Software Engineer (L4) - Android Player

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

The Android Player team is responsible for the video playback experience on our Android application, which millions use daily to connect with the stories they love whenever and wherever they want. We've expanded to support new exciting use cases such as live streaming and seamless advertising. We are looking for a software engineer to join our team and help us deliver on the video playback challenges ahead.

As an Android Playback engineer, you'll join a team with a diverse set of technical skills who partner cross-functionally with our product, device security, encoding, and data science teams.   We also work closely with Google, silicon vendors, and device manufacturers to ensure a best-in-class experience across a wide range of Android devices.

People who excel on our team are self-motivated, intensely curious, selfless, and highly collaborative. Fostering inclusion and building diversity within our team is a big part of our ability to drive global growth. Our team is made up of engineers from a wide variety of backgrounds and disciplines. We believe the plurality of experience, opinions, and skills within our team is responsible for our success.

What sets you apart?

• You are curious and self-motivated. You proactively look for solutions to bridge the needs of the business with technology.

• You go deep to understand problems and identify the root cause, 

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

• You seek alternate perspectives to improve your ideas.

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

What skills are important to us?

We value aptitude over experience, but here are some key skills that will make you successful on this team:

• Strong software architecture skill set, and skilled in both Java and Kotlin.

• Experience with multithreading programming and memory management

• Solid understanding of Android's media stack and Exoplayer open-source project.

• Comfortable analyzing data to gain insights that drive improvements in app quality.

• Experience writing automated tests and using them to power short feedback cycles in a continuous integration environment.

Why Netflix?

• Work with other high-performing engineers where you will be constantly learning and sharpening your skill set

• We validate our judgment through AB testing with real customers instead of assuming we know what is best.

• Your work will have a direct and measurable impact on the business.

• Our is unique, and we live by our values, so it's worth learning more about us at .

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 .

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.

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