Client Security & Protocols Engineering Manager

Netflix•Remote, OR

7d•$510,000 - $752,000

About The Position

Netflix’s Client Security & Protocols Engineering (CSPE) team is part of Consumer Product Security & Trust, which secures the Netflix consumer product and defends against fraud and abuse. CSPE protects Netflix from client to edge, covering client-stack security, device identity, and secure protocols across consumer electronics, mobile platforms, automotive, and browsers. The team partners with client and platform teams to build security capabilities into consumer products. The manager will lead security software engineers working across the company and industry to secure Netflix client applications and transport across streaming, advertising, games, and live events. The role combines technical leadership and team leadership, with an attacker mindset to validate controls and preserve the integrity of security capabilities from client to edge. The position sets strategy and technical direction for foundational security capabilities, guides security integrations across a broad range of devices and platforms, directs client vulnerability assessment and remediation, and builds partnerships across Netflix and the security industry. Compensation is an annual salary range of $510,000 to $752,000, varying by location. Netflix states that compensation may be allocated between salary and stock options; it does not offer bonuses for this compensation structure.

Requirements

Experience managing, growing, and supporting a team that includes both early-career and tenured software engineers in a highly dynamic environment.
Technical background in device security, client application security, or closely related security domains.
Experience working directly on consumer products and making thoughtful tradeoffs among security, user experience, product goals, and engineering complexity.
Strong communication skills, including the ability to translate detailed technical concepts or business context for non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

Set the strategy and technical direction for foundational security capabilities spanning client-stack security, client-stack identity, cryptography, authentication, authorization, and secure transport.
Guide the design and delivery of security integrations and protections across mobile devices, browsers, game consoles, televisions, set-top boxes, operating systems, and applications.
Direct client vulnerability assessment, management, and remediation across Netflix client ecosystems.
Build partnerships with product, client, platform, and security teams across Netflix and the security industry to evaluate initiatives, identify risks, influence standards, and deliver pragmatic, durable protections.
Lead and support a team of security software engineers working across the company and industry to secure Netflix client applications and transport.