Engineering Manager - Mobile Core

Netflix is one of the world’s leading entertainment services with 278 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.

The Role

Our team develops the Android and iOS apps that members use to discover and enjoy great entertainment. Achieving this requires skilled, inquisitive leaders who can contribute widely and spearhead technical solutions that can scale across a diverse range of devices and ambitious product features.

Job Overview

We're looking for an Engineering Manager capable of originating and sourcing impactful technical ideas and leading a vibrant team to build the client & UI capabilities and shepherd the architecture of our Android and iOS apps. This position entails understanding what improvements would accelerate product innovation and developer experience to enable teams to craft and ship rich and performant product experiences. The perfect fit would be someone who thrives on simplification, sees solutions others miss and can harness a team of talented engineers. 

Our enables you to do your best work and grow as a technologist, leader, and person. 

What you’ll do 

• Team leadership: mentor and inspire a dream team

• Product leadership: define and execute an impactful roadmap in partnership with other engineering teams

• Technical leadership: collaborate with cloud and device experts to define technical requirements and evolve our architecture

• Project leadership: drive progress using your domain expertise, by creating clarity for cross-functional teams, by using the broad Netflix business context you’ll develop on the job, and by leading through influence

• Culture leadership: be a role model of and advocate for Netflix culture

Why work at Netflix

• Impact: work on products that bring and to over 270 million households around the world

• High performance: work with exceptional talent on every project

• Growth: you will learn from and mentor others

• Freedom and responsibility: improve Netflix without permission

About you

• You’ve shipped consumer-facing client applications on either Android or iOS

• You have built and led software engineering teams

• You're familiar with the technical aspects and trade-offs of performance optimization techniques, architecture patterns and modernizing code in client applications

• You can run with ambiguous requirements, be decisive when appropriate, and take smart risks 

• You’re unafraid to take on new challenges and learn quickly to be effective in a new domain

• You’re proactive and results-oriented

• You communicate and collaborate effectively and can advocate for controversial positions

• Passion for movies, TV series, and technology with an understanding of the streaming media industry is a plus

We have found that diversity of thought and background builds stronger teams that produce better outcomes. 

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 $190,000 - $920,000.

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 .

Netflix is a unique culture and environment. Learn more .

We are an equal-opportunity employer and celebrate diversity, recognizing that diversity of thought and background 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.