Software Engineer 5 - Android

At Netflix, our mission is to entertain the world. Together, we are writing the next episode - pushing the boundaries of storytelling, global fandom and making the unimaginable a reality. We are a dream team obsessed with the uncomfortable excitement of discovering what happens when you merge creativity, intuition and cutting-edge technology. Come be a part of what’s next.

The Member Experience Client Foundations team (MXCF) is responsible for building the server-driven UI (SDUI) architecture and tooling used to power the member user experience across Netflix’s iOS, Android, TV and Web client streaming applications.

The team is responsible for working closely with our server foundational partners on this SDUI architecture to ensure that we’re building holistic solutions which balance client architectural considerations across all four client platforms, alongside our server partner’s distributed system concerns. Allowing us to deliver a flexible, scalable SDUI platform on which both our client & server product teams can deliver the innovative member experiences which Netflix sets the industry standard for.

MXCF is a foundational team. We don’t build product experiences directly. We build architecture and tooling which empowers product engineers (our customers), to build great product experiences, efficiently and reliably. We’re currently working to evolve our SDUI architecture’s capabilities to support:

* A flexible spectrum of server-driven rendering : From coarse-grained control through to fine grained UI control; or none at all, based on product needs. * Pushing UI updates to the client both for exceedingly high-scale needs (simultaneous concurrent updates for live events), as well user experience updates at lower scale. * Dynamically modify the UI in response to the user’s session interaction and needs. * Efficiently support the increasingly wide variety of content types and business verticals (shows, movies, games, ads, live, acquisition) which Netflix supports. * Integrating generative AI into the ecosystem to increase efficiency for product engineers to utilize the platform.

The Role This role will be focused on Android, requiring expertise with Android UI architecture and frameworks. However, we believe strong engineering aptitude transcends stacks, and providing the opportunity to explore UI development on other platforms is a unique aspect of this role.

We’re currently building solutions with Kotlin/Compose on Android, and use GraphQL as our shared data access technology. We use Swift on iOS and JavaScript/TypeScript on TV & Web.

* Architect and build maintainable, performant Android client code with effective documentation that can be leveraged by Android developers across Netflix * Define and drive best practices that ensure consistency, reliability, and simplicity in a high-commit-volume codebase * Leverage modern technologies such as Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, Circuit, and Dagger/Hilt, alongside GraphQL, to deliver scalable, maintainable solutions for our shared SDUI architecture * Develop code for testability and write automated tests (JVM Unit, Espresso, Paparazzi) to uphold product quality * Keep a pulse on cutting-edge Android technologies and software engineering practices, modernizing the codebase to accelerate innovation velocity * Collaborate with cross-functional partners across client and server teams to define and deliver on our framework and architecture vision * Mentor and grow less-experienced Android engineers * Influence our framework and architecture roadmaps, and drive forward-looking technical solutions with minimal supervision * Diverse and inclusive teams are strong teams. We encourage those with varied identities, backgrounds, and experiences to apply. We believe that creating a sense of belonging allows us to be our best selves, which in turn helps us produce our best work. We rely on our unique individual strengths to help each