E
Jul 1999
$30m
SERIES D
Total funding: $103.5m
Company benefits
- Work from home opportunities
Company values
- Inclusion
- You work well with people of different backgrounds, identities, values and cultures
- You are excited to help build diverse teams where everyone feels welcomed and respected
- You recognize we all have biases and work to counteract them
- You take action if someone is marginalizing a colleague
- You treat everyone with respect regardless of their position at Netflix
- Integrity
- You exhibit and are known for candor and transparency
- You only say things about colleagues that you are willing to share with them
- You admit mistakes openly and share learnings widely
- You always share relevant information internally, even when uncomfortable
- You act with good intent and trust your colleagues to do the same
- Passion
- You care deeply about Netflix‘s success
- You inspire others with your drive for excellence
- You are excited about your work
- You are proud to entertain the world
- You are tenacious and optimistic
- Innovation
- You develop new ideas that prove impactful
- You look for every opportunity to reduce complexity and keep things simple
- You challenge prevailing assumptions, and suggest better approaches
- You are flexible and thrive in a constantly evolving organization
- Curiosity
- You learn rapidly and eagerly
- You seek alternate perspectives to improve your ideas
- You see patterns and connections that other people miss
- You seek to understand members’ changing tastes and desires
Company HQ
Los Gatos, CA
Founders
Reed Hastings
(Chairman)Served two years with the Peace Corps in Switzerland. Studied Computer Science at Stanford, and founded Pure Software (which sold for a substantial profit before Netflix). Previously a Board Member at Microsoft and Facebook.
Greg Peters
(Co-CEO)Previously Netflix COO and CPO, SVP and CE of Product Development at Macrovision, VP of Engineering at Mediabolic, Director at Redhat inc, VP Engineering at NOCpulse.
People progressing
Joined as a Content Strategy Associate in LA. Moved to London after 6 months. They have been promoted to Head of Content Strategy & Analysis UK.
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