Software Engineer 4 - TV & Web Player Platform

Netflix, Inc.; United States; On-site; USD 250,000 - 413,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Plans

Mental Health support

401(k) Retirement Plan with employer 1

Stock Option Program

Disability Programs

Health Savings

Flexible Spending Accounts

Family-forming benefits

Life and Serious Injury Benefits

Job summary

Netflix, Inc. is seeking a software QA engineer focused on test automation for the Player Platform Solutions team. You will design and implement automated tests and tooling to ensure high-quality streaming across Web and TV, while improving CI/CD pipelines and release processes.

Collaboration with cross-functional teams and leveraging GenAI will be key to driving reliability at scale. Ideal candidates have 3+ years in test development, strong JavaScript/TypeScript skills, and experience with

Qualifications

• 3+ years of solid software engineering experience focusing on test development.
• Proficient in JavaScript/TypeScript.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and release automation (Jenkins/Spinnaker/GitHub Actions).
• Strong data-driven approach and problem-solving skills.
• Clear communication and collaboration across teams.
• Experience using GenAI in development workflows.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement automated tests and tooling for high-quality streaming experiences.
• Improve build, integration, and release workflows for fast, reliable shipping.
• Collaborate with engineers to scope and deliver projects end-to-end.
• Grow depth in playback quality and developer productivity.

Skills

Test automation

JavaScript

TypeScript

CI/CD

Data-driven

Code reviews

GenAI usage

Tools

Jenkins

Spinnaker

GitHub Actions

Job description

About the Player Platform Solutions team

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. The Player Platform Solutions team owns the operational excellence, reliability, and quality of the player across Web and TV. We build and maintain test frameworks and automation, drive quality assessment and performance improvements, enhance developer productivity workflows, and own infrastructure tooling, monitoring, and release management for the player. We partner with internal and external teams on platform-specific and foundational playback needs - device security, client-server communication, performance optimization - and work closely with Core Playback and Stream Algorithms to ensure a consistent, high-quality playback experience for members worldwide. We're the team that makes sure playback just works on living-room devices and browsers at global scale - and we're evolving how we test, debug, and ship the player using the latest tools, including AI, as a core capability rather than a side experiment to make the Player safe and fast to change on every TV and Web platform.

Key responsibilities

Your primary responsibilities will include designing and implementing automated tests and tooling that ensure high-quality streaming experiences on TV and Web devices. You will contribute to improving our build, integration, and release workflows so features and fixes ship quickly and reliably. You'll partner with engineers across the team to scope and deliver projects end to end, and grow your depth in playback quality and developer productivity.

What sets you apart?

• You take ownership of well-scoped test automation projects and see them through to production.
• You have hands-on experience working with CI/CD pipelines, build systems, and release automation, ensuring high velocity and quality in software delivery.
• You use data and metrics to investigate quality and reliability issues, and raise the ones worth fixing.
• You communicate clearly and work effectively with engineers on adjacent teams.
• Demonstrated experience utilizing GenAI in your day-to-day development workflow, including test automation and CI/CD/release processes.

Skills essential to us

• Solid software engineering experience (roughly 3+ years, or equivalent depth) with a focus on test development
• Strong proficiency in JavaScript and/or TypeScript
• Experience with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, Spinnaker, or GitHub Actions) and comfort debugging and extending build and release pipelines
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a data-driven approach to identifying root causes and implementing effective solutions
• Strong communication and collaboration skills across cross-functional teams
• Will-willingness to give thoughtful code reviews and share what you learn with the team
• Exposure to A/B testing or experimentation workflows

Nice to have

• Experience in streaming media playback, architecture, and industry protocols relevant to video streaming.

Compensation

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 $250,000.00 - $413,000.00.

Benefits

• Health Plans
• Mental Health support
• 401(k) Retirement Plan with employer match
• Stock Option Program
• Disability Programs
• Health Savings
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Family-forming benefits
• Life and Serious Injury Benefits

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.

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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.

Netflix is a unique culture and environment. Learn more here.

At Netflix, we want to entertain the world. Whatever your taste, and no matter where you live, we give you access to best-in-class TV series, documentaries, feature films and games. Our members control what they want to watch, when they want it, in one simple subscription. We're streaming in more than 30 languages and 190 countries, because great stories can come from anywhere and be loved everywhere. We are the world's biggest fans of entertainment, and we're always looking to help you find your next favorite story.