Mobile Engineer 5 - Commerce Design System

Netflix•Los Gatos, CA

About The Position

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 Role This is an exciting opportunity to join a new team and build a dedicated Design System from the ground up. We are seeking a highly skilled Mobile UI Engineer to build and drive the foundational Design System for Netflix's Commerce business domain. This role operates across both iOS and Android platforms, with a primary focus on iOS. The role will be centered on: Component Development: Designing, developing, and maintaining high-quality, production-ready, accessible, and performant UI components. This work is primarily focused on building native iOS design system components using Swift and SwiftUI/UIKit. Technology Stack: The role requires deep expertise in Swift and iOS UI architecture and frameworks (SwiftUI, UIKit). A strong aptitude and interest in Kotlin and Android UI development (Jetpack Compose) are meaningful differentiators — we believe strong engineering transcends stacks, and building a Design System on the Android architecture is a unique and exciting aspect of this role. AI First Development: Develop AI-driven tools that benefit both our own development workflow and the efficiency of those who use our design system. Platform Scope: Our components must maintain a consistent experience across both iOS and Android. This role will be primarily responsible for iOS platform delivery while contributing to a shared cross-platform design language and component strategy. Strategy & Roadmaps: Work closely with System Designers and Product Design leadership to define, set, and implement the technical roadmap for the Commerce Design System across mobile platforms. Collaboration: The engineer will partner with Commerce experience designers and Core Design System engineers to integrate core components, design tokens, and APIs — and with product teams to drive the successful adoption of components into various product spaces. Adoption & Enablement: Collaborate with product engineering teams to drive successful adoption of Design System components into their respective product spaces. The Team You will join a new, high-impact team dedicated specifically to building reusable components for the Commerce domain. The Commerce Domain owns a large and mission-critical surface area of the Netflix product, encompassing the user's entire journey from initial engagement to ongoing membership. This includes vital touchpoints such as user acquisition, login and authentication, account and identity management, the home page and landing pages, payment processing, and partner flows. Your work provides the foundational building blocks for product engineers who build these products every day. This team operates at the intersection of design and engineering, focused on creating scalable, high-quality, and accessible user interfaces that drive the business. You will work side-by-side with System Designers, Product Design, and cross-functional product engineering teams. Your work will directly influence the development efficiency, visual quality, and usability of features that millions of Netflix users interact with globally. The engineers you will be working with on the team are not only exceptionally talented but also deeply supportive and collaborative. We believe in providing the best environment for success, and a core part of our mission is to enable other product engineering teams to succeed by providing them with a robust design system. What's Different About Us Scale, Impact Hundreds of Engineers: You'll be part of a team that improves UI development velocity for over 100 engineers. Millions of Users: Creates best-in-class UIs used by over 300M subscribers and billions of visitors. Hundreds of Devices: Across a wide spectrum of iOS and Android devices. Globally: In almost every country in the world. Unique Technical Challenges We build design system solutions that are flexible enough to support a wide range of use cases across diverse client and server environments, while remaining ergonomic and easy to use for the engineers we support. Collaboration and Communication It's not all about the tech. We highly value the skills required to build strong relationships and collaborate effectively. Freedom, Responsibility, Ownership We believe in providing engineers with the business context they need, and then giving them the freedom and responsibility to define project scope, define/debate architecture, determine trade-offs, and figure out the implementation details. Our Culture Lastly, but most importantly, we live by our values.

Requirements

Prior experience building and maintaining high-quality, scalable Design Systems for mobile platforms.
Deep expertise in Swift, SwiftUI, and UIKit, including iOS UI architecture patterns and performance considerations.
Deep understanding and experience with the full software development lifecycle, including building, testing, releasing, and supporting your code in a production environment.
Experience building mobile UIs in a Server Driven UI architecture, including working with GraphQL as a shared data access technology.
People who do well on the team are self-starters with a proactive approach to problem-solving, a drive to own projects end-to-end, and a passion for driving technology innovation rooted in business and customer needs.
The ability to engage in meaningful discussions with colleagues about use cases, prioritization, and technical challenges, while thoughtfully weighing trade-offs across multiple solutions, is a skill we value highly.

Nice To Haves

Genuine interest in Kotlin and Android development (Jetpack Compose) — the ability to reason across both platforms is a meaningful differentiator.
Champion an AI-first development mindset, actively pushing the boundaries of AI's potential in our products and workflows.

Responsibilities

Designing, developing, and maintaining high-quality, production-ready, accessible, and performant UI components.
Building native iOS design system components using Swift and SwiftUI/UIKit.
Develop AI-driven tools that benefit both our own development workflow and the efficiency of those who use our design system.
Maintaining a consistent experience across both iOS and Android.
Contributing to a shared cross-platform design language and component strategy.
Work closely with System Designers and Product Design leadership to define, set, and implement the technical roadmap for the Commerce Design System across mobile platforms.
Partner with Commerce experience designers and Core Design System engineers to integrate core components, design tokens, and APIs
Drive the successful adoption of components into various product spaces.
Collaborate with product engineering teams to drive successful adoption of Design System components into their respective product spaces.