[Hiring] Software Engineer 6 - Ads Account Foundations @Netflix

Role Description

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.

We launched a new ad-supported tier in November 2022 and we are now in the third season of ads. Our new tier allows us to offer our members more choice in how they consume content, attract new members at a lower price point, and create a compelling path for advertisers to reach deeply engaged audiences.

Our team is new yet faces the enormous ambition of building highly performant advertising systems and delivering high impact to our business by monetizing our incredible slate of content. As one of the newest entrants in the rapidly growing Connected TV advertising space, we seek to build unique value propositions that help us differentiate from the competition and become a market leader in record time.

The Ads Platform Engineering org builds advertising systems and integrations that power ad delivery using our world-class content delivery ecosystem. We deliver ads in a manner that's thoughtful of our members' viewing experience and drive great outcomes for advertisers.

The Account Foundations team owns the accounts domain for Netflix Ads, i.e the system that defines who our advertisers are, what they're eligible for, and how they transact. Our job is to fix that from the ground up and make sure it doesn't become a problem again, as the business scales.

We're working across four areas:

• Core Accounts: Rebuilding the account data model to represent how advertisers and agencies are structured in the real world.
• Account Intelligence: Building the enrichment layer to identify who our advertisers are and how they're structured.
• Account Cohort and Verification Automation: Automating cohort assignment and identity verification to scale with advertiser growth.
• Spend Attribution: Building an automated attribution engine to accurately map programmatic spend from DSPs.

The work is foundational, which means it's both high leverage and high stakes, as well as a truly zero-to-one space. If you're drawn to problems where getting the architecture right the first time actually matters, this is the team for you.

We are looking for highly motivated engineers working in the advertising space who are excited to join us on this journey.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience building cloud-based applications with modern programming languages.
• 4+ years of experience in Ads domain on demand side systems.
• Broad knowledge of ad tech and advertising landscape, programmatic advertising, and digital marketing trends.
• Experience in building multi-tenant, API-first services, including REST/GraphQL best practices.
• Familiarity with API Gateway patterns around authentication, authorization, rate limiting, load shedding, and ingress control.
• Familiarity with Object/Entity lifecycle management and data governance associated with it.
• Operational excellence experience with customer-facing APIs, including SLO tracking, incident management, and observability tooling.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and manage multiple priorities effectively.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and relationship-building skills.

Requirements

• Contributed to an ads industry technology standard (e.g VAST, OpenRTB) or worked on an industry consortium effort.
• Working knowledge of AI/ML/genAI techniques and their application to account management lifecycle or API reliability monitoring.
• Early experience with customer-facing MCP concerns, such as defining tools contracts and security concerns.
• Experience working in the CTV space and knowledge of its unique constraints.

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.