Senior Engineering Manager – Evidence Engineering

Senior Engineering Manager – Evidence Engineering

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Netflix is one of the world's leading entertainment services, with over 300 million paid memberships in over 190 countries enjoying TV series, films and games across a wide variety of genres and languages. Members can play, pause and resume watching as much as they want, anytime, anywhere, and can change their plans at any time.

At Netflix, assets like artwork, trailers, synopses, and metadata are crucial for enriching our member experience and helping them discover content they'll love. These assets provide essential context for our recommendations, guiding viewing decisions and enhancing the overall experience. To further improve this, we personalize these assets, ensuring each member sees the most relevant artwork, trailers, and more, tailored to their unique tastes.

We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Senior Engineering Manager to lead our Evidence Engineering team. This exciting opportunity places you at the forefront of delivering truly tailored entertainment experiences to millions of Netflix members globally. As a Senior leader within our backend product engineering group, you will drive the architecture and development of innovative, customized solutions that power personalized images, text, and other assets in the product experience.

This team is vital in showcasing our vast content library across various product initiatives, such as Live, Games, and Ads, on all device platforms worldwide.

As a leader of leaders, you will guide three high-performing engineering teams, setting the technical direction and ensuring the successful delivery of complex projects that enhance the product experience for our members. You will collaborate with cross-functional leaders to align on strategy, promote innovation, and ensure the team's work achieves significant business impact. We are looking for a technically skilled leader who thrives in a collaborative and inclusive environment, and is enthusiastic about mentoring a diverse group of engineers and leaders, from experienced professionals to new hires.

Above all, you will embody Netflix’s core values by cultivating a culture of creativity, curiosity, and excellence.

• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of engineers and engineering managers.
• Foster a culture of collaboration, inclusion, and high performance.
• Provide regular feedback, coaching, and career development support.

• Set and communicate technical vision and strategy for the team.
• Oversee architectural decisions and ensure alignment with organizational goals.
• Drive adoption of best practices in software engineering, reliability, and scalability.

• Own delivery of key projects, ensuring timelines, quality, and stakeholder alignment.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with product, design, and other engineering teams.
• Manage resources, budgets, and prioritization.

• Act as a key point of contact for senior leadership, product partners, and other stakeholders.
• Present technical and business updates to executive audiences.
• Influence and drive consensus across diverse groups.

• Successful track record leading and coaching direct line managers.
• Proven experience leading engineering teams, ideally in a high-scale, high-impact environment.
• Deep technical expertise in relevant domains (e.g., distributed systems, personalization).
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Strategic thinking and problem-solving.
• Experience with scaling teams and systems and leading change management.
• Ideally, it would be great if you had experience working in a global, distributed environment and/or a track record of delivering complex, cross-functional projects for major consumer facing apps.

At Netflix, we strive to provide competitive and equitable compensation. We carefully consider a wide range of factors, including market indicators, your specific job, skills, and experience, to determine your personal top of the market. Our compensation may vary based on these considerations and your geographic location. The…