Senior Software Engineer (L5) - Personalization Data Engineering
Los Gatos, CA, United States
About The Team
With nearly 200 million members in over 190 countries and a billion hours of streaming each month, Netflix is the world’s leading online entertainment company. Netflix continues to shape the future of entertainment by developing personalized ways for members to discover and enjoy a rapidly growing catalog of movie and TV content.
The personalization data engineering team is responsible for building large, web-scale datasets used for personalizing the Netflix experience. These datasets serve as inputs to the advanced machine learning systems that drive our product innovation. All of this is done by leveraging Big Data infrastructure like Spark, Flink, Kafka, Cassandra, Presto etc to build data pipelines, frameworks, and services.
About The Role
Given the size, complexity and criticality of our datasets, we are looking for a Software Engineer with a deep analytical mindset and experience with modern distributed systems. As a member of this team, you will drive innovation in big data processing by contributing and adding to the team’s suite of data products and frameworks. You will also have the unique opportunity to partner with our world-class algorithm teams to drive continuous improvement and innovation to Netflix personalization.
Skills Required For This Role
5+ years of experience building production data pipelines (using Spark, Flink, etc.) on web-scale datasets.
Proficiency in at least one major programming language (e.g. Java, Scala) and ability to pick up new tech skills independently.
Hands on experience with schema design and data modeling, with an unmistakable passion for elegant and intuitive dataset design.
Qualities We Value
You have a passion for engineering excellence and tolerance for ambiguity in a fast-paced setting.
You are independent and can allocate your time judiciously. You employ organizational context to resolve competing priorities
You are able to strategically partner with diverse stakeholders to drive innovation.
You seek to drive change and influence others through clear and effective communication
You are both a leader and a learner and can smoothly inter-operate between the two personas with humility and maturity
Our Culture
Netflix's culture is key to our success. We celebrate diversity, recognizing that diversity of thought and background builds stronger teams, and we approach inclusion equally seriously and thoughtfully. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
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 family, background, 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 $150,000 - 750,000.
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 here.
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