Full Stack Software Engineer 5 - Studio Talent Engineering

Netflix is a company dedicated to entertaining the world through innovative storytelling and technology. The Full Stack Software Engineer will play a crucial role in developing high-quality products and creating company-wide tools to enhance productivity and streamline operations.

Responsibilities:

• Identify, architect, develop, test, deploy, and operate fully integrated solutions across build/buy that provide seamless end-to-end product experiences
• Lead cross-functional technical efforts, driving alignment and consensus across diverse teams
• Design and implement scalable systems and make critical technical decisions on technology, reliability, and performance
• Design, build, and maintain infrastructure for modern integration methods between our applications, third-party services, and other Netflix teams' services
• Design and implement sophisticated data synchronization pipelines and scenario management systems that maintain data consistency across multiple source-of-truth systems while handling complex bidirectional data flows and real-time updates
• Solve complex, high-impact problems and influence strategies to improve system and product quality across Talent Tech Engineering
• Influence strategies and execution roadmaps within your department or technical areas of expertise, ensuring alignment with business goals
• Deliver a variety of artifacts, including code, algorithms, designs, prototypes, strategies, or architectures, that lead to system simplification and higher impact
• Collaborate extremely effectively with product managers, designers, other engineers, stakeholders, and vendors on projects within the team and across all of Netflix
• Communicate complex technical issues and business impacts clearly to varied audiences
• Mentor, develop, and grow members in your department/sub-function

Requirements:

• 10+ years of experience as a software engineer, demonstrably delivering on time and with quality
• Expert knowledge of data structures, algorithms, modern design patterns, and layers
• Deep experience with Java, Spring Boot, React, Python, relational databases (PostgreSQL preferred)
• Knowledge and understanding of GraphQL or REST API patterns
• Demonstrable ability to lead a project, deliver an end product on time, at quality, and influence technical roadmaps
• Passion to build internal solutions and own the development of mission-critical applications that serve as the operational backbone for studio productions
• Extensive knowledge of building quality APIs for internal and external products
• Experience integrating internal and third-party services into your solutions
• Proven track record of mentoring and developing other engineers
• Ability to shift from tactical to strategic approaches and break down large problems into manageable pieces
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to make data-driven decisions
• Passion for engineering principles and developing tools and applications for impact with high quality
• Ability to thrive in a dynamic environment where needs shift and clearly articulate priorities and critical outcomes to your team
• Demonstrated sound judgment by taking a strategic approach to solving technical problems with a holistic view of the business impact
• Role model for inclusion, ensuring all voices are heard and facilitating the emergence of the best ideas
• Ability to foster psychological safety and hold colleagues across the sub-function to the same standard
• Track record of building and maintaining complex data integration pipelines with high reliability requirements, especially involving bidirectional synchronization across multiple systems