Senior Software Engineer - Developer Automation Platform (Backend)
Job Description
Netflix is one of the world's leading entertainment services, with over 300 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 Developer Automation Platform team provides the core infrastructure and capabilities to enable automated testing of the Netflix product at scale. Our Device & Test Automation platform empowers teams to certify and validate the Netflix TV, mobile, and web client applications, partner device implementations, mobile games, and more. We are a force multiplier for Netflix engineering, providing composable capabilities and pluggable abstractions that allow teams to manage, orchestrate, and analyze their automated tests and test devices. Our platform processes over 3 million test executions per day. We also play a central role in incubating GenAI initiatives at Netflix, with a focus on simplifying testing, failure analysis, and improving developer productivity.
What you will do:
Build and maintain services and infrastructure that power our test and device automation platform, with a focus on reliability and scale.
Research and develop ways to improve the user experience and reduce/remove the manual toil for users of our systems.
Optimize and innovate our platform capabilities to expand its impact on Netflix's quality efforts.
Collaborate with and influence partner teams to improve their testing and automation strategies.
Drive cross-functional projects to integrate and augment our platform with new use cases.
Explore and leverage Generative AI to enhance the productivity of engineering teams using the platform.
This role is right for you if:
You have a platform engineering mindset and enjoy building services, libraries, and frameworks that other engineers rely on.
You are passionate about software quality and empowering engineering teams with the right tools.
You are fluent in at least one of the following languages: Java, JavaScript, Golang, Python, or C++.
You understand client-server communication, including HTTP, TCP, DNS, and can debug related issues effectively.
You have experience designing, building, and supporting scalable and reliable backend systems.
You are a self-starter who takes initiative and delivers autonomously.
You are an excellent collaborator and communicator, capable of influencing and aligning teams.
Bonus skills:
Proficiency with TypeScript and both client- and server-side JavaScript.
Experience working with datastores like MongoDB and managing data at scale.
Why Netflix and this team:
Netflix's unique culture is not just a memo but something we practice daily. A description of our culture and way of working may be found at https://jobs.netflix.com/life-at-netflix.
You will work with an amazing and passionate team of high-performing colleagues invested in your success.
Your work will be a force multiplier for hundreds of engineers across Netflix and impacts the Netflix user experience which is used by tens of millions of people every day. When your friends and family ask you what you do for a living, you can point to Netflix running on their TV and say with pride, “I make that possible.”
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 $170,000 - $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.
Inclusion 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.
