Software Engineer 5 - TV Client Foundations

The Role

This role will have the opportunity to enable a new generation of Netflix experiences by expanding the capabilities of our TV platform. This candidate should be skilled in designing performance-focused UI architectures to support numerous use cases, scale across 100+ engineers, efficiently manage resources, and enable new technology integrations.

We’re looking for candidates who balance developer experience and ergonomics with performance, memory, and scalability. This candidate is comfortable applying systems thinking to application architecture and is actively engaged in the industry trends and technologies that support scalable software.

This candidate thrives on diving into the inner workings of technologies to understand how they operate and improve their performance, memory, and interfaces.

You

Our team members excel when they are curious, growth-oriented, and collaborative. We take a customer-centric approach to our work, so listening, learning, and adapting are essential. We assume good intent and consistently seek to improve ourselves and our solutions. There are no absolutes, and we must remain flexible to meet the needs of our customers and the business, so “strong opinions loosely held” is a valued attribute within the team.

If this resonates with you, we’d love to talk!

• Other useful experience: Performance & memory profiling
• TypeScript/JavaScript
• Experience with other languages (ex: C++)
• React, Preact, Inferno, etc
• GraphQL or similar data access solutions
• API design

What Sets You Apart

• You’re passionate about writing elegantly designed, maintainable, performant software.
• You enjoy pushing the boundaries of what technology can do and exploring uncharted waters.
• You love to empower other engineers and strive to understand their use cases.
• Colleagues appreciate the unique perspectives and balanced views you bring to collaborations.
• You value the perspective of others when identifying solutions.
• You know there is rarely one ‘right’ solution, and you make thoughtful trade-offs.
• You understand that our goal is to solve problems, and a language, framework, or library is a means to an end.

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 $388,000.00 - $558,000.00. 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.