Data Engineer (L5) - Content Machine Learning

$170,000 - $720,000/Yr

Netflix - Los Angeles, CA

Full-time - Mid Level

Los Angeles, CA

10,001+ employees

Broadcasting and Content Providers

About the position

The Data Engineer role at Netflix focuses on owning and scaling data systems while supporting high-visibility data pipelines and products. The position is part of the Content Knowledge Graph team within Data Science & Engineering, which aims to provide a global understanding of the entertainment industry through data and analytics. The ideal candidate will work on building scalable graphs and leveraging graph data in machine learning predictive models, contributing to Netflix's long-term growth and innovation.

Responsibilities

• Engineer efficient, adaptable, and scalable data pipelines to process structured and unstructured data.
• Leverage ML techniques for information extraction and building knowledge graphs.
• Build robust data quality systems using best-in-class data and ML techniques.
• Develop a deep understanding of the Netflix Data Science & Engineering ecosystem and related business domains.
• Understand business requirements and provide data that empowers teams to innovate on top of the Netflix KG.

Requirements

• Strong background in distributed data processing.
• At least 4 years of software/data engineering experience.
• Highly proficient in at least one programming language (e.g., Python, Java, or Scala).
• Comfortable with SQL and big data technologies (e.g., Hive, Presto, Spark, Iceberg).
• Familiarity with machine learning libraries (e.g., TensorFlow, PyTorch, JAX, Keras).
• Experience in machine learning or natural language processing domains.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience in implementing and productionizing models in large-scale industrial settings.
• Conceptually familiar or interested in learning graph technologies (e.g., databases, data models, query languages, graph machine learning).
• Strong communication skills for collaboration with cross-functional teams.

Benefits

• Health Plans
• Mental Health support
• 401(k) Retirement Plan with employer match
• Stock Option Program
• Disability Programs
• Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts
• Family-forming benefits
• Life and Serious Injury Benefits
• Paid leave of absence programs
• 35 days annually for paid time off for full-time hourly employees
• Flexible time off for full-time salaried employees