Engineering Manager - Page Platform
Netflix is one of the world's leading entertainment services, with 283 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 Page Platform Team builds high-throughput, low-latency backend systems that power Netflix Member Experience Pages, such as the Homepage and Search, delivering real-time responses to UI clients. Our vision is to create a flexible, customizable product platform capable of generating diverse types of Pages and dynamically adapting them based on in-session signals, enabling rapid innovation and experimentation for product engineering and machine learning teams while driving business impact.
Leading this central effort, you will play a highly cross-functional role partnering with feature engineering teams, analytics, product management, application, machine learning, and data teams to ensure our services are always operational and producing the right results. We are seeking an engineering leader to guide our team in developing this product platform. This leader will be instrumental in advancing our Page Platform systems and driving Netflix's success. We are looking for someone who is technically proficient and can cultivate a collaborative and inclusive environment, mentoring a diverse team of engineers, including experienced engineers and newcomers. The ideal candidate should be a strategic thinker focused on enhancing our architecture to unlock new product capabilities and drive business impact. Above all, this leader should embody Netflix's core values, promoting creativity, curiosity, and excellence.
In this role, you will:
Lead a team of strong engineers building high-scale, zero-to-one systems.
Drive architecture, design, and execution of product infrastructure systems.
Develop a strategic roadmap focused on incremental delivery and high business impact.
Define success metrics, align migration goals, and drive platform adoption.
Communicate progress effectively to stakeholders, customers, and senior leadership.
Balance platform evolution by maintaining existing systems while prioritizing next-gen development.
Hire, mentor, and grow a diverse, high-performing team, fostering an inclusive team culture.
What we are looking for in you:
An engineering leader with 3 - 5 years of experience leading backend distributed systems teams.
Strong technical acumen and ability to act as a technical advisor to the team.
Experience leading teams responsible for building high-traffic distributed systems
Experience building product platforms with a direct impact on the customer experience.
A passion for improving consumer experiences through strong partnerships with product leaders, and the ability to influence product direction and roadmaps.
A track record of hiring diverse, highly talented engineers and growing successful, highly impactful teams.
Excellence in communicating context with the team, stakeholders, partners, and leadership. Ability to drive the team’s roadmap by connecting the dots between your team’s work and business needs, managing expectations, and navigating competing priorities.
A leadership style that prioritizes giving and receiving feedback, fostering new ideas, and empowering others without micromanagement.
A BS in Computer Science/Engineering or a related discipline.
At Netflix, we carefully consider a wide range of compensation factors to determine your personal top of the market. We rely on market indicators to determine compensation and consider your specific job, skills, and experience to get it right. These considerations can cause your compensation to vary and will also be dependent on your location. The overall market range for roles in this area of Netflix is typically $190,000 - $920,000.
This market range is based on total compensation (vs. only base salary), which is in line with our compensation philosophy. Netflix is a unique culture and environment. Learn more here.
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.
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.
Job is open for no less than 7 days and will be removed when the position is filled.
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Engineering Manager - Page Platform
Netflix is one of the world's leading entertainment services, with 283 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 Page Platform Team builds high-throughput, low-latency backend systems that power Netflix Member Experience Pages, such as the Homepage and Search, delivering real-time responses to UI clients. Our vision is to create a flexible, customizable product platform capable of generating diverse types of Pages and dynamically adapting them based on in-session signals, enabling rapid innovation and experimentation for product engineering and machine learning teams while driving business impact.
Leading this central effort, you will play a highly cross-functional role partnering with feature engineering teams, analytics, product management, application, machine learning, and data teams to ensure our services are always operational and producing the right results. We are seeking an engineering leader to guide our team in developing this product platform. This leader will be instrumental in advancing our Page Platform systems and driving Netflix's success. We are looking for someone who is technically proficient and can cultivate a collaborative and inclusive environment, mentoring a diverse team of engineers, including experienced engineers and newcomers. The ideal candidate should be a strategic thinker focused on enhancing our architecture to unlock new product capabilities and drive business impact. Above all, this leader should embody Netflix's core values, promoting creativity, curiosity, and excellence.
In this role, you will:
Lead a team of strong engineers building high-scale, zero-to-one systems.
Drive architecture, design, and execution of product infrastructure systems.
Develop a strategic roadmap focused on incremental delivery and high business impact.
Define success metrics, align migration goals, and drive platform adoption.
Communicate progress effectively to stakeholders, customers, and senior leadership.
Balance platform evolution by maintaining existing systems while prioritizing next-gen development.
Hire, mentor, and grow a diverse, high-performing team, fostering an inclusive team culture.
What we are looking for in you:
An engineering leader with 3 - 5 years of experience leading backend distributed systems teams.
Strong technical acumen and ability to act as a technical advisor to the team.
Experience leading teams responsible for building high-traffic distributed systems
Experience building product platforms with a direct impact on the customer experience.
A passion for improving consumer experiences through strong partnerships with product leaders, and the ability to influence product direction and roadmaps.
A track record of hiring diverse, highly talented engineers and growing successful, highly impactful teams.
Excellence in communicating context with the team, stakeholders, partners, and leadership. Ability to drive the team’s roadmap by connecting the dots between your team’s work and business needs, managing expectations, and navigating competing priorities.
A leadership style that prioritizes giving and receiving feedback, fostering new ideas, and empowering others without micromanagement.
A BS in Computer Science/Engineering or a related discipline.
At Netflix, we carefully consider a wide range of compensation factors to determine your personal top of the market. We rely on market indicators to determine compensation and consider your specific job, skills, and experience to get it right. These considerations can cause your compensation to vary and will also be dependent on your location. The overall market range for roles in this area of Netflix is typically $190,000 - $920,000.
This market range is based on total compensation (vs. only base salary), which is in line with our compensation philosophy. Netflix is a unique culture and environment. Learn more here.
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.
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.
Job is open for no less than 7 days and will be removed when the position is filled.