About the position
Netflix is one of the world's leading entertainment services, with 283 million paid memberships in over 190 countries enjoying TV series, films and games across a wide variety of genres and languages. Members can play, pause and resume watching as much as they want, anytime, anywhere, and can change their plans at any time. The Test Automation Platform team provides the core infrastructure and capabilities to enable automated testing of the Netflix product at scale. Our Device & Test Automation platform is used to enable other teams to qualify and validate the Netflix TV, mobile, and web client applications, partner device implementations, mobile games, and more. We view ourselves as a force multiplier for Netflix engineering, providing composable capabilities and pluggable abstractions that allow teams to manage, orchestrate, and analyze their automated tests and test devices. Our platform executes and ingests results for over 3 million test executions daily.
Responsibilities
- Build and support applications and service infrastructure to augment and improve our automated test and device management platform with a focus on reliability and scale.
- Research and develop ways to improve the experience and reduce/remove the manual toil for users of our systems.
- Optimize and innovate our platform capabilities to expand its impact on Netflix's quality efforts.
- Evangelize and influence partner teams to improve their test and automation strategies and implementations.
- Drive cross-functional projects to integrate and augment our platform with new use cases.
Requirements
- You have a platform-engineering mindset and enjoy making services and applications that other engineers build on top of.
- You are passionate about quality and the art of software testing and automation, and you bring this passion to your work.
- You are versatile in multiple programming languages and environments and are excited at the prospect of learning new ones.
- You have a strong understanding of the node.js runtime and enjoy writing JavaScript/TypeScript.
- You have experience with the fundamentals of Java programming.
- You have experience working with Linux operating systems, including troubleshooting system issues as well as utilizing the command line.
- You understand the networking details in client/server communication and can comfortably debug issues related to HTTP, TCP, DNS etc.
- You have built and supported scalable and reliable tools & services.
- You take initiative and drive projects with dedication.
- You excel in collaborative settings and use your strong communication skills to influence outcomes.
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
