Software Engineer 4 - TV & Web Player Platform

1 Month ago • 3 Years + • Quality Assurance • $100,000 PA - $720,000 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

The TV & Web Player Platform team at Netflix seeks a Software Engineer 4 to develop and automate tests for their video player, ensuring high-quality streaming experiences across TV and web devices. Responsibilities include improving the video player through test development and automation, collaborating with browser vendors to validate browser compatibility, and participating in A/B testing to optimize features. The ideal candidate possesses strong JavaScript and Node.js skills, excellent communication abilities, and experience with A/B testing and streaming media playback. This role requires collaboration with cross-functional teams and external partners to troubleshoot and resolve quality issues, ensuring a seamless user experience for millions of Netflix members.
Must have:
  • 3+ years experience in test development and software development
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Proficiency in JavaScript and Node.js
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Good to have:
  • Experience with A/B testing
  • Understanding of streaming media playback or video players

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.

The TV & Web Player Platform team is responsible for developing streaming video players that deliver industry-leading playback experiences within the Netflix app on consumer electronic devices and web browsers. Our players operate on millions of devices, including Smart TVs, streaming sticks, game consoles, set-top boxes, and browsers like Chrome, Firefox, and Edge. We aim to delight our members with innovative playback features and exceptional streaming quality.

The Team

The TV & Web Player Platform team is at the forefront of testing a diverse set of innovative activities related to product feature expansion. This includes creating tests for recent playback features such as Live Streaming, Seamless Ads playback, and Ident innovation. We conduct A/B tests to thoroughly evaluate features and ensure they perform optimally without regressions. We are deeply involved in continuous integration and release management testing of our video player, which is core to our operations. This critical function ensures the delivery of the best streaming experience to our members by maintaining high standards of quality and performance. Our team collaborates with various cross-functional teams across Netflix, including UI, Encoding, Streaming Algorithms, Security, and Open Connect, to support product development and experimentation through rigorous testing.

Our team consists of engineers from diverse backgrounds, bringing expertise across multiple disciplines, including embedded systems, streaming media playback, content protection, client-server communication, networking protocols, continuous integration, test automation, experimentation, and software engineering. Our success is driven by self-motivated, collaborative, and curious engineers who prioritize the team's goals.

The Role

We are seeking a software engineer with a strong focus on test development and automation to join our team. Your primary responsibility will be to improve our video player by developing and automating tests to ensure high-quality streaming experiences on both TV and Web devices. In addition to test development, you will collaborate directly with browser vendors to test and validate browsers using the Netflix player and its features, ensuring a seamless user experience.

What sets you apart?

  • Passionate about writing and designing tests, recognizing their crucial role in software development.

  • Enthusiastic about collaborating with external partners to troubleshoot and resolve quality issues effectively.

  • Curious and self-motivated, with a willingness to learn, execute, and delve into problems to identify root causes.

  • You seek alternate perspectives to improve your ideas.

  • You can rethink existing designs and rebuild as needed.

  • You use data and seek input from others to inform your decisions. 

  • You are selfless, highly collaborative, and willing to help colleagues when in need. 

What skills are essential to us?

  • Have 3+ years of experience in test development and software development.

  • Excellent communication skills for effective collaboration with cross-functional teams and external partners.

  • Proficiency in JavaScript and Node.js

  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

  • Experience with A/B testing, developing experiments to test hypotheses, and analyzing data to drive improvements in streaming quality is nice to have.

  • Solid understanding of Streaming media playback or Video players is nice to have.

Our culture

Read about the Netflix which values freedom and responsibility, enabling us to do our best work.

At Netflix, we carefully consider a wide range of compensation factors to determine your personal top of 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 $100,000 - $720,000

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 .

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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