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.
We are looking for an experienced Senior Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) who is passionate about quality to join the TV Release Quality team. The TV Release Quality team is dedicated to testing, measuring, understanding, and communicating the overall quality of our TV streaming application both before and after it is released to production. The team will focus on improving and innovating in the spaces of our test automation framework, metrics, observability, and alerting. This team will also set a strategic vision for test automation and quality in the TV space, collaborating with stakeholders and partners across Netflix.
About the role
Join a team of senior foundational TV UI engineers who value inclusion, transparency, autonomy, and humility.
Identify and build innovative solutions that improve our understanding of the quality of the TV streaming application.
Tell the quality story of our product through improved observability, alerting, dashboarding, and tools.
Strengthen our test automation foundations and signals.
Work in our custom TV platform space, which has unique constraints and capabilities.
Collaborate, build alignment, and develop strong relationships with engineers and leaders across multiple teams.
What sets you apart
You love to empower other engineers and strive to understand their use cases.
Experience defining release/regression/smoke testing strategies for large applications developed across multiple teams
Experience developing internal tools to improve developer experience and productivity
You have deep expertise in troubleshooting highly complex web automated testing failures (using both industry-standard frameworks and in-house developed tooling) and working directly with developers to triage issues quickly.
You have experience working with backend partners to troubleshoot dependency failures and collaborate on improving E2E testing reliability.
You are proficient in TypeScript/Javascript.
You are an expert at working with large data sets to answer questions, extract patterns, and make decisions
You can run with ambiguous requirements and have a strong bias to action.
You value the perspectives of others when identifying solutions.
You know there is rarely one "right" solution, and you make thoughtful trade-offs.
You proactively give and receive feedback, even when it's hard.
You contribute to building an inclusive team culture that enables team members of all backgrounds to succeed and thrive.
You have a tester mindset, are curious, and come up with interesting test scenarios
You are creative in applying proven tools/test frameworks as well as crafting new solutions to challenging problems
You have excellent debugging skills in diagnosing issues in a multi-tier web architecture
You work closely with cross-functional partners to communicate impact and understand business requirements
You are self-motivated and high-performing, with a passion for both the business and the tech
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 100,000 - $720,000.
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 detail about our Benefits here .
Netflix is a unique culture and environment. Learn more here .
Inclusionis a Netflix value and we strive to host a meaningful interview experience for all candidates. If you want anaccommodation/adjustmentfor a disability or any other reason during the hiring process, please send a request to your recruiting partner.
We are an equal-opportunity employer and celebrate diversity, recognizing that diversitybuilds stronger teams. We approach diversity and inclusion seriously and thoughtfully. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, ancestry, national origin, caste, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, age, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic makeup, marital status, or military service.
Job is open for no less than 7 days and will be removed when the position is filled.