Software Engineer 5 - Ads Inventory Management & Forecasting

21 Minutes ago • All levels • Monetization • $100,000 PA - $720,000 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

As a Software Engineer 5 on the Ads Inventory Management & Forecasting team, you'll build and maintain real-time inventory forecasting solutions using ML models and high-performance ad server simulations. You'll also develop systems supporting publisher inventory management, encompassing dynamic pricing, rate card management, product packaging, inventory splitting, and yield optimization. This role requires expertise in handling large-scale data with big data tools like Spark and building high-throughput, low-latency distributed systems. A strong understanding of the advertising marketplace and publisher-side challenges is crucial. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams on complex projects and contribute to improving ad delivery and monetization strategies for Netflix's growing advertising business.
Must have:
  • Sophisticated ads forecasting systems (ML models, ad server simulation)
  • Publisher inventory management solutions (dynamic pricing, yield management)
  • Big data experience (Spark), high-throughput systems
  • Understanding of advertising marketplace and publisher challenges
  • Cloud applications, object-oriented programming
  • A/B testing and experimentation
  • Cross-functional team collaboration
Good to have:
  • Productionizing ML models at scale
  • Contribution to ads industry standards (VAST, OpenRTB)
  • Familiarity with ad regulations
  • CTV space experience
Perks:
  • Comprehensive health plans
  • Mental health support
  • 401(k) retirement plan
  • Stock option program
  • Disability programs
  • Health savings & flexible spending accounts
  • Family-forming benefits
  • Life & serious injury benefits
  • Paid leave of absence programs
  • Flexible time off

Job Details

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 November 2022 to offer our members more choice in how they consume their content. Our new tier allows us to attract new members at a lower price point, while also creating a compelling path for advertisers to reach audiences that are deeply engaged.

Our Team

The Ads Platform Engineering teams build advertising systems and integrations that powers the delivery of ads using our world class content delivery ecosystem. We use a number of Netflix investments and innovations to power our ads - unique mix of client and server side ad insertions, state of the art content delivery system, ad encoding recipes, content understanding and metadata etc. We deliver ads in a manner that’s thoughtful of our member’s viewing experience and drive great outcomes for advertisers. We also ensure that advertiser brand safety is ensured during serving, members only see the most appropriate ads for them.

Ads Inventory Management & Forecasting team builds state-of-art realtime inventory forecasting solution leveraging ML models and high performance ad server simulations. The team also builds systems that enable publisher inventory management solutions, which supports various monetization strategies such as dynamic pricing, rate card management, product packaging, inventory split and yield optimization.

Our team is new and yet faced with the enormous ambitions of building highly performant advertising systems and delivering high impact to our business by monetizing our incredible slate of content. As one of the newest entrants in the Connected TV advertising space that’s rapidly growing, we seek to build unique value propositions that help us differentiate from the competition and become a market leader in record time.

We are looking for highly motivated engineers working in the advertising space who are excited to join us on this journey.

Skills & experience we’re seeking:

  • Professional experience in building sophisticated ads forecasting systems which involves ML models and high performance ad server simulation that accounts for constraints like frequency capping, targeting, publisher policy, and other business parameters.

  • Professional experience in building publisher inventory management solutions that supports monetization strategies such as dynamic pricing, rate card management, product packaging, inventory split and yield management.

  • Proven experience in handling data at extremely large volumes with big data tools like Spark, and building high throughput low latency distributed systems that utilized the big data.

  • General understanding of the advertising marketplace and landscape, with a focus on publisher side challenges like optimizing fill rates and maximizing revenue in the context of inventory management.

  • Developed many cloud based applications and comfortable with modern programming languages (preferably object oriented),

  • Familiar with A/B testing and experimentation.

  • Experience in working with cross-functional teams to drive large and complex projects.

Nice to haves:

  • Experience in productionizing ML models and deploying models at scale.

  • Contributed to an ads industry technology standard (e.g  VAST, OpenRTB) or worked on an industry consortium effort, working group etc.

  • Familiarity with legal compliance and changing landscape of ads regulations around the world.

  • Experience working in the CTV space and knowledge of its unique constraints

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 details about our Benefits here.

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.

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