Senior Design Engineer

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.

Do you feel equally at home dreaming up new ideas to create elegant and delightful user experiences as you do rolling up your sleeves and writing the code that brings these ideas to life? Do you have the mindset of a Product Designer but the skills of a Front-end Engineer? If so, we’d love to chat. The Design Engineering team is seeking a new member to help advance Netflix's mission to entertain the world.

About the Design Engineering XD team

Our team’s purpose is to accelerate Netflix’s product development lifecycle by deepening the technical proficiencies of the Design organization. We do this by building high fidelity prototypes, tools, services, and resources that enable fast and effective design experimentation and execution. We bridge the gap between design, engineering, and strategy, ensuring that product ideas flow smoothly from concept to reality, driving impact across our cross-functional teams and ultimately, the business.

About the role

In this role, you will leverage your unique combination of solid design and engineering skills to make impactful contributions at each phase in the product innovation lifecycle. You will help brainstorm and then write the code that breathes life into new design concepts, making them tangible for the team. These prototypes help us validate ideas both internally and with our users via in-field qualitative research. You will act as a bridge between the Design organization and our cross-functional partners, helping to ensure both design fidelity as well as technical feasibility.

Your work will directly influence the way millions of people experience content on Netflix.

About you

You have a creative mind and a deep understanding of interaction design. You care about the design details and are driven to push experiences from good to exceptional. You have an entrepreneurial spirit, bring your own creative ideas to the table, and aren’t afraid to take initiative.

Your engineering skills are strong, but you're always learning. You're curious about new technologies, eager to build for new platforms, and energized by tough technical challenges. You're action-oriented and value momentum over perfection.

You thrive on collaboration. You're inclusive, humble, and open to feedback. You prioritize what’s best for the product and the team, not your ego. You’re focused on outcomes, not credit.

What we’re looking for

• 7+ years of experience using JavaScript and TypeScript to build SPAs or PWAs, fluent in frameworks and libraries like React and Node.js and comfort with REST and GraphQL APIs.

• Experienced in working with AI, Data Science, and other Engineering teams, as well as PMs, Product Designers, and other creative disciplines to integrate generative AI infrastructure into polished, user-facing products.

• A portfolio that highlights thoughtful UX, interaction design, and an eye for detail across complex builds.

• Experience creating performant animations on the web using both CSS and JavaScript.

• Proven ability to lead teams and drive strategic, cross-functional initiatives.

• A love of series, films, games, or interactive storytelling is a bonus.

What sets you apart

• You're known for being reliable and communicating clearly, thoughtfully, and collaboratively, both in writing and in person.

• You bring an ownership mindset to everything you build and regularly identify opportunities to shape forward-looking technical roadmaps.

• You take a thoughtful, practical approach to problem-solving that considers tradeoffs and avoids over-engineering.

• You’re data driven and lean on both qualitative and quantitative data to drive your decision making.

• You have sharp intuition for user experience and interaction design.

• You have hands-on experience implementing AI-powered features or workflows in real-world products.

• Bonus if you’ve contributed to open-source projects.

Pay Transparency 

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 $120,000 - $515,000

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 detail 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.

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