UI Engineer
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Job Description
About Netflix:
Netflix is a leading global entertainment service with 283 million paid memberships across over 190 countries. They offer a wide variety of TV series, films, and games in numerous genres and languages. Their service allows members to watch content anytime, anywhere, and change their plans at any time. Netflix is constantly innovating in how entertainment is conceived, produced, and delivered globally. Engineering teams focus on scaling content production and member experiences within a complex software landscape.
Content Engineering at Netflix:
The Content Engineering team builds products and services used internally and externally by creative partners to create, launch, and promote global content and ads. Their products support the entire content creation workflow, from initial pitch to release, offering innovative ways to manage entertainment at scale.
Job Description: UI Engineer
This role requires working cross-functionally to build, test, deploy, and launch UIs that operationalize workflows at scale. Key responsibilities include:
• Building, testing, deploying, and launching UIs at scale.
• Participating in product reviews and team meetings, providing technical insights.
• Helping to scope, estimate, and prioritize conflicting needs.
• Evaluating new technologies to streamline and improve rapid application development.
• Regularly learning and influencing new systems and tools as the Netflix platform evolves.
• Participating in on-call rotation and leading incident reviews.
• Effectively communicating complex technical issues and solutions to stakeholders.
• Applying engineering best practices, mentoring team members, and promoting an inclusive team environment.
• Collaborating with backend and UI engineers, product designers, and product managers, as well as directly with users.
• Identifying business opportunities to positively impact the organization’s bottom line.
• Continuously seeking opportunities for improvement.
• Flexing across the stack or into new domains to assist teammates.
• Resolving complex problems and leading strategic projects to enhance team capabilities.
• Deepening technical mastery to implement sustainable solutions and optimize system efficiency.
• Defining and ensuring accountability for UI engineering best practices across a team.
Required Skills and Experience:
• Passion for UI engineering and relevant technologies; ability to influence architectural decisions.
• Proficiency in building enterprise applications using HTML/JavaScript/TypeScript/CSS. Experience with React and GraphQL is preferred.
• Familiarity with the Hawkins Design System and reusable components.
• Strong sense of ownership, independence, bias towards action, and collaboration skills.
• Ability to recognize, communicate, address, and lead technical improvements.
• Passion for web performance, observability, and developer experience tools.
• In-depth knowledge of web performance and accessibility.
• Strong technical design skills with an emphasis on UI.
The role also highlights two specific teams within Content Engineering: the Netflix Preview Club team and the Source Acquisition Platform team, detailing their respective responsibilities. The job posting also provides details about Netflix’s compensation structure, benefits, and company culture.
