Engineering Manager - Tv Product Ui

Netflix Netflix · Big Tech · United States · Remote · Engineering

Engineering Manager to lead a team building novel product features for Netflix's flagship TV application, focusing on member discovery and connection with stories. This role involves technical leadership, cross-functional collaboration with product managers, and driving engineering excellence, with an emphasis on experimenting with GenAI to transform workflows and product features.

What you'd actually do

  1. Lead and mentor a team of talented engineers, fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement. Support individual growth and performance through regular feedback, coaching, and career development.
  2. Work closely with product managers, designers, and other engineering teams to deliver high-impact features and improvements.
  3. Drive a culture of engineering excellence where impact is multiplied through GenAI, balancing product innovation with long-term technical health and maintainability. Advocate for a risk-based approach to product quality.
  4. Oversee project timelines, resource allocation, and deliverables, navigating feature, scope and timeline tradeoffs.
  5. Champion the user experience, ensuring that all features and updates enhance the overall experience for our members. We validate our judgment by A/B testing product variants with real customers, instead of assuming we know what is best.

Skills

Required

  • Proven experience leading an engineering team building large-scale, consumer-facing products on TV or Web.
  • Strong background in client-side software development, with solid system thinking and understanding of end-to-end architectures.
  • Ability to inspire and lead through change, ambiguity, and rapid innovation cycles.
  • Strong organizational skills with a track record of managing complex projects and delivering results.
  • Exceptional communication and collaboration skills, with experience working cross-functionally with product, design, and backend teams.
  • Passion for creating exceptional user experiences and a deep understanding of user interface design principles, and an active interest in how real members use Netflix through consumer insights and a/b test analysis.

Nice to have

  • Experience working with remote and/or distributed teams is a plus.

What the JD emphasized

  • GenAI