Data Engineer - Ads @ Netflix
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Overview
Netflix is one of the world's leading entertainment services with 283 million paid memberships over 190 countries. Our ads branch, launched in November 2022, makes our service accessible to a broader audience through ad-supported plans.
About the Team
The Ads Data Engineering team builds a connected data ecosystem powering insights on ad impact. The team focuses on creating rich data products including ad inventories, forecasting, targeting, ad serving, and pacing.
Who Are You?
You are a curious, creative, and tenacious engineer with a solid background in data at scale and advertising data ecosystems. You have hands-on experience with batch or streaming data pipelines using frameworks like Spark, Flink, or Hive/Hadoop. You excel at building clean, understandable code and are passionate about data quality and its business impact.
What You Will Do
- Architect and expand core data products for the Ads business.
- Own critical segments of Netflix Ads data products.
- Collaborate with analytics engineers, data scientists, and software engineers to design data solutions.
- Develop governance best practices for sensitive data sets.
- Build efficient data pipelines and optimize workflows.
What (Ideally) You Know
- Advertising domains, data privacy, GDPR.
- Data warehousing, data modeling, data pipelines for batch and streaming workflows.
- Programming languages such as Python, Scala, or Java along with SQL.
- Big Data technologies like Hadoop, Spark, Flink, Hive, and Presto.
- Experience in sourcing and modeling data from application APIs.
Compensation & Benefits
The role offers an annual salary structure between $170,000 and $720,000. Netflix provides comprehensive benefits including health plans, 401(k) with employer match, stock options, disability programs, and flexible paid time off.
Inclusion & Diversity
Netflix is an equal opportunity employer that celebrates diversity. We are committed to hosting an inclusive interview process and welcome requests for accommodations if needed.
Key skills/competency
- Data Engineering
- Ad Technology
- Big Data
- Data Modeling
- Streaming
- Batch Processing
- SQL
- Python
- Scala
- Data Governance
How to Get Hired at Netflix
🎯 Tips for Getting Hired
- Research Netflix's culture: Study their mission and recent news.
- Customize your resume: Highlight data engineering and ad tech expertise.
- Emphasize technical skills: Include Spark, Flink, Hadoop and SQL.
- Prepare for interviews: Practice explaining complex data pipelines.