Netflix

Software Engineer L5 - Audio/Video Tools and Tests

Netflix$388K — $500K+*
Consumer Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 7+ years of experience in software development with a successful track record in product shipping
  • Proficient in Python, JavaScript, or C/C++ programming languages
  • Experience collaborating with both internal stakeholders and external vendors
  • Excellent communication skills, with a curious and flexible approach
  • Strong passion for automation and enhancing system reliability

Responsibilities

  • Drive the development of audio/video automation products, building front-end and back-end services for distributed testing platforms
  • Enhance the reliability and efficiency of the system by improving CI/CD and regression infrastructure
  • Utilize internal data solutions to operationalize AV data metrics for insightful exploration
  • Develop and maintain automated tests to measure and validate device AV capabilities for Netflix
  • Implement new applications from ideation to product launch through agile experimentation
  • Collaborate in a cross-functional environment, learning from AV experts and guiding teams to achieve quality goals
  • Work on live audio/video processing and related technologies including 2110, SDI, and HDMI

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health plans and mental health support
  • 401(k) retirement plan with employer match
  • Stock option program and disability programs
  • Health savings and flexible spending accounts
  • Family-forming benefits and life insurance
  • Paid leave of absence programs and flexible time off for salaried employees
  • Generous paid time off policy for hourly employees, accruing 35 days annually
Full Job Description
Our TV-Media organization is focused on helping engineers around the world deploy the Netflix application quickly and with the highest quality.  About the Team The Audio Video (AV) Tools & Tests team focuses on developing automation tools (HW/SW) to enable device audio/video quality characterization at scale for the diverse device ecosystem. Using our tools and test automation, both external partner developers and internal Netflix engineers can ensure every device delivers the best possible Netflix experience. Our team works with 3rd party manufacturers to develop platforms that enable audio/video capture over HDMI, SDI, and SMPTE 2110. We also build tools measuring playback performance. This team is involved with all the core products at Netflix (Live, Streaming, Ads, Games…) This team's products enable hundreds of millions of devices worldwide with Netflix and are used by all the major smart TV and set-top box device manufacturers like Samsung, Sony, Google, and Amazon around the world. We are looking for a strong generalist Software Engineer to drive innovation in the audio/video quality monitoring space to enable new engineering solutions for a wide spectrum of functions, ranging from initial device integration with Netflix to validating new TV user experiences. In this role, you will experiment with new ideas with stunning colleagues across different domains such as gaming, audio/video technologies, and security.  What you will/may do: - Driving the evolution of Audio/Video automation and measurement products by building robust front-end and backend services for distributed testing platforms, such as . - Improving system reliability and efficiency by enhancing CI/CD and regression infrastructure as needs grow. - Leverage in-house data solutions to operationalize the AV data metric pipeline for insight exploration   - Develop and maintain AV automated tests to objectively measure and validate device AV capabilities for the Netflix TV application ( tells you how we approach some of these challenges) - Implement new applications from ideation to product rollout through iterative experimentation with stakeholders in an agile manner  - Operate in a cross-functional environment where you can learn from other AV subject matter experts and drive multiple teams to achieve common quality goals - Work on live audio/video signal processing, encoder, decoder and related transport technologies(2110, SDI, TR-07, HDMI etc). What we are looking for: - 7+ years of experience in a software development role, shipping products - Strong in Python/Javascript or C/C++  - Ability to work closely with internal stakeholders and external vendors to understand and leverage their software framework/components/service to build solutions - An outstanding communicator who is curious, flexible, and selfless; a maker at heart - Passion for automation and system reliability. 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 $388,000.00 - $558,000.00. 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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