Software Engineer 6 - Ads Account Foundations

We're working across four areas

• Core Accounts: We're rebuilding the account data model that can actually represent how advertisers and agencies are structured in the real world, representing HoldCo hierarchies, brand relationships, and multi-tier agency structures with strong governance being enforced. This also enables the creation of externalized APIs, allowing advertisers and agencies to view and manage their accounts as we move into a world of agenctic buying.
• Account Intelligence: We're building the enrichment layer to identify who our advertisers are, where they spend their advertising budget, how they're structured, and whether our internal data matches reality.
• Account Cohort and Verification Automation: Cohort assignment and identity verification are both manual today and both scale linearly with advertiser growth. Handling these problems at scale in an automated manner will be one of the key drivers of our long term success.
• Spend Attribution: We are building an automated attribution engine to accurately map programmatic spend from DSPs and map it with the corresponding advertisers, agencies, and ad accounts across supply channels.

The work is foundational, which means it's both high leverage and high stakes, as well as a truly zero-to-one space. The architectural decisions we make now will be load-bearing for every team in Netflix Ads for years. If you're drawn to problems where getting the architecture right the first time actually matters, this is the team for you.

We are looking for highly motivated engineers working in the advertising space who are excited to join us on this journey.

Skills & experience we’re seeking

- 7+ years of experience building cloud-based applications with modern programming languages - 4+ years of experience in Ads domain on demand side systems

• Broad knowledge of ad tech and advertising landscape, programmatic advertising, and digital marketing trends.
• Experience in building multi-tenant, API-first services, including REST/GraphQL best practices, versioning/backward-compatibility concerns, and spec-driven design patterns (OpenAPI, Avro, Protobuf).
• Familiarity with API Gateway patterns around authentication, authorization, rate limiting, load shedding, and ingress control.
• Familiarity with Object/Entity lifecycle management and data governance associated with it.
• Operational excellence experience with customer-facing APIs, including SLO tracking, incident management, and observability tooling,
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and manage multiple priorities effectively.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and relationship-building skills.

Nice to haves

• Contributed to an ads industry technology standard (e.g VAST, OpenRTB) or worked on an industry consortium effort, working group etc.
• Working knowledge of AI/ML/genAI techniques and an ability to apply them to the account management lifecycle or API reliability monitoring.
• Early experience with customer-facing MCP concerns, such as defining tools contracts, security concerns (prompt injection, data exfiltration), and integration with other AI agents.
• Experience working in the CTV space and knowledge of its unique constraints

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 $499,000.00 - $820,000.00. 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.