Software Engineer - Feature Animation at Netflix

Feature Animation at Netflix is committed to creating content that makes a lasting impression on audiences and expands expectations of what is possible in storytelling. We are paving the way for the bold future of animation by building a community of amazing artists and talent. As a part of Netflix, Feature Animation values integrity, excellence, respect, inclusion, and collaboration. This is the new wave of animation — and you can help shape it!
Who we are
Our team, FAN Tech, is focused on enabling seamless in-house production pipelines for Animation Productions within Netflix. We work closely with artists, Production partners, Technical Directors and Studio executives. We build innovative filmmaking tools for various stages of the pipeline that act as a bridge between existing Production workflows and also  the Production and the Studio. Our tools and services are reliable, secure and also provide connection to the rest of our Netflix studio ecosystem.

Who you are

• Product-minded anchor to our end users
• Systems thinker who can reason through complex interactions and understand technical tradeoffs
• Versatile software engineer who enjoys learning new technologies, embracing best coding practices, and using their frontend and backend skills to develop user-friendly applications
• Great cross-functional partner who can easily empathize and work with both technical and non-technical partners to understand the underlying business needs and come up with robust solutions
• Problem seeker who proactively identifies issues, and resolves with ownership
• Technical pioneer who is self-motivated to seek out new knowledge and capabilites and empower your teammates by sharing what you've learned
• Experience with ShotGrid, Photoshop, Maya and other digital creation tools is a plus

You can look forward to

• Creating an impact in an innovative domain
• Engaging with cross-functional partners and end users to understand business needs and clarify requirements
• Sharing ideas openly and farming for dissent in an inclusive environment
• Aligning on  tradeoffs and decisions with stakeholders and partners across multiple locations and timezones
• Developing, testing, maintaining and operating full stack applications with REST, gRPC, GraphQL, SpringBoot Java, React, Typescript, Node, Python
• Contributing to technical decisions in the team on relational and NoSQL database technologies like Postgres, Redis, Cassandra, and CockroachDB

At Netflix, we carefully consider a wide range of compensation factors to determine your personal top of market. We rely on market indicators to determine compensation and consider your specific job family, background, skills, and experience to get it right. These considerations can cause your compensation to vary and will also be dependent on your location. 
The overall market range for roles in this area of Netflix is typically $90,000 - $900,000
This market range is based on total compensation (vs. only base salary), which is in line with our compensation philosophy. Netflix is a unique culture and environment. Learn more here.