Data Engineer 5, Experimentation Platform

Netflix

Data Engineer responsible for designing and maintaining data pipelines that process billions of events per day. Collaborating with data science and software engineering teams to enhance experimentation capabilities at Netflix.

Posted 4/16/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $388,000 - $558,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

JavaPythonScalaSparkSQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Work closely with data science and software engineering teammates to act as a strategic thought partner
Solve emerging data needs
Ensure that our platform continues to deliver trustworthy and useful analysis results
Set and improve the standards for experiment analysis across Netflix
Design, build, operate, and maintain Spark data pipelines that process billions of allocation events per day
Expose a silver layer in Iceberg
Develop new tooling and pipeline automation to meet emerging experimentation-related business needs

Requirements

What you’ll need

Strong proficiency with technologies like Spark or Flink
Comfort working with large scale datasets
Strong proficiency in data modeling, processing, automated testing, health, observability, and debugging
Fluency in at least one SQL dialect
Proficiency in at least one programming language (e.g. Java, Scala, Python)

Benefits

Comp & perks

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
Full-time salaried employees are immediately entitled to flexible time off

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Hard Skills & Tools

SparkFlinkdata modelingdata processingautomated testingdebuggingSQLJavaScalaPython

Soft Skills

strategic thought partnerproblem solvingcollaboration