Manager, Member Innovation - Data Engineering

Netflix is a leading entertainment company focused on pushing the boundaries of storytelling and technology. They are seeking an experienced leader for the Member Innovation Data Engineering team to guide projects from ideation to production, working closely with Data Scientists and Product Managers.

Responsibilities:

• Vision: You intuitively understand business and technology and you leverage that to guide a team by providing relevant context and inspiration
• Team Building: You are constantly on the lookout for talent and have a knack for recognizing and attracting top-tier engineers to your team. You understand the importance of building an amazing team that is additive and diverse, and the value it brings to the overall company. Just as important as recruiting, you develop connections with the team and help them flourish in their roles, so the team retains its best talent
• Feedback & Development: You will coach and guide employees through their strengths and weaknesses through regular feedback
• Partnership: You will continue to establish strong relationships with both business and technical leaders across Netflix

Requirements:

• You are a strong people leader who also demonstrates humility
• You care deeply about people, and their success
• You invest in your relationships, so that you have an understanding of the whole person and their perspective
• You're not afraid of tough conversations, and are experienced in coaching your colleagues through difficult situations
• You are comfortable sharing your perspective on challenging people dynamics
• You seek to de-escalate tense situations, and are creative & flexible in finding balance with partners to maximize impact
• You are a strong communicator, and self-aware about how others perceive your comments
• You aim to be assertive, not passive nor aggressive, in providing input, support, and feedback
• You are forward-looking and able to anticipate the investments Netflix should be making to improve efficiency, innovation, and alignment
• You identify areas for continuous improvement, and persistently advocate for action to address them
• You're allergic to micromanagement
• You prefer to give context, delegate, and watch amazing people exceed your hopes and expectations
• You have strong business intuition, product sense, and analytic chops
• You have 8+ years of experience in data engineering. You have strong programming (at least 1 major language) and SQL experience in your background
• You have 4+ years of engineering leadership experience
• You have worked in a technical role with a large scale consumer facing digital company
• You have a MS in Computer Science/Engineering, or related field
• You have strong experience with distributed data processing technologies (i.e. Spark/Hadoop, etc.)