Full Stack Engineer 4 - Catalog Foundation & Distribution

At Netflix, our mission is to entertain the world. Together, we are writing the next episode - pushing the boundaries of storytelling, global fandom and making the unimaginable a reality. We are a dream team obsessed with the uncomfortable excitement of discovering what happens when you merge creativity, intuition and cutting-edge technology. Come be a part of what’s next.

The Title and Launch Management (TLM) team is responsible for building and innovating the technology foundations that enable the ingest, setup, launch, and global distribution of all types of entertainment on Netflix—including series, movies, games, ads, live events, trailers, and more. TLM acts as the bridge between the title creation lifecycle and the consumer experience, ensuring that launching titles on Netflix is efficient, flexible, accurate, and scalable. Our team’s goal is to make launching titles as seamless as possible, supporting both operational and creative needs across the company.

Members of the Catalog Foundations & Distribution (CFD) team play a pivotal role in delivering new and emerging content to millions of members worldwide! We build the engine behind the Netflix catalog, ensuring that every title and piece of metadata reaches consumer-scale systems cohesively, quickly, and safely. Our work is crucial for enabling engaging canvases, personalized recommendations, and seamless discovery experiences that bring "moments of joy" to our subscribers. As Netflix ventures into exciting new content domains like Live, Games, and Sports, the CFD team is at the forefront, building the critical foundations that accelerate these emerging business initiatives. You'll contribute to improving the speed and stability of our existing metadata systems, ensuring a lean footprint and fast data propagation, while also enhancing our safety features to protect against critical risks. This is an incredible opportunity to work on high-impact areas, driving business velocity and collaborating with partners across Netflix to deliver frequent wins for our stakeholders. If you're passionate about building robust, scalable systems that directly power the Netflix experience, we'd love to have you!

Qualifications

• Experience crafting resilient, high-scale, low-latency microservices in production environments. 

• Proficiency with gRPC, GraphQL, or RESTful API design and implementation using OO programming languages like Java, C#. 

• Adept at building enterprise applications with HTML/JavaScript/TypeScript/CSS. We currently build our user experiences with React, GraphQL, and several more libraries and frameworks depending on the product. 

• A proven track record of resilient data modeling through understanding and translating business requirements to technical requirements and identifying entities and their relationships that will serve the business process needs. 

• Experience participating in on-call rotation and leading incident reviews.

What Sets You Apart 

• Experience working and building enterprise tools for a video streaming business.

• You demonstrate strong communication skills and are comfortable driving conversations with cross-functional partners.

• You are comfortable operating in highly ambiguous situations in a fast paced environment.

• You operate with an AI first mindset and are able to propose AI forward solutions to solve business problems.

• You can operate effectively through the full-stack.

• You evangelize new ideas and exemplify technical leadership with a bias for action. 

• You are comfortable asking questions and seeking knowledge in unfamiliar or ambiguous situations. 

 

Generally, 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 $250,000.00 - $413,000.00.

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 details about our Benefits here.

Netflix is a unique culture and environment. Learn more 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.