Netflix

Software Engineer 5 - Android (DVX Mobile Core)

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4 days ago
Remote, United StatesStaff+
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Base Salary

$388k - $558k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Own multi-quarter, cross-team technical initiatives from ambiguous problem definition through delivery, adoption, and measurement.
  • Design and build reusable Android UI infrastructure and architecture, including server-driven UI, modularization, data-centric development, and unidirectional state flow.
  • Develop reliable and extensible player frameworks for downstream product teams.
  • Improve engineering quality through automated testing, telemetry, reliability standards, and visible regression measurement.
  • Define milestones, manage risks and cross-team dependencies, and influence technical roadmaps with minimal supervision.
  • Create documentation and migration paths that enable other teams to adopt shared infrastructure independently.
  • Mentor less-experienced engineers, raise technical standards, and evaluate emerging Android technologies and AI-assisted development workflows.

Requirements

  • Demonstrated ownership of a multi-month, cross-team technical initiative from ambiguity to adoption, including scoping, planning, and impact measurement.
  • Experience identifying and solving problems independently and delivering results through disciplined milestone-based execution.
  • Deep Android expertise with strong Kotlin and Jetpack Compose experience.
  • Experience applying MVVM, unidirectional flow, and modularization in a large codebase.
  • Ability to work with Java and GraphQL as needed.
  • Strong judgment balancing business, user, and architectural trade-offs, along with clear communication across product, design, and engineering.
  • Preferred experience with server-driven UI, Circuit, Paparazzi, media playback or player frameworks, telemetry and reliability engineering, or AI-assisted development workflows.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health plans and mental health support.
  • 401(k) retirement plan with employer match, stock option program, disability programs, health savings and flexible spending accounts, family-forming benefits, and life and serious injury benefits.
  • Paid leave of absence programs; full-time salaried employees receive flexible time off immediately.
  • The role is full-time and has an annual salary-based compensation structure; the posting states that compensation varies by location.
  • Netflix provides accommodation or adjustment support during the hiring process.

Tech Stack

GraphQLJavaJetpack ComposeKotlin

Categories

Mobile
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About Netflix

10,000+ employees

Netflix builds and operates a global streaming service for TV series, films, games, and live programming, and produces original content through its in-house studio. It serves consumers in 190+ countries via subscription and ad-supported plans on internet-connected devices. Founded in 1997 and headquartered in Los Gatos, California, Netflix is a public company traded on NASDAQ (NFLX).

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