UI Engineer, Content Engineering
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Job Description
About Netflix:
Netflix is a leading global entertainment service with 283 million paid memberships across 190+ countries. Members enjoy TV series, films, and games across various genres and languages, with the ability to stream anytime, anywhere. Netflix is committed to global entertainment innovation, constantly improving how content is imagined, created, and delivered. Its engineering teams focus on scaling content production and member experiences within a complex software landscape.
About the Content Engineering Team:
Content Engineering at Netflix builds products and services used internally and externally to create, launch, and promote global content and ads. These products cover the entire content creation workflow, from initial pitch to final delivery, offering innovative ways to manage entertainment at scale.
Job Description:
This role within Content Engineering focuses on building and maintaining the user interfaces (UIs) that power Netflix’s internal workflows. The daily responsibilities include:
• UI Development and Deployment: Building, testing, deploying, and launching UIs that operate at scale.
• Collaboration and Planning: Working cross-functionally, participating in product reviews and team meetings, providing technical input, scoping projects, estimating effort, and prioritizing tasks.
• Technological Innovation: Evaluating new technologies to improve rapid application development. Staying current with Netflix’s evolving platform and ecosystem.
• On-Call Responsibilities: Participating in on-call rotation and leading incident reviews.
• Communication and Collaboration: Effectively communicating complex technical issues and solutions to various stakeholders; collaborating on engineering tasks, prioritizing work independently, and reporting progress clearly.
• Mentorship and Accountability: Embracing Netflix’s company values, actively engaging in team discussions, providing mentorship, and holding the team accountable to shared standards.
Required Skills and Experience:
• Passion for UI Engineering: Strong opinions and the ability to influence architectural decisions.
• Frontend Expertise: Proficiency in building enterprise applications using HTML, JavaScript, TypeScript, and CSS. Experience with React, GraphQL, and other relevant libraries/frameworks is preferred.
• Design System Familiarity: Experience with design systems (specifically, the Hawkins Design System at Netflix is a plus). Ability to utilize and contribute to reusable components.
• Ownership and Collaboration: Strong sense of ownership, independence, bias for action, and collaborative spirit.
• Technical Leadership: Ability to identify, communicate, and lead technical improvements as part of a product roadmap.
• Performance and Observability: Passion for web performance, observability, and developer experience tools.
• Technical Design: Comfort with the technical design of UI applications and ability to guide UI and backend colleagues.
Specific Team Options (within Content Engineering):
• Promotional Media Engineering (PMM): Focuses on building systems for managing and distributing promotional assets (artwork and video) used to market Netflix titles. This involves ingesting media files, metadata, and usage rights information. Their flagship product is the Promotional Asset Library (PAL).
• Publishing & Fan Engagement Technologies: Develops technology for creating immersive experiences that connect with fans, bridging digital and physical worlds. This team works with various departments to enhance fan engagement.
• Creator Tooling: Builds the applications used by designers and strategists to select images, clips, and copy for Netflix and marketing channels. This involves leveraging AI for features like smart image suggestions and dynamic asset generation.
Compensation and Benefits:
Netflix offers a competitive salary ($170,000 – $720,000), stock options, and a comprehensive benefits package including health plans, mental health support, 401k, paid time off, and various other benefits. The specific details are provided in the job posting.
