Engineering Manager, Workstations Platform

4 Months ago • 4-6 Years • Product Management • $190,000 PA - $920,000 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

The Engineering Manager for the Workstations Platform at Netflix will lead a team responsible for delivering a scalable, cost-effective platform for virtual workstations. This role requires technical vision, strategic execution, and strong cross-functional collaboration. Responsibilities include roadmap creation, priority setting, stakeholder management, architecture decisions, team coaching, and fostering an inclusive team culture. The platform supports various content creation workflows across different studios and geographic locations. The successful candidate will have experience building distributed cloud-based applications and working with cross-functional teams.
Must have:
  • 4-6 years of engineering management experience
  • Experience creating team roadmaps and OKRs
  • Cross-functional collaboration experience
  • Building scalable solutions
  • Hiring, coaching, and retaining talent
  • Strong partnership with engineering leaders
Good to have:
  • Experience in virtual workstations infrastructure
  • Experience with AI/ML algorithms
Perks:
  • Health Plans
  • Mental Health support
  • 401(k) Retirement Plan
  • Stock Option Program
  • Disability Programs
  • Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts
  • Family-forming benefits
  • Life and Serious Injury Benefits
  • Paid leave of absence programs

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.

Studio Production Engineering (SPE) plays a pivotal role in Netflix's content creation and delivery journey. The seamless magic of your favorite show starting with a click is the result of thousands of intricate processes and workflows behind the scenes that are enabled by our tools. We empower Netflix studios to bring creative excellence to life - develop tools to achieve operational excellence and economies of scale. Our solutions aim to elevate the ROI of the $15 billion dollars spent on content creation through cost/time efficiency, and data-driven decision-making. 

The Workstations Platform team, part of the Studio Production Platforms portfolio, is responsible for delivering a scalable workstations platform. Our virtual workstations are available from both AWS and regional data centers, supporting various use cases such as Visual Effects, Animation, Editorial, and Dailies. The team is focused on an ambitious roadmap to develop a more flexible and cost-effective platform for multiple use cases.

About You:

  • You are an inclusive leader with a proven track record of leading high-performing diverse teams.
  • You drive success with minimal process and a heavy emphasis on individual ownership, and responsibility. 
  • You have a proven track record of taking innovative projects from concept to production.
  • You are a proactive, effective communicator with great judgment and a bias towards action
  • You are driven to create large impact and  enjoy working on hard problems
  • You thrive in ambiguity

Scope of the role:

  • Provide technical vision, strategy, and execution oversight for the Workstations Platform team
  • Support your team by helping them understand priorities, drive down ambiguity, bring focus, provide context, and empower them to bring their best and create impact.
  • Build strong and productive relationships with cross-functional teams and be a thought partner, and sounding board for your team,  partners and stakeholders.
  • Balance immediate stakeholder needs vs longer-term vision
  • Participate in architecture decisions for technology innovation - taking projects from concept to launch.
  • Coach and lead a dream team of UI, backend, and full-stack engineers. 
  • Nurture an inclusive team culture and mentor this team through a supportive mindset, thoughtful observation, and courageous, honest feedback.

Must-Have:

  • 4-6 years of engineering management experience
  • Experience in creating team roadmaps and OKRs, and prioritizing effectively. 
  • Experience working closely with various cross-functional partners including product, design, data science, and stakeholders across time zones.
  • Ability to create scalable solutions to streamline product requirements and user feedback.
  • Thoughtful leadership with experience in hiring, coaching, and retaining strong engineering talent with various needs for personal and professional growth.
  • A strong partner for engineering leaders, equally passionate about working with engineering and non-engineering stakeholders.
  • Experience in building distributed cloud based applications


Bonus Experience:

  • Experience in virtual workstations infrastructure, compute management, iaaS style services
  • Experience working with AI/ML algorithms and integrating them with human in the loop workflows


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At Netflix, we carefully consider a wide range of compensation factors to determine your personal top of the market. We rely on market indicators to determine compensation and consider your specific job, skills, and experience to get it right. These considerations can cause your compensation to vary and will also be dependent on your location. 

The overall market range for roles in this area of Netflix is typically $190,000 - $920,000. This market range is based on total compensation (vs. only base salary), which is in line with our compensation philosophy. Netflix is a unique culture and environment. Learn more .

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.  See more details about our Benefits .

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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.

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