Netflix

Data Scientist 5 - New Content Experiences

Netflix$372K — $500K+*
US-AnywhereRemote in United States
Consumer Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Experience with supporting experimentation at scale and observational causal inference to drive product development
  • Strong statistical intuition with applied experience in consumer-facing products
  • Proficiency in SQL and statistical programming (Python and/or R)
  • Exceptional communication skills for technical and non-technical audiences
  • Ability to thrive in ambiguity with minimal oversight
  • Passion for product development and design
  • Results-oriented mindset focused on impactful business outcomes

Responsibilities

  • Drive product innovation focused on new content verticals
  • Establish strong partnerships with stakeholders to achieve vision
  • Develop experimentation and measurement frameworks for decision-making
  • Ensure high-quality outputs that inform member experience decisions
  • Adapt quickly to the fast-evolving team and content landscape

Benefits

  • Comprehensive Health Plans
  • Mental Health support services
  • 401(k) Retirement Plan with employer match
  • Stock Option Program
  • Disability Programs
  • Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts
  • Family-forming benefits and paid leave of absence
  • Flexible time off policies, with 35 days off for hourly employees
Full Job Description
The Team: New Content Experiences

The New Content Experiences DSE team focuses on introducing new content types and innovative experiences to our product. We partner closely with Product, Design, Algorithms, and Engineering to surface opportunities, inform product strategy, and evaluate the success of initiatives. The content we focus on includes Games, Live, Podcasts, and more exciting things to come.

The Role: Data Science

In this role, you will:

  • Drive product innovation focused on our new content verticals and help shape the member experience through robust measurement strategies covering experimentation, modeling, and analytics.

  • Establish strong partnerships with stakeholders to realize our vision of entertaining the world as content and culture continue to evolve

  • Develop experimentation and measurement frameworks to increase and influence complex decision-making.

  • Facilitate ownership and accountability by ensuring the team produces trustworthy, high-quality outputs that inform decisions and shape the direction of member experience. 

  • Adapt quickly to changing circumstances. The new content experiences team evolves rapidly, and this role will help shape its future.

To be successful in this role, you have:
  • Experience with supporting experimentation at scale and observational causal inference to drive product development

  • Strong statistical intuition and applied experience solving problems in consumer-facing products. Experience analyzing recommender systems is a plus.

  • Expertise in SQL and statistical programming (Python and/or R)

  • Exceptional communication with technical and non-technical audiences. Excellent at managing multiple stakeholders and competing priorities.

  • Comfort with ambiguity; ability to thrive with minimal oversight and process.

  • A passion for product development and design.

  • A results-oriented mindset: you focus on what moves the needle and work on what the business needs.

Generally, our compensation structure consists solely of an annual salary; we do not have bonuses. You choose each year how much of your compensation you want in salary versus stock options. To determine your personal top of market compensation, we rely on market indicators and consider your specific job family, background, skills, and experience to determine your compensation in the market range. The range for this role is $372,000.00 - $600,000.00. This compensation range will vary based on location.

Netflix provides comprehensive benefits including Health Plans, Mental Health support, a 401(k) Retirement Plan with employer match, Stock Option Program, Disability Programs, Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts, Family-forming benefits, and Life and Serious Injury Benefits. We also offer paid leave of absence programs. Full-time hourly employees accrue 35 days annually for paid time off to be used for vacation, holidays, and sick paid time off. Full-time salaried employees are immediately entitled to flexible time off. See more details about our Benefits here.

About Netflix

Netflix, Inc. is an American media company founded on August 29, 1997 by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph in Scotts Valley, California, and currently based in Los Gatos, California, with production offices and stages at the Los Angeles-based Hollywood studios (formerly old Warner Brothers studios) and the Albuquerque Studios (formerly ABQ studios). It operates an eponymous over-the-top subscription video on-demand service, which showcases acquired and original programming as well as third-party content licensed from other production companies and distributors. Netflix is also the first streaming media company to be a member of the Motion Picture Association.
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Size
11,300 employees
Market Cap
$127.6 billion
Industry
Net Income
$2.7 billion
Founded
1997
5 Year Trend
+27.5%
Revenue
$24.9 billion
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