Machine Learning Scientist 6, Creative & Policy - Ads

Socket.dev; Los Gatos (CA); On-site; USD 600,000 - 1,066,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health plans

Mental health support

401(k) with employer match

Stock option program

Disability programs

Health Savings & Flexible Spending

Family-forming benefits

Paid time off

Job summary

Netflix is seeking a founding member to build and lead a high‑performing ML/Analytics/Data team within Creative & Policy DSE. You will hire, mentor, and guide ML Scientists, Analytics Engineers, and Data Scientists while collaborating with product, engineering, and strategy to shape policy and creative understanding.

You will champion an inclusive culture, translate business goals into analyses, and drive impactful outputs in a fast-evolving ads space, with a compensation framework that includes

Qualifications

• Demonstrated leadership and ability to grow high-performing teams
• Ability to drive cross-functional initiatives across product, engineering and insights
• Strong quantitative and qualitative problem-solving across complex systems
• Excellent communication, presentation, and relationship-building with technical and creative audiences
• Experience working with multimodal LLMs and VLMs

Responsibilities

• Hire, inspire, and grow Machine Learning Scientists, Analytics Engineers, and Data Scientists.
• Lead partnerships with stakeholders from across the business (product, engineering, insights, content, strategy).
• Foster an inclusive, innovative culture within the team and organization.
• Develop team charter and roadmap reflecting evolving business needs.
• Act as ambassador between Product, Engineering, Strategy and DSE with deep knowledge of the Ads product.
• Ensure high-quality, trustworthy technical outputs influencing the business.

Skills

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Quantitative & qualitative analysis

Communication excellence

Multimodal ML/VLMs experience

Tools

ML frameworks

Job description

At Netflix, our mission is to entertain the world. Together, we are writing the next episode - pushing the boundaries of storytelling, global fandom and making the unimaginable a reality. We are a dream team obsessed with the uncomfortable excitement of discovering what happens when you merge creativity, intuition and cutting-edge technology. Come be a part of what’s next.

In April 2022, we announced that we are creating a new lower-priced, ad-supported tier for our customers. We are now working toward our goal of providing more choice for consumers and a premium, better-than-linear TV brand experience for advertisers. That said, we are looking for the founding members of this new business area for Netflix!

The Creative & Policy DSE team design, develop, and operate algorithms governing creative understanding and policy enforcement, leveraging multimodal LLMs/VLMs. We focus on using Machine Learning & AI to auto-review creatives, assign attributes, and enforce policy restrictions. Your team is also responsible for extracting insights from Creative data and providing guidance to the business, both strategically and operationally. You are expected to build and lead a strong team with ML/AI and analytical talents, partner closely with Product & Engineering, and operate in a 0 - 1 space with high ambiguity.

Responsibilities

• Hire, inspire, and grow high-performing Machine Learning Scientists, Analytics Engineers, and Data Scientists.

• Lead strong partnerships with stakeholders from across the business - from product, engineering, to consumer insights, content, and strategy.

• Instill an inclusive culture that is innovative and collaborative, both within your team and in the broader organization.

• Develop a team charter and roadmap that optimizes the impact of the team and reflects evolving business needs.

• Act as an ambassador between the Product, Engineering, Strategy, and DSE teams by having a deep knowledge of how the Netflix Ads product works.

• Ensure that your team is producing consistently trustworthy and high-quality technical outputs that influence & impact the business.

About You (Requirements)

• Demonstrated tenacity, resilience, and leadership experience that enables you to organize and drive cross-functional projects, overcome challenges, and propose solutions.

• Be both quantitative and qualitative. You should be able to quickly assess and understand complex systems, but also have high EQ, so that you can be a product ambassador to the rest of the organization.

• You are a player-coach. You can develop roadmaps and strategy, but also execute on technical work and ensure that your team produces consistent high quality outputs.

• Superb communication skills - You must be able to cultivate strong working relationships, communicate effectively, write meticulously, and give outstanding presentations to both technical and creative audiences.

• Experience working with multimodal LLMs, VLMs.

• Experience building and leading hybrid Analytics, Data and ML teams in the Ads space.

• Capacity and passion to translate business objectives into actionable analyses, and use analytics to guide product and business with quantitative recommendations.

• A passion for TV and movies and defining the future of entertainment.

Generally, 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 $600,000.00 - $1,066,000.00.

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.