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.

Productivity Engineering is the organization tasked with making Netflix engineers more effective by building and supporting the infrastructure to create, build, test, deploy, run and observe the Netflix stack. As Netflix grows, so does the complexity behind our engineering systems. Our key challenge is to keep the developer experience amazing even as complexity increases. Our work impacts virtually every engineer at Netflix and enables other platform teams to innovate faster. We are looking for a talented engineering leader to join our team.

We are seeking a Senior Engineering Manager to lead Netflix’s efforts to accelerate software changes. This team is responsible for implementing tools and infrastructure to enable Netflix developers. They do this by building systems that enable developers to automate refactoring, transform the code on behalf of a project owner. They automate the validation of changes by establishing the “golden road” for developers to author tests, and reliably validate them. Last but not least, this team empowers developers to measure progress by building the pipeline and tools that provide insight to measure developer productivity and identify SDLC bottlenecks.

This team consists of three sub-groups: Testing Tools, Distributed Refactoring, and Metrics & Insights. You will need to partner with engineering teams across Netflix to build and improve these platforms.

What will you do

• Team Leadership: Set and maintain high standards in hiring and retaining team members. Lead the team to execute and deliver in a timely manner, maintaining a sustainable and consistent pace of delivery, including in ambiguous contexts.

• Technical Vision: Smartly invest in key infrastructure, vendors (including GenAI) to meet the fast-changing needs of our business.

• Product Vision: Invests in understanding how Netflix engineering will evolve in the future and develops an iterative roadmap with product leaders to meet those needs.

• Domain Expertise: Identify and address what is slowing developers down, including through data, feedback, and experimentation. Develop an engineering culture that cares deeply about making fellow engineers more effective.

• Customer Partnerships: Collaborating with customers and partners, keeping our customers up to date, driving alignment

Qualifications

• Experience investing in System Insights and driving the adoption of developer Productivity Metrics in a previous organization

• Experience in leading platform teams that solve cross-organizational problems

• Experience leading initiatives to automate the software validation process

• Empathy and connection for other engineering teams and their business goals

• Track record of building and leading exceptional software engineering teams

• Proven experience coaching and developing technical leaders and people managers

• Persistence and the ability to balance competing priorities across multiple cross-functional partners and programs

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, includes tailoring to the target audience, and the ability to communicate complex topics clearly in written and verbal forms

You do not need to meet every qualification to be considered; strong candidates may bring different but equivalent experience.

Our culture is unique, and we live by our values, allowing you to do your best work and grow. To learn more about Productivity Engineering, listen to this podcast.

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.