Engineering Manager, JVM Ecosystem

About the Role: Engineering Manager, JVM Ecosystem at Netflix

At Netflix, we're dedicated to entertaining the world and pushing the boundaries of storytelling and technology. We're seeking an outstanding leader for the JVM Ecosystem Team, focused on creating a simple, performant, and seamless development experience for JVM developers across Netflix's microservice fleet.

This is an exciting opportunity to help shape the future of JVM usage across Netflix’s microservice fleet, optimizing and tailoring the technology to business and developer needs. We are looking for an outstanding leader to help drive the future vision of our JVM ecosystem.

What you will be responsible for managing

• Application build process (Gradle & Nebula)
• Optimizing for JVM performance and configuration needs across the different user profiles
• Build artifact management, including Library SDLC
• JDK ownership - vendor relationship, LTS upgrades, new functionality
• Decisions around default JVM settings for Netflix applications & services
• Insight and tooling for JVM applications
• Outreach and coordination with the OpenJDK community

What Skills You Should Be Applying To The Role

• Minimum 2 years experience growing a strong and diverse technical team with a fun working culture.
• Helping to build the team identity and vision for a team of strong Senior Engineers, promoting IC (Individual Contributor) decision-making, while making decisions when needed.
• Able to comfortably navigate the ambiguity of a wide range of customer and partner needs, working to create the best products for the business priorities.
• Coaching and development of senior engineers to enable continued growth.
• Picking up different hats as needed for the team, including project and product management.

What Skills Would Be Nice To Bring Along

• Deep JVM knowledge.
• Gradle/Nebula experience or other build tool management experience
• Performance engineering experience
• Participation in the Java Community Process (JCP)

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.

Inclusion is a Netflix value and we strive to host a meaningful interview experience for all candidates. If you want an accommodation/adjustment for 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 diversity builds 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.

Key skills/competency

• JVM
• Gradle
• Performance Engineering
• Team Leadership
• Microservices
• OpenJDK
• SDLC
• Build Tools
• Java
• Developer Experience