Engineering Manager, Consumer Identity & Access

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.

 As part of the Consumer Identity and Access organization, the Consumer Authorization team builds platforms and services for access policies that enable experiences for our streaming, Ads, and Games products at high scale. We are seeking a talented Engineering Manager to lead our dynamic team of local and remote engineers and drive the development and innovation of our highly resilient infrastructure, and contribute to the vision of the future. 

About You

•  You are an inclusive leader with a proven track record of building and leading high-performing diverse teams.

• You have some domain knowledge in consumer identity experience in authorization technologies such as ABAC, RBAC, policy engines or adjacencies that can be applied to this space.

• You have an extensive background and strong technical expertise working in backend infrastructure and platforms, and understand how to build for scale and business impact

• You have a proven track record of taking innovative projects from concept to production.

• You are inherently curious and enjoy leading through challenges with building high scale, low latency applications.

• You are a proactive, effective communicator with great judgment and a bias towards action.

• You are a role model for integrity, transparency and courage.

• You have a high tolerance for ambiguity and fast-changing context.

• You enjoy enabling your team to work on hard problems with new tech, but what really drives you is creating levers for making a big impact and delighting your stakeholders. 

Scope of the Role

•  Provide technical vision and strategy for building platforms to scale to the next set of million members.

• Build strong and productive relationships across product management, engineering, data science, and security partners.

• Balance immediate stakeholder needs vs longer-term vision.

• Lead a dream team of backend engineers to build and execute on a shared vision between security, engineering, and product partners.

• Grow and mentor this team through a supportive mindset, thoughtful observation, and courageous, honest feedback. 

Must Have

• Knowledge of distributed systems architectures and infrastructure.

• An engineering mindset that stays technically curious and engaged in innovation and encourages learning in the team.

• Thoughtful leadership with experience in hiring, coaching and retaining strong engineering talent with various needs for personal and professional growth.

• Strong partner for product management and engineering leaders, equally passionate about working with engineering and non-engineering stakeholders.

Our team includes people of all genders, varied sexual orientations, parents, folks who are self-taught, and people of a wide variety of nationalities, ages, and socio-economic backgrounds. Diverse teams are strong teams, and we encourage those with varied identities and experiences to apply.

At Netflix, we carefully consider a wide range of compensation factors to determine your personal top of the market. We rely on market indicators to determine compensation and consider your specific job, skills, and experience to get it right. These considerations can cause your compensation to vary and will also be dependent on your location. 

The overall market range for roles in this area of Netflix is typically $190,000 - $920,000. 

This market range is based on total compensation (vs. only base salary), which is in line with our compensation philosophy. Netflix has 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.