Software Engineer 4 – Consumer UI Engineering

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

Consumer Engineering continuously improves the Netflix experience to delight, attract, and retain our members. We’re responsible for much of what our members interact with when they use Netflix – from our streaming algorithms to our client and server playback systems to the UI our members use daily to find their next favorite Netflix title. 

We’re passionate about product, UI, ergonomics, performance, and high-quality developer experiences.

We celebrate diversity of identities, ideas, backgrounds, and experiences. We believe our best work stems from fostering safety & trust and enabling each of us to be our authentic selves. We selflessly use our unique strengths to support one another and help each other grow.

We have a distributed team with teammates across the US. While some of us are in person, the team is committed to ensuring remote work is a collaborative and productive experience for everyone, regardless of where you commit code.

We are hiring for multiple roles across our TV-focused product teams. Our teams work on building novel product features and client architecture on the consumer-facing Netflix experiences to help members discover and connect with stories they’ll love. We partner with designers and product managers to define and refine concepts that will shape the future of entertainment. Our work delights millions of members worldwide on hundreds of different devices, from streaming sticks to smart TVs to Web browsers.

What you’ll be doing

• Collaborate cross-functionally with product, design, and engineering partners to scope project roadmaps to build delightful and accessible user experiences
• Build experimentation-driven product features, core UI infrastructure & systems, and define best practices to help drive consistency and simplicity of client code
• Work on TVUI Client code base that is TypeScript/JavaScript based, built with React Frameworks & Redux architecture fine-tuned for TV platforms, and tested with proprietary Jest-based automation frameworks
• Architect maintainable, highly performant, testable TVUI client code with effective documentation that can be leveraged by TVUI developers on other teams
• Keep a pulse on cutting-edge Web/JS technologies and software engineering practices, and modernize the TVUI client code base to accelerate innovation velocity while upholding high product quality

What Sets You Apart

• You’re passionate about writing elegantly designed, maintainable, performant software.
• You enjoy pushing the boundaries of what technology can do and exploring uncharted waters.
• You are curious about how members use our application and eager to build product features that entertain the world (Product).
• You are proficient in JavaScript/TypeScript, and can navigate different languages and technology stacks (eg. Node.js, GraphQL, etc)
• Colleagues appreciate the unique perspectives and balanced views you bring to collaborations.
• You value the perspective of others when identifying solutions.
• You know there is rarely one ‘right’ solution, and you make thoughtful trade-offs.
• You understand that our goal is to solve problems, and a language, framework, or library is a means to an end.
• You have a strong sense of independence, bias towards action, and inclination for collaboration.

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 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.

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