Software Engineer 5 - Growth Experiences Foundations

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.

When you join the Growth Foundations team, you’re joining the team that sets the technical strategy and vision for the commerce platform that powers a 400 billion dollar company. Our team owns and develops the tooling and infrastructure for the Growth UI Platform that powers the growth and commerce UI for all of Netflix. The nature of a platform team means we wear many hats. From developer experience to tooling to support, engineers on Growth Foundations are experienced multifaceted operators skilled in a variety of disciplines all the way from the top of the UI stack to the bottom infrastructure layer. 

The Role

As a member of Growth Foundations, you'll focus on and develop Netflix's internal SDUI framework powering a wide array of consumer experiences such as member sign up, ads templates, account management, and more. You'll work across our stack collaborating with UI and backend engineers building a 0 to 1 framework that enables accelerated UI experimentation while reducing risk and safeguarding privacy. You'll architect, design, and implement a scalable TypeScript and GraphQL based API system that enables a seamless developer experience for engineers building on our web, TV, Android, and iOS clients.

Along with solving complex engineering problems, you will lead projects and help set a long-term vision and technical strategy for the broader Netflix commerce platform with a focus on scale and interoperability with the other systems.

Skills & Qualifications

• 6+ years of professional experience designing, building, and shipping software

• Proven ability to lead projects and communicate with cross-functional partners

• Proficient with GraphQL and general API development and consumption

• Able to design, architect, debug, test, and create well-documented code

• Able to identify and componentize common abstractions with an eye for performance and stability of large-scale systems

• Proficient in JavaScript, TypeScript, and NodeJS

People who excel in this role:

• Relish complex technical challenges but find deep satisfaction in supporting their fellow developers

• Understand engineering is a team sport and actively farm for feedback and dissent

• Thrive in an ambiguous environment and can self-manage and self-prioritize your time, energy, and resources. Our team sets and implements the roadmap. No PMs here

• Have the ability to break down abstract problems into concrete solutions

• Lead with empathy

What sets you apart?

• You’re known for your excellent communication skills

• Expert at managing large-scale API’s and web applications

• You’re an advocate for best practices and newer technologies

• Current/former professional experience as a UI engineer

• Experience with server-driven UI’s

• Experience or enthusiasm for performance, reliability, and metrics

• You’re hungry and passionate to influence decisions that impact millions of users and billions of requests

Location & Culture

GXF is a US-based team and our general working hours are 10am - 4pm Pacific time. This is a US-based remote-friendly role. For those outside the Bay Area who wish to work from our engineering headquarters in Los Gatos, California, we provide a generous relocation assistance package. 

We believe safe spaces where everyone can be their authentic selves is the key to a strong team so we welcome and embrace all identities, cultures, and backgrounds. Healthy debate but making space for all voices leads to the best outcomes when it comes to decision making and while we play critical roles in the business, we have fun and try not to take ourselves too seriously.

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 .

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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.

Job is open for no less than 7 days and will be removed when the position is filled.