Engineering Manager - Data Movement Engines

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.

About Netflix:

At Netflix, we are shaping the future of global entertainment by delivering the world's best content to our members. Our Data Platform team plays a crucial role in enabling data-driven decision-making across the company, ensuring that we continue to innovate and delight our audience.

Role Overview:

We are seeking an experienced and passionate Engineering Manager to lead our Data Movement Engines Team. This team owns the real-time data pipelines and processing infrastructure that enhances the streaming experience for millions of members worldwide and powers critical business insights for Live, Ads, and Games. This team owns the eventing pipeline engine - Kafka, and two processing engines - Flink and Mantis - to meet the operational, analytical, and observability needs of our Netflix service. We strive to provide a robust and rich ecosystem of productivity tools for our Netflix engineers to leverage our infrastructure with ease. We operate over 600 Kafka clusters, 45k Kafka topics, 15k Apache Flink jobs, processing over 60 PB of data (14 trillion events) per day, and continuously innovating to enable this scale in a cost-efficient manner.

You will be responsible for:

• Leading, mentoring, and growing a team of talented and diverse engineers, fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

• Defining and driving the technical vision and roadmap for Data Movement Engines, ensuring alignment with business goals and industry best practices.

• Overseeing the planning, execution, and delivery of complex engineering projects, ensuring high quality and timely completion.

• Working closely with cross-functional teams, including data scientists, product managers, and other engineering teams, to understand requirements and deliver solutions that satisfy business needs. 

• Staying abreast of the latest trends and advancements in data movement technologies, and drive the adoption of new tools and methodologies to enhance our platform.

• Ensuring the reliability, scalability, and performance of the engines platform, implementing best practices for monitoring, alerting, and incident response.

What we are looking for:

• An experienced leader with at least 5 years of experience managing business-critical high-performance teams of software engineers of various levels of experience

• Deep understanding and experience with large-scale distributed systems, preferably with experience in Flink, Kafka, or other data platform engines like Spark, Trino, Cassandra, etc.

• Strong track record of delivering impactful results through successful cross-functional partnerships with PMs, TPMs, and various engineering partners. 

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts and business values to diverse technical and business audiences.

Why Join Us?

• Impact: Play a pivotal role in shaping the future of real-time data pipeline infrastructure at Netflix, influencing how we deliver content to millions of users.

• Innovation: Be part of a team that thrives on creativity and innovation, constantly pushing the boundaries of what's possible.

• Growth: Enjoy opportunities for professional growth and development in a dynamic and fast-paced environment.

• Culture: Join a company with a unique culture that values impact, openness, and selflessness.

If you are passionate about leading cutting-edge engineering teams and driving impactful data solutions, we would love to hear from you. Apply today to join Netflix and help us continue to revolutionize the entertainment industry.

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