Netflix

Staff Data Engineer (L6) - Ads

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2 days ago
Remote, PanamaStaff+

Base Salary

$510k - $820k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Set technical direction and design coherence across the Ads Data Engineering organization.
  • Resolve cross-domain design decisions and guide teams toward scalable, coherent approaches.
  • Partner with the Ads Data Engineering director, managers, platform engineering, data and insights teams, data science, and product.
  • Mentor and coach data engineers across the organization.
  • Shape horizontal platform efforts and define AI-native data engineering practices for Ads Data Engineering.
  • Serve as the primary technical voice for Ads-level engineering partnerships and strategy.

Requirements

  • 15+ years building data-foundation, backend, or data engineering systems.
  • Experience in advertising or ad-tech data, including domains such as bidding, measurement, or attribution.
  • Experience driving technical direction across organizational lines and across multiple companies or roles.
  • Experience with major platform migrations or data products from 0 to 1 and 1 to 100.
  • Knowledge of modern data stacks spanning ingestion, processing, storage, and serving.
  • Experience with large-scale distributed data systems such as Spark, Kafka, or columnar stores.
  • Understanding of data privacy, governance, data quality, and data products.
  • Knowledge of current AI and agentic technologies as applied to data engineering.
  • Clear communication, cross-functional influence, design leadership, and a commitment to mentoring engineers.
  • A graduate degree in Computer Science with a data focus is a plus, as is formal mentoring experience.

Benefits

  • Annual salary and stock option compensation structure with no bonuses; the stated compensation range is $510,000.00-$820,000.00 depending on location.
  • Health plans, mental health support, a 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 programs; full-time salaried employees are immediately entitled to flexible time off.
  • Netflix is an equal-opportunity employer and provides accommodations or adjustments during the hiring process.

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Data Engineering
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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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