UI Engineer L5 - Ads Platform Engineering

At Netflix our mission is to Entertain the World. We are constantly innovating on how entertainment is imagined created and delivered to a global audience. We currently stream content in more than 30 languages in 190 countries topping over 233 million paid subscribers.

We launched a new ad-supported tier in November 2022 to offer our members more choice in how they consume their content. Our new tier allows us to attract new members at a lower price point while also creating a compelling path for advertisers to reach audiences that are deeply engaged.

Our Team

The Ads Platform Engineering teams build advertising systems and integrations that powers the delivery of ads using our world class content delivery ecosystem. We use a number of Netflix investments and innovations to power our ads - unique mix of client and server side ad insertions state of the art content delivery system ad encoding recipes content understanding and metadata etc. We deliver ads in a manner that’s thoughtful of our member’s viewing experience and drive great outcomes for advertisers. We also ensure that advertiser brand safety is ensured during serving members only see the most appropriate ads for them.

Our team is new and yet faced with the enormous ambitions of building highly performant advertising systems and delivering high impact to our business by monetizing our incredible slate of content. As one of the newest entrants in the Connected TV advertising space that’s rapidly growing we seek to build unique value propositions that help us differentiate from the competition and become a market leader in record time.

We are looking for highly motivated engineers working in the advertising space who are excited to join us on this journey.

Skills & experience we’re seeking:

• Strong understanding of UX and UI design principles

• Strong knowledge of HTML CSS JavaScript Node.js

• Experience with front-end frameworks and libraries such as React Angular.js and Vue.js

• Experience interfacing with REST APIs and GraphQL End Points

• Experience working in a cloud based environment

• Experience with Fullstack development – exposure to REST APIs

• Experience with version control systems such as Git SVN etc

• Demonstrated self-starter who is motivated to learn and is at ease working as part of a team of highly talented professionals

• Demonstrated excellence of analytical and problem solving skills

• Demonstrated excellence in written and verbal communication

• Understanding database concepts and data modeling capabilities

• Developing through all phases of the development lifecycle from initial technical designs implementation testing to production deployments.

• Experience in test driven environments

• The ability to quickly learn new features technologies and to communicate effectively with various business owners technical staff members and multi-functional teams.

Nice to haves:

• General understanding of Ad domain.

• General understanding of the advertising marketplace and landscape.

• Experience working in the CTV space and knowledge of its unique constraints.

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.

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 $100000 - $720000.

[US ONLY] 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 .