Software Engineer 5 - Ads Supply

Netflix is one of the world's leading entertainment services, with over 300 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 launched a new ad-supported tier in November 2022 to offer our members more choice in how they consume their content. Our new tier allows us to attract new members at a lower price point while also creating a compelling path for advertisers to reach deeply engaged audiences.

Our Team

The Ads Platform Engineering org develops advertising systems and integrations that support the delivery of ads through our world-class content delivery network. We leverage a variety of Netflix investments and innovations to power our ads - a unique combination of client and server-side ad insertions, cutting-edge content delivery systems, ad encoding techniques, content understanding, and metadata. We deliver ads thoughtfully to enhance our members' viewing experience while achieving excellent results for advertisers. Additionally, we ensure brand safety for advertisers during ad serving, ensuring members see only the most appropriate ads.

The Ads Supply Engineering team creates systems and integrations to help Netflix expand its advertising platform. We achieve this by increasing the supply of content and users available for ad monetization. Using Netflix’s innovations and strategic partnerships, we aim to provide a seamless ad experience while maximizing revenue in a way that respects user privacy. Our tools and infrastructure enable internal teams and partners to efficiently onboard and manage new ad supply.

Our newly formed team is focusing on rapidly expanding Netflix's advertising footprint. As a key player in the evolving CTV advertising landscape, we are developing unique capabilities to stand out.

We seek highly motivated engineers with experience in ad serving, inventory sharing, and programmatic integrations who are eager to contribute to the growth of our ads platform.

Skills & experience we’re seeking:

• Extensive experience in building integrations with ad servers, SSPs, and DSPs. Familiar with APIs and integration frameworks for connecting with various ad tech platforms.

• Experience with real-time bidding, OpenRTB, and auction dynamics.  Familiar with header bidding and server-side auctions.

• Experience in facilitating audience onboarding, targeting, creative ingestion, and 3rd party demand activation.

• Strong understanding of advertising concepts such as publisher policies, frequency caps, sensitive categories, and taxonomy mapping. Practical knowledge of inventory management systems and forecasting methodologies.

• Familiarity with digital advertising, adtech/martech ecosystems, and regulatory landscape.

• Collaborated with ad operations to facilitate campaign setup, measurement, targeting, reporting, and meeting advertiser needs. Experienced in troubleshooting integration issues and working with partner engineering teams.

• Ability to succeed in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and handle multiple priorities efficiently.

• Strong communication and collaboration skills to work effectively with internal and external stakeholders.

Nice to haves:

• Contributed to an advertising industry technology standard (e.g., VAST, OpenRTB) or participated in an industry consortium effort, working group, etc.

• Experience working in the CTV space and knowledge of its unique constraints

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 details about our Benefits 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.

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