Senior Software Developer (L5) - TV Release Quality

3 Months ago • 4-8 Years • Quality Assurance • $100,000 PA - $720,000 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

Netflix seeks a Senior Software Developer to join its TV Release Quality team. Responsibilities include assessing and communicating the quality of the TV streaming application (pre- and post-production), innovating and enhancing the release process, test automation framework, metrics, observability, and alerting. The role involves managing on-call duties and release processes for millions of TV devices worldwide. This requires hands-on development of tools and products to increase engineer productivity in testing, building, and releasing TVUI code, collaborating with multiple teams, and troubleshooting complex issues within a large-scale web architecture.
Must have:
  • Proficient in JavaScript/TypeScript and NodeJS
  • Experience with large datasets and pattern extraction
  • Building observability tools and tracking release metrics
  • Experience with A/B testing and canary releases
  • Expertise in web automated testing and troubleshooting
Good to have:
  • Experience with orchestration tooling and automation platforms
  • Defining release, regression, and smoke testing strategies
Perks:
  • Comprehensive benefits including Health Plans, Mental Health support, 401(k) Retirement Plan, Stock Option Program, Disability Programs, 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 seeking an experienced Senior Software Developer passionate about quality to join our TV Release Quality team. This team is dedicated to assessing and communicating the quality of our TV streaming application, both pre- and post-production. We focus on innovating and enhancing our TVUI release process, test automation framework, metrics, observability, and alerting. Additionally, the team manages the TVUI on-call and release process, ensuring updates for millions of TV devices worldwide.

About the role

  • Join a team of senior foundational TV engineers who value inclusion, transparency, autonomy, and humility.

  • Innovate and Collaborate: Work alongside our talented TVUI colleagues to identify and develop innovative solutions that enhance our understanding of the quality of the TVUI streaming application, which serves hundreds of millions of members worldwide. Collaborate effectively, build alignment, and foster strong relationships with engineers and leaders across multiple teams.

  • Hands-on Development: Enhance our TVUI on-call and release tooling and signals by improving observability, alerting, dashboarding, and tools to effectively communicate our product's quality story. Strengthen the foundations and signals of our TVUI test automation while working within the unique constraints and capabilities of our custom TV platform space.

  • Create Impactful Tools: Develop tools and products that increase TVUI engineer productivity in testing, building, and releasing TVUI code. 

  • Continuous Learning: Regularly learning new systems and tools as the Netflix ecosystem continues to evolve

What sets you apart

  • You are proficient in designing and implementing UI and system designs for dashboards and metrics, tailored for multi-platform teams. Experienced in canaries, A/B test launches, and ensuring production-scaling release observability.

  • You are passionate about empowering engineers and understanding their use cases and barriers to their productivity. 

  • You are an accomplished full-stack developer adept at navigating and working across all layers of a complex technology stack, similar to those found in a TV stack.

  • Proficient in JavaScript/TypeScript and NodeJS is required, along with expertise in working with large data sets to extract patterns and make informed decisions. 

  • Your expertise includes building observability tools, tracking business-critical release metrics, and developing internal tools to enhance developer experience and productivity.

  • Skilled in working with orchestration tooling and automation platforms, with a proven track record of establishing and maintaining continuous delivery workflows.

  • You excel in troubleshooting complex web automated testing failures using both industry-standard and in-house tools, and you work directly with developers to quickly triage issues. 

  • Experience collaborating with backend partners to troubleshoot dependency failures and improve E2E testing reliability is essential.

  • A tester mindset, marked by curiosity and creativity in crafting test solutions, is crucial. You have experience defining release, regression, and smoke testing strategies for large applications developed across multiple teams.

  • You possess excellent debugging skills for diagnosing issues in a multi-tier web architecture and work closely with cross-functional partners to communicate impact and understand business requirements.

Your approach to the work

  • You are proactive in giving and receiving feedback, contributing to an inclusive team culture that supports team members from all backgrounds

  • You thrive in ambiguous situations with a strong bias for action and value diverse perspectives when identifying solutions. 

  • You understand that there is rarely one ‘right’ solution and make thoughtful tradeoffs

  • Self-motivation, high performance, and a passion for business and technology are key attributes for success in this role. 

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 100,000 - $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 .

Netflix is a unique culture and environment.  Learn more .

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.

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