Engineering Manager, Data Discovery and Governance

Netflix is one of the world's leading entertainment services, with 283 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.

Netflix is revolutionizing entertainment by creating movies, TV series, live shows, and games that people love and bringing joy to people around the world. 

As Netflix continues to innovate on its products and grow its member base beyond 280 million, we have a strategic Northstar goal to build well-connected data ecosystems to help the business be more connected and drive more insights across all product domains at Netflix. To realize the Northstar goal, we are in the midst of building a coherent and long-term data discovery and governance ecosystem across Netflix. It would allow Netflix to leverage data as its most valuable and strategic asset efficiently, effectively, securely, and in compliance with regulations. Here is the team's technical charter which has more details. 

We are looking for a strong seasoned technical leader to help us build and realize this vision. 

Specifically, you will:

• Drive, build, and deliver the vision, strategy, and adoption of data discovery and governance tech solutions across Netflix.

• Form trusting cross-functional partnerships to align across business stakeholders, product managers, and many engineering teams to ensure our solutions meet their business needs and deliver the most critical impact for the business.

• Build, scale, and grow a team of outstanding engineers, challenge them to bring their best selves to work every day, and deliver industry-leading results in deriving business insights from our deliverables. 

• Balance smart risks, investment in foundational technical work, paying off tech debt, and incremental improvements to deliver timely results across multiple critical and competing priorities. 

What we are looking for: 

• Experienced Engineering Leader - An experienced engineering leader who can drive a team of talented, geographically distributed engineers to achieve their best work and collaborate effectively with stakeholders to deliver the most impact for the business.

• Technical Strategy and Vision - Has the ability to dive deep to facilitate technical strategy trade-offs and zoom out to understand the big picture at the same time to help shape the product effectively.

• Distributed Systems Expertise - Proven experience in building and running complex distributed platforms/systems that support high-scale and critical business workloads. 

• Domain Expertise & Influence: Has domain expertise and passionate in solving data integration problems for large enterprises and is able to positively influence the direction of immediate and adjacent teams through curiosity and informed opinions. 

• Business & Customer Focus - Proven ability to align with cross-functional partners (like product managers) and customers to deliver high-impact results in critical areas to meet business needs.

• Delivering Results through Execution Excellence - Have a strong execution framework and best practices in delivering timely results amidst numerous demands and complex business priorities. 

• Talent Development & Inclusive Leadership - Experience in maintaining high talent density in software engineering teams through coaching and mentoring. Experience in building and leading teams with a focus on inclusion and diversity and making sure all voices are heard to inform decisions.

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 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.