Engineering Manager, Detection Engineering

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.

In Netflix’s unique , our security team aims to strike the right balance between supporting business innovation and pragmatic risk right-sizing. The Detection Engineering team is responsible for analyzing high-risk attack paths that could have substantial impact on Netflix, and creates focused detections to reduce risk to the business. This is a hybrid team of Security Software Engineers and Security Engineers focused on building tools, platforms, processes and techniques for the detection and investigation of a broad range of threats. We operate across a broad scope and work with a wide set of key partnerships, helping to enable the business to move quickly while implementing strong detective controls around key risk areas.

We are looking for an experienced and pragmatic leader for this team to enable our mission and cultivate strong partnerships with business and engineering stakeholders. You will drive the strategy for detection engineering investments, and contribute to the broader Detection & Response organizations larger strategy for reactive security and response readiness. 

Desired Background:

• You have direct experience managing a hybrid team of in-person and remote engineers.

• You are well versed in the latest adversary techniques, attack lifecycle, and modern detection as code techniques.

• You prefer risk driven, scalable security approaches over policy based mandates.

• You are a meticulous and responsive cross-team communicator and program leader.

• You are an empathetic leader who cultivates a culture of psychological safety and inclusion where all team members can do their best work.

• You can successfully coach, mentor, develop and inspire a talented and diverse team across seniority levels.

• You have experience working with a broad set of technologies

• You are confident in working with frontline teammates, executives, and third party organizations to inform and coordinate collaborative efforts.

• You can drive success with minimal process and a heavy emphasis on individual responsibility.

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 $190,000 - $920,000.

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 .

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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.