Software Engineer in Test (L5), Live Testing

Netflix is one of the world’s leading entertainment services with 278 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 Role

Netflix has been changing how people watch shows and movies, enabling on-demand access to thousands of movies and TV shows. Recently, Netflix has expanded its entertainment offering to include Live content, like the Tom Brady Roast, the SAG Awards ceremony, WWE Live events and NFL Christmas games. Bringing stories in real-time to 270+ million viewers around the world is a hard challenge, setting high requirements for playback quality across thousands of device types. We are looking for an experienced Test Engineer to help drive the quality of these live shows.

Your Role and Opportunity
As a Software Development Engineer in Test, your focus will be creating automation tests for Live events across various devices. You will also run manual tests when automation is not possible, track defects and inconsistencies in functionality, and communicate results to upstream teams. You will help to improve test case coverage and help to convert manual tests to automation. You will collaborate with various engineering teams at Netflix and have the opportunity to influence and contribute to our specialized tools. You will support our Live automation pool and help to keep our test devices healthy and available for testing.

What Sets You Apart?

• You are a curious, self-motivated, and self-starter, comfortable identifying opportunities and driving efficiencies 
• You have a mindset to go deeper to understand the problems, identify the root causes, and develop solutions that consider trade-offs.
• You seek alternate perspectives to improve your ideas.
• 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

• Expertise in writing code to automate tests for streaming media applications. Live Streaming experience is a plus.
• Proficiency in Python, Typescript, JavaScript, or similar languages.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a focus on critical thinking and a testability mindset.
• Good understanding of CI/CD principles, with strong analytical skills to assess and optimize workflows and processes.
• Experience with automated testing frameworks
• Proven ability to tailor communication to a given audience.
• Experience working with CE devices (Smart TVs, Set-top boxes, or Streaming sticks) is a plus.
• Test Management and Bug Tracking Tools: Experience with JIRA, or equivalent tools.
• Experience performing manual testing where automation cannot be achieved.

Bonus Skills

• Version Control Systems: Proficient in using Git, SVN, or similar systems.
• Containerization and Virtualization: Knowledge of Docker, Kubernetes, or related technologies.
• Experience with Selenium, Appium, Cypress, or equivalent tools.
• Familiarity with Jenkins, GitLab CI, or other continuous integration and deployment tools.
• Experience with Postman, RestAssured, or equivalent tools.

Additional Information

• This position requires flexibility in work hours, including availability for weekends, holidays, and late nights when necessary.

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  $270,000 - $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 here.

Netflix is a unique culture and environment.  Learn more here.

We are an equal-opportunity employer and celebrate diversity, recognizing that diversity of thought and background 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.