Netflix

Data Scientist 5 – Infrastructure Experimentation

Netflix

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: United States

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Salary

💰 $372,000 - $600,000 per year

Tech Stack

About the role

  • Build and maintain machine learning models that predict the infrastructure cost impact of A/B experiments, translating experimentally observed signals (e.g., request volume changes) into business and system metrics (e.g. projected annualized costs)
  • Drive adoption of infrastructure metrics within the experimentation community through analysis, consultation with experiment owners, documentation, and training
  • Partner with platform teams (Observability, Experimentation Platform) to improve the quality and coverage of infrastructure usage data feeding our models
  • Extend our measurement framework to new metrics (e.g., latency) and new experiment types (e.g., infrastructure canary tests)
  • Champion an infrastructure lens within the broader experimentation community, helping shift culture toward reasoning about the full ROI and infrastructure impact of experiments
  • Connect with the larger analytics and experimentation communities at Netflix to bring visibility to our work and learn from others

Requirements

  • Experienced in experimentation methodology and causal inference, with a strong foundation in A/B testing, treatment effect estimation, and statistical significance
  • Experienced in building and maintaining machine learning models in production, including the full lifecycle of training, evaluation, monitoring, and continuous improvement
  • Fluent in Python and SQL, with experience engineering data pipelines and working with large-scale data systems
  • A strong collaborator who thrives in horizontal roles with broad stakeholder surfaces, comfortable influencing decisions through data and analysis rather than direct authority
  • An exceptional communicator who can flex between technical and non-technical audiences, translating statistical concepts for software engineers and business leaders alike
  • Comfortable with messy, incomplete data environments and able to balance short term execution with a drive to improve data quality over time
  • A strong product thinker who views data science outputs as products, taking an end-to-end ownership mindset from data quality through to user adoption
  • Comfortable with ambiguity, and thrive with minimal oversight and process
  • Curious about infrastructure systems; prior experience in the infrastructure domain is a strong plus but not required; the ability and motivation to learn is essential
Benefits
  • Health Plans
  • Mental Health support
  • 401(k) Retirement Plan with employer match
  • Stock Option Program
  • Disability Programs
  • Health Savings and 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
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
machine learning modelsA/B testingtreatment effect estimationstatistical significancePythonSQLdata pipelineslarge-scale data systemsdata qualityinfrastructure metrics
Soft Skills
collaborationcommunicationinfluencing decisionsproduct thinkingcuriosityadaptabilityproblem-solvingstakeholder engagementanalytical thinkingownership mindset