Senior Engineering Manager - Domain Experience Systems

Netflix • Los Gatos, CA

2d

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.

As Netflix continues to scale and diversify into new business domains (e.g., Ads, Commerce, Messaging, Games), the need for a unified, robust, and developer-friendly Member Platform has never been greater. This Platform is our strategic initiative to deliver a seamless, scalable, and innovative experience for all member-facing business domains.
The Domain Experience Systems team sits at the heart of this initiative. This team builds and operates the systems that integrate advanced capabilities (e.g., Ads, Commerce, Messaging, Search, Merch, experimentation) into the Member Platform through shared APIs, arbitration and composition layers, and cross-domain workflows. Domain Experience Systems is responsible for experience Construction, API Platform, experience configurations, and related systems that bridge domains and the Member Experience in a cohesive, scalable way.
As the Senior Manager for Domain Experience Systems, you will lead a highly cross-functional, platform-focused organization that enables new and existing domains to use this platform without deep coupling, while ensuring a world-class developer experience and a consistent, high-quality member experience. You will partner closely with product, Ads, Commerce, Messaging, Search, Merch, S&D teams, and other platform teams (Page Platform, Entity Platform, Platform Scale) to make the Member Platform the “paved path” for all domains.

Requirements

• You have domain experience with some of the following: Large-scale API platforms and service-oriented or microservice architectures
• Personalization, ranking, or recommendations systems
• AB testing / experimentation platforms and integrating experimentation into product and platform decisions
• Machine learning systems in production and their impact on client and platform design
• Cloud computing and large-scale distributed systems (e.g., on AWS, GCP, or similar)
• JVM-based server stacks (e.g., Java, Kotlin) or equivalent large-scale backend technologies
• You have a BS or equivalent experience in Computer Science or a related field.
• You are highly aligned with our Values.

Responsibilities

• Build and scale multiple high-performing engineering teams, hiring, inspiring, and supporting the growth of managers and senior engineers with clarity of purpose and a strong focus on inclusion and belonging.
• Articulate and drive a cohesive technical and product vision for a platform experience.
• Translate the needs of diverse partners (Ads, Commerce, Messaging, Merch, Search, Content, Product, Design, Marketing) into measurable platform capabilities, self-service tools, and clearly defined integration patterns.
• Understand how to design, build, and operate high-traffic, low-latency distributed systems and APIs that sit directly on the critical path of the member experience, and you know how to evolve them while maintaining high availability, resiliency, and performance.
• Have deep experience defining and scaling API platforms and shared abstractions, including contract design, schema evolution, governance, and tooling that enable teams to move quickly while staying aligned to platform standards.
• Be comfortable balancing platform consistency with users autonomy, designing extensible architectures and clean boundaries so platform users can innovate independently while benefiting from shared infrastructure and patterns.
• Forge strong cross-functional and cross-org relationships, seeking to understand business and partner needs and delighting in enabling their success through clear paved paths, documentation, and reliable platform capabilities.
• Lead with data-informed judgment, collaborating with ML, experimentation/AB testing, and analytics partners to measure impact, guide tradeoffs, and improve both developer and member experiences.
• Collaboratively develop and iterate on multi-year technical roadmaps, manage expectations across many stakeholders, and selflessly navigate competing priorities, making transparent tradeoffs across domains and platform needs.
• Be a proactive, effective communicator, comfortable influencing at senior levels across engineering, product, and business leadership, and aligning multiple teams around strategic bets and clear outcomes.
• Have experience managing other engineering managers and/or multiple teams, and are adept at building operating models, rituals, and culture that support alignment, autonomy, and accountability at scale.

Benefits

• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager