Engineering Manager - Asset Personalization Platform
- Pay
- $436,000 – $791,000 per year
- Location
- Remote (US) · On-site
- Job type
- Full-time
- Level
- Lead / Staff
- Experience
- 4+ years
- Education
- Bachelor's degree
- Listed
- 14 days ago
Skills & highlights for this role
- Leading backend distributed systems teams
- Building and operating distributed systems
- Technical advisory and architecture
- Hiring and growing engineering teams
- Stakeholder communication and expectation management
- Product partnership and roadmap influence
- Java
Also useful
- Personalization systems
- A/B testing
- Machine learning
- Cloud computing
- Product platform experience
- Consumer-facing customer experience systems
What we are looking for in you
- An engineering leader with 4+ years of experience leading backend distributed systems teams.
- Strong technical acumen and ability to act as a technical advisor to the team.
- Experience building and operating distributed systems with a direct impact on the customer experience. Experience building product platforms is a bonus!
- A passion for improving consumer experiences through strong partnerships with product leaders, ability to influence product direction and roadmaps.
- A track record of hiring diverse, highly talented engineers and growing successful, highly impactful teams.
- Excellence in communicating context with the team, stakeholders, partners, and leadership. Ability to drive the team’s roadmap by connecting the dots between your team’s work and business needs, managing expectations, and navigating competing priorities.
- Domain experience with personalization, AB testing, machine learning, cloud computing, and Java.
- A leadership style that prioritizes giving and receiving feedback, fostering new ideas, and empowering others without micromanagement.
- A BS in Computer Science/Engineering or a related discipline.
Pay and benefits
Generally, 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 $436,000.00 - $791,000.00. This compensation range will vary based on location.
Netflix provides comprehensive benefits including Health Plans, Mental Health support, a 401(k) Retirement Plan with employer match, Stock Option Program, Disability Programs, Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts, Family-forming benefits, and Life and Serious Injury Benefits. We also offer paid leave of absence programs. Full-time hourly employees accrue 35 days annually for paid time off to be used for vacation, holidays, and sick paid time off. Full-time salaried employees are immediately entitled to flexible time off. See more details about our Benefits here.
Netflix is a unique culture and environment.
Inclusion is a Netflix value and we strive to host a meaningful interview experience for all candidates. If you want an accommodation/adjustment for a disability or any other reason during the hiring process, please send a request to your recruiting partner.
We are an equal-opportunity employer and celebrate diversity, recognizing that diversity builds stronger teams. We approach diversity and inclusion seriously and thoughtfully.
Job is open for no less than 7 days and will be removed when the position is filled.
About Netflix
At Netflix, our mission is to entertain the world. Together, we are writing the next episode - pushing the boundaries of storytelling, global fandom and making the unimaginable a reality. We are a dream team obsessed with the uncomfortable excitement of discovering what happens when you merge creativity, intuition and cutting-edge technology. Come be a part of what’s next.
The Netflix user interface is enriched by a variety of assets, including artwork, trailers, synopses, and other metadata, which are crucial to enhancing the member experience. These assets provide essential context for recommended content, enabling members to make informed viewing choices. To optimize this experience, we personalize these assets, ensuring that the most suitable artwork, trailers, and more are displayed to align with each member's unique interests. A comprehensive overview is available here.
As Netflix expands its diverse catalog of movies, TV shows, games, and live content, we are committed to building a scalable platform that meets the asset requirements of these varied content types. The Asset Personalization Platform team is dedicated to developing high-throughput, low-latency systems that deliver personalized assets in real-time to Netflix UI clients.
Our vision is to create a product platform that offers flexibility and customization of assets, empowering product engineering and machine learning teams to innovate and experiment with new member experiences at an accelerated pace while driving business impact.
This team of distributed systems engineers collaborates with a wide array of cross-functional teams, including Content Creative teams, Machine Learning researchers, Product Management, Product Design, Data Engineering, and various product and client engineering teams.
To realize our vision, we are seeking an engineering leader to guide our team in developing a product platform that enables the rapid creation of innovative and personalized member experiences. This leader will be instrumental in advancing our asset personalization systems and driving Netflix's success.
We are looking for someone who is technically proficient and can cultivate a collaborative and inclusive environment, mentoring a diverse team of engineers, including experienced engineers and newcomers. The ideal candidate should be a strategic thinker focused on enhancing our architecture to unlock new product capabilities and drive business impact.
Above all, this leader should embody Netflix's core values, promoting creativity, curiosity, and excellence.
Equal opportunity and legal notices
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.
From Netflix's careers page, first listed on Rolev.ai on October 27, 2026. Rolev.ai is not the employer.
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The Engineering Manager - Asset Personalization Platform posting at Netflix states compensation of $436,000 – $791,000 per year. It is listed as a full-time position. Final pay may depend on location, experience, and interview evaluation on Netflix's official career site.
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What qualifications are required for Engineering Manager - Asset Personalization Platform at Netflix?
For the Engineering Manager - Asset Personalization Platform role, Netflix highlights 4+ years of relevant experience; a bachelor's degree; experience with Leading backend distributed systems teams, Building and operating distributed systems, Technical advisory and architecture, Hiring and growing engineering teams, Stakeholder communication and expectation management, Product partnership and roadmap influence. Rolev.ai can score your existing resume against these requirements and show any skill gaps before you apply.
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