Data Engineer 5 - Playback

1 Month ago • All levels • Data Analyst • $170,000 PA - $720,000 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

The Playback pod within Netflix's Consumer Engineering Product Data Engineering team seeks a Data Engineer 5 to support core datasets, deliver high-quality business metrics, and build systems for processing batch and real-time data at scale. Responsibilities include engineering efficient data pipelines for structured and unstructured data, partnering with various teams to enhance playback-related datasets, maintaining and improving pipeline scalability and maintainability, and driving data excellence and quality. The ideal candidate will possess strong product ownership, excellent data intuition, mastery of at least one programming language (Java, Scala, Python) and SQL, familiarity with big data technologies (Spark, Flink), and a passion for the end-to-end software development lifecycle. This role requires strong DevOps and operational fundamentals and a commitment to data quality.
Must have:
  • Strong product ownership
  • Mastery of at least one major programming language (Java, Scala, Python) and SQL
  • Experience with big data technologies like Spark and Flink
  • Passion for end-to-end software development lifecycle
  • Strong DevOps and operational fundamentals
  • Excellent data intuition and passion for data quality
Perks:
  • Comprehensive benefits including Health Plans, Mental Health support, 401(k) Retirement Plan, Stock Option Program, Disability Programs, Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts, Family-forming benefits, and Life and Serious Injury Benefits
  • Paid time off

Job Details

Netflix is one of the world's leading entertainment services, with 283 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.

We are revolutionizing how shows and movies are produced, pushing technological boundaries to efficiently deliver streaming video at a massive scale over the internet, and continuously improving the end-to-end user experience with Netflix across their member journey.

The Playback pod within the Consumer Engineering Product Data Engineering team partners with client and edge systems to produce playback datasets, a source of truth for Title, Live and Ads performance, title popularity (Netflix top 10), and member quality of experience. This team empowers Netflix with data to drive content decisions and understand where content is being watched, on what devices, in what quality, or through which ISP. It enables analytics about client behavior, server choices, or decisions on what content should be placed in which parts of our content network.

This role is focused on supporting Netflix’s core datasets, delivering high-quality business metrics, and building systems to process batch and real-time data at a large scale. Additionally, a candidate should have a rich understanding of large distributed systems, modern big data technologies, and software development techniques. Since data engineers are responsible for their pipelines at Netflix, this role requires engineers to take ownership of the operational excellence in their domain.  In addition, the ideal candidate will have excellent data intuition and share our passion for continuously improving how we handle streaming data at Netflix. 
 

Who are you?

  • You have strong product ownership and good intuition on how data is used to drive business decisions

  • You strive to write elegant code and are comfortable with independently picking up new technologies.

  • You have mastery over at least one major programming language (e.g., Java, Scala, Python) and SQL.

  • You enjoy helping teams push the boundaries of analytical insights, creating new product features using data, and powering machine-learning models.

  • You have a strong background in at least one of the following: distributed data processing or software engineering of data services.

  • You are familiar with big data technologies like Spark and Flink and comfortable working with web-scale datasets.

  • You are passionate about the end-to-end software development lifecycle, focusing on automation, testing, CI/CD, and documentation.

  • At Netflix, you own your code, services, and pipelines. You have practical, solid DevOps and Operation fundamentals, and you enjoy total ownership of your domain.

  • You have an eye for detail, good data intuition, and a passion for data quality.

  • You relate to and embody many of the aspects of the Netflix Culture. You love working independently while also collaborating and giving/receiving candid feedback.

  • You are comfortable working in a rapidly changing environment with ambiguous requirements. You are nimble and take intelligent risks.

What you will do:

  • Help Netflix scale new and existing business efforts by driving data excellence and quality, supporting analytics, developing and maintaining metrics, and partnering with engineering to deliver the next generation of Netflix experiences.

  • Engineer efficient, adaptable, and scalable data pipelines to process structured and unstructured data 

  • Partner with numerous engineering teams, analytics engineers, and data scientists to enhance playback-related datasets. 

  • Maintain and rethink existing pipelines to improve scalability and maintainability.

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 $170,000 - $720,000.

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 detail about our Benefits .

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. 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.

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