Software Engineer - Ads Foundations Graph

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 to offer our members more choice in how they consume their content. Our new tier allows us to attract new members at a lower price point, while also creating a compelling path for advertisers to reach audiences that are deeply engaged.

The Ads Platform Engineering team builds advertising systems and integrations that power the delivery of ads using our world‑class content delivery ecosystem. We use a number of Netflix investments and innovations to power our ads – a unique mix of client and server‑side ad insertions, state‑of‑the‑art content delivery systems, ad encoding recipes, content understanding and metadata, etc. We deliver ads in a manner that’s thoughtful of our member’s viewing experience and drive great outcomes for advertisers.

We also ensure that advertiser brand safety is ensured during serving, members only see the most appropriate ads for them.

The Delivery Management & Ad Platform Foundations team focuses on two key areas – first is enabling the set up, proactive monitoring, and troubleshooting of advertisers campaigns to ensure delivery and the second is our foundational work that crosses all of the Netflix Ad Suite to ensure developers and end‑users alike are as efficient as possible in achieving their day to day tasks.

Our team is new and yet faced with the enormous ambitions 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 Connected TV advertising space that’s rapidly growing, we seek to build unique value propositions that help us differentiate from the competition and become a market leader in record time.

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

• Experience evaluating and architecting scalable graph solutions, including integration with existing enterprise data platforms and an understanding of tradeoffs in performance and reliability.
• Familiarity with semantic data modeling and ontology design for complex entities, focusing on representing diverse relationships and enabling flexible data access and querying.
• Proficiency with graph databases (e.g., Neo4j, Amazon Neptune) and knowledge graph data management best practices, including data governance, quality assurance (e.g., duplicate resolution), and entity lifecycle management (e.g., merging, automated enrichment) for large‑scale datasets.
• Broad knowledge of ad tech and advertising landscape, programmatic advertising, and digital marketing trends.
• Worked closely with ad operations to enable campaign setup, targeting, reporting, and advertiser needs.
• Developed many cloud‑based applications and comfortable with modern programming languages (preferably object‑oriented).
• Ability to thrive in a fast‑paced, dynamic environment and manage multiple priorities effectively.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and relationship‑building skills.

• Contributed to an ads industry technology standard (e.g VAST, OpenRTB) or worked on an industry consortium effort, working group etc.
• Familiarity with legal compliance and changing landscape of ads regulations around the world.
• Experience working in the CTV space and knowledge of its unique constraints.

Generally, our compensation structure consists solely of an annual salary; we do not have bonuses. You choose each year how much of your compensation you want in salary versus stock options. To determine your personal top of market compensation, we rely on market indicators and consider your specific job family, background, skills, and experience to determine your compensation in the market range.

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