UI Engineer 5 - Studio Foundation Apps Engineering

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 Studio Foundation Apps Engineering team is building a next-generation media review and collaboration platform to power the creation of our global slate of feature films and television series. Our mission is to empower directors, producers, and studio executives to collaborate seamlessly and creatively, enabling riveting storytelling through effortless content review, anywhere and at any time.

This is a high-impact, end-to-end engineering role. We are responsible for developing a robust, cross-platform, high-performance system that centralizes and secures the thousands of work-in-progress files — including still images, short video clips, and long-form videos — generated across hundreds of active productions annually.

The Studio Foundation Apps Engineering Team accelerates critical decision-making during Principal Photography and Post-Production by providing a secure, high-fidelity playback experience for pre-release content, incorporating DRM, multi-factor authentication, and visual watermarking to mitigate financial losses from delays. We address complex engineering challenges to deliver a unified experience across all devices and connectivity environments via a sophisticated hybrid cross-platform architecture that ensures system-native performance for features like offline video playback and annotation.

The team owns the full content lifecycle, from media ingestion and robust processing (transcoding and packaging) to implementing sophisticated collaboration features like timecode-based commenting and annotation, ensuring deep integration with the Studio's internal systems to serve as a critical part of the content creation ecosystem, ultimately enhancing how creative teams interact with media throughout the production lifecycle.

* Work cross-functionally to build, test, deploy, and launch UIs that operationalize our workflows at scale.

* Participate in product reviews and team meetings, providing technical insight. Help scope, estimate, and prioritize between competing needs.

* Evaluate new technologies and approaches to streamline and improve our rapid application development tooling and conventions.

* Regularly learn and contribute to new systems and tools as the Netflix platform and ecosystem evolve.

* Participate in our on-call rotation and lead the incident reviews.

* Effectively communicate complex technical issues and solutions to stakeholders.

* Apply engineering best practices to guide projects and decisions, and support the growth of team members.

* Uphold company values, promoting an inclusive team environment, and ensuring high standards of conduct and performance across teams.

* You are passionate about user experience and enjoy improving UIs, building intuitive user interfaces in close partnership with UX Designers and Product Managers.

* You enjoy collaborating with Backend and UI engineers, product designers, product managers, and directly with users to understand what they want, determine what they really need, and decide what to build.

* You are motivated to identify business opportunities that positively impact the organization.

* You strive to embrace best practices and are always looking for opportunities to continually improve.

* You are willing to work flexibly across the stack or into a new domain to support a teammate when needed.

* You drive the resolution of complex problems and lead strategic projects that enhance team capabilities and impact, operating across functional boundaries.

* You deepen technical mastery to implement