Netflix

Engineering Manager, Privacy Infrastructure Engineering

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

Qualifications

  • Proven leadership experience managing software development teams and building privacy/security solutions in a data-driven setting.
  • Experience coaching high-performing teams with a focus on inclusive and growth-oriented feedback.
  • Ability to make technical decisions in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment with competing priorities.
  • Hands-on experience as a software engineer, providing technical credibility in leadership roles.
  • Expertise in risk mitigation and data enablement through structured metrics and outcomes.
  • Background in system design and full-stack development, with capabilities to empower team ownership.
  • Deep understanding of privacy/security frameworks, data classification, and protection controls.

Responsibilities

  • Lead a team of engineers to develop and maintain privacy protective tools.
  • Collaborate cross-functionally to ensure privacy and data protection are integrated in data lifecycle tooling.
  • Define and execute a consumer-centric approach for data collection and consent controls.
  • Drive strategic product roadmap for privacy rights management and scaling solutions.
  • Build partnerships with engineering, product, legal, and security teams to prioritize privacy initiatives.
  • Facilitate the development of risk mitigation tools informed by privacy gap discovery.
  • Encourage the use of GenAI to enhance privacy and data protection.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health plans and mental health support.
  • 401(k) retirement plan with employer match.
  • Stock option program and other disability programs.
  • Health savings and flexible spending accounts.
  • Family-forming benefits and paid leave of absence programs.
  • Generous paid time off, with 35 days for hourly employees and flexible time off for salaried employees.
Full Job Description
The Team

Privacy & Data Protection Engineering (PDPE) at Netflix ensures responsible data use and provides confidence that privacy and security risks are managed across the company.  Within the PDPE organization, Privacy Infrastructure Engineering (PIE) partners cross-functionally with its peer groups (Privacy Engineering and Data Protection) and collaborates with teams across Netflix.  

PIE drives privacy and data protection across the data lifecycle by developing and evaluating tooling. This includes development and onboarding of horizontal privacy solutions, automation of privacy rights management, and privacy/data protection risk measurement and mitigation.  They closely collaborate with a diverse set of stakeholders spanning Data Platform Infrastructure, Data Sciences Engineering, Security, Legal, and Product teams.

The Role

We’re looking for an Engineering Manager for PIE to lead a team of software engineers to develop and maintain privacy protective features and tools to meet regulatory requirements while driving data enablement for the business.  You will partner with PDPE leadership to define and execute a consumer-centric approach for data collection, consent, and privacy controls, seamlessly integrating these solutions into our complex data ecosystem.  Given the scale of the organization, this role will require development of strong partnerships across disciplines to develop solutions that add value for the organization and enable the product teams to focus on their core offerings by abstracting foundational privacy needs.  

Desired Background and Skills
  • Proven leadership experience in managing software development teams and building privacy and/or security solutions, preferably in a large scale, data driven environment

  • Coached and managed high performing teams by providing feedback in an inclusive and growth-oriented manner to help individuals achieve their professional goals

  • Comfort with driving technical decisions in an ambiguous, fast-moving environment with competing priorities

  • Previous experience as a hands-on individual contributor, bringing deep technical credibility and practical insight to leadership decisions

  • Demonstrated risk mitigation and data enablement of privacy tooling through measured outcomes and metrics

  • System design and full stack development background with ability to delegate and empower team members with ownership

  • Deep understanding of privacy and security frameworks, data classification, data protection controls, and records retention

  • Strategic and pragmatic thinking for product strategy roadmaps to improve existing tooling for privacy rights management and metadata catalog management and scaling privacy solutions across the enterprise

  • Built tools for consent management, data use limitations, and/or data protection controls across the data life cycle

  • Effective cross-functional collaborator with a demonstrated ability to build strong partnerships and prioritize privacy initiatives across engineering, product, legal and security teams

  • Demonstrated experience using structured discovery of privacy gaps to inform prioritization and justify investment in mature privacy remediation programs

  • Enthusiasm for GenAI being a force multiplier for scaling privacy and data protection

 

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 $510,000.00 - $752,000.00. 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.

Netflix is a unique culture and environment. Learn more here.

Job is open for no less than 7 days and will be removed when the position is filled.

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.
Learn more about Netflix
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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