Software Engineer 5 - Web Discovery

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 Streaming and Discovery Experiences Engineering organization continuously improves the Netflix experience to delight, attract, and retain our members. We’re responsible for much of what our members interact with when they use Netflix - from our streaming algorithms to our client and server playback systems to the UI our members use daily to find their next favorite Netflix title. 

The Team

The Web Discovery team is dedicated to delivering a fantastic experience to our members across the globe who are discovering and enjoying content on . The team is focused on building high-priority product features, as well as crafting solid technical foundations in close collaboration with our partners. We accelerate innovation in order to enable our team and other product teams to deliver rich, performant, reliable, accessible, and high quality member experiences across several strategic areas that are critical to the business.

We celebrate diversity of identities, ideas, backgrounds, and experiences. We believe our best work stems from fostering safety & trust and enabling each of us to be our authentic selves. We selflessly use our unique strengths to support one another and help each other grow.

We have a distributed team with teammates across the US. While some of us are in person, the team is committed to ensuring remote work is a collaborative and productive experience for everyone, regardless of where you commit code.

About the role

• Join a team of senior frontend web engineers who value inclusion, transparency, autonomy, and humility

• Collaborate effectively, build alignment, and foster strong relationships with engineers and leaders across multiple teams to build discovery and playback features for our millions of users worldwide

• Strengthen and modernize our web foundations to accelerate feature delivery and innovation for our team and other product teams

• Improve testing, reliability, observability, and scalability throughout our web member experiences 

Who you are

• Professional experience designing, building, and shipping web software

• Proficient in JavaScript/TypeScript

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

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

• You strive to elevate the knowledge and skills of yourself and others in a way that fosters an inclusive, collaborative environment

What sets you apart

• You are well-versed in the technologies of the modern frontend landscape, including GraphQL, React, and Node.js

• You are passionate about writing elegantly designed, maintainable, testable, accessible, performant software

• You take a thoughtful, practical approach to problem-solving that considers trade-offs and avoids over-engineering

• You have an ownership mentality in all the things you build, and are comfortable with identifying opportunities and driving forward-looking technical roadmaps

• You are comfortable working both independently and as part of a team, and you proactively give and receive candid feedback constructively

• You have exceptional written and verbal communication skills, and are able to effectively convey complex details to audiences of various technical backgrounds

• You thrive in an inclusive, collaborative, and ambiguous environment with evolving requirements and can self-manage and self-prioritize your time, energy, and resources

• You have strong project management skills, and partner effectively with cross-functional team members and stakeholders

• You are curious; you seek to understand why past decisions were made, and use that context to inform future-looking designs

• You prioritize among competing product and technology needs to think strategically about the long term balance and overall health of the product

Why Netflix?

• Collaborate every day with a team that selflessness, inclusion, and candor

• Make your impact on a product loved by hundreds of millions around the world

• Remote-friendly with a flexible work environment

• Strong parental leave policy and

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.