[Hiring] Software Engineer 4/5 – Model Development and Management, AI Platform @Netflix

Role Description

We are seeking an ambitious software engineer to join the Model Development and Management team, that is building the user interface layer for Netflix’s AI Platform in order to accelerate the core loop of model creation, evaluation, experimentation, and deployment. In this role, you'll help shape the future of ML infrastructure at Netflix, with opportunities to contribute to open-source projects and you’ll develop expertise across the full ML lifecycle while working with cutting-edge technologies.

• Gather requirements, design, and implement products that help accelerate model development for different ML use cases.
• Work alongside applied researchers and data scientists on the cutting edge of machine learning.
• Engage with the ML community to source feedback, identify pain points, and evolve our platform.

Qualifications

• Experience developing platform solutions - SDKs, developer frameworks, or internal tooling used by ML Researchers, ML Engineers, and Data Scientists.
• Excellent software design and development skills in Python along with one of Scala, Java, C++.
• Experience working on or alongside modern, large-scale ML services.
• Familiarity with ML workflow orchestration, experiment tracking, or feature/data infrastructure — ideally with tools like Metaflow, Airflow, Kubeflow, MLflow, or similar.
• Broad understanding of core machine learning concepts and their application in large-scale, real-world machine-learning systems.
• 5+ years of full-time software engineering or machine learning experience with a bachelor’s and master’s degree; or PhD degree.

Requirements

• Preferred, but not required additional areas of experience:
• Experience building machine learning models or LLMs.
• Experience designing or building agentic systems.
• Experience working with public clouds, especially AWS.
• Significant contributions to open source projects.

Benefits

• Comprehensive Health Plans.
• Mental Health support.
• 401(k) Retirement Plan with employer match.
• Stock Option Program.
• Disability Programs.
• Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts.
• Family-forming benefits.
• Life and Serious Injury Benefits.
• Paid leave of absence programs.
• Full-time hourly employees accrue 35 days annually for paid time off.
• Full-time salaried employees are immediately entitled to flexible time off.