Software Engineer 5 – TV Client Foundations

Netflix

Netflix software engineer architecting high-performance TV UI foundations. Enabling scalable streaming experiences across hundreds of millions of members and diverse devices.

Posted 8/18/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $388,000 - $558,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in designing performance-focused UI architectures and enabling technology integrations for scalable software solutions. Proficient in balancing developer experience with performance, memory, and scalability while collaborating across teams to empower engineers.

Highest-signal resume keywords

Performance-Focused UI Architecture DesignTypeScript/JavaScript ExperienceReact/Preact/Inferno Framework ExperiencePerformance and Memory ProfilingAPI Design Experience

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Hard Skills

Performance-Focused UI Architecture DesignTypeScriptJavaScriptC++ReactPreactInfernoGraphQLPerformance ProfilingAPI Design

Soft Skills

CollaborationEmpowerment of EngineersSystems ThinkingResource ManagementArchitectural Trade-Offs

Industry Keywords

Scalable SoftwareStreaming UIsDeveloper ExperienceTechnology IntegrationsUser Interfaces

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

GraphQLJavaScriptReactTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design performance-focused UI architectures for Netflix TV applications
Expand the capabilities of Netflix’s TV platform and enable a new generation of Netflix experiences
Support numerous use cases and scale across 100+ engineers
Efficiently manage resources and enable new technology integrations
Balance developer experience and ergonomics with performance, memory, and scalability
Apply systems thinking to application architecture
Investigate technology internals and improve performance, memory, and interfaces
Enable engineers to create streaming UIs used by hundreds of millions of members across diverse TV devices
Define project scope, debate architecture, identify trade-offs, and determine implementation details
Collaborate with UI Engineering, Design, Platform, and tooling teams
Empower other engineers by understanding and supporting their use cases

Requirements

What you’ll need

Skilled in designing performance-focused UI architectures
Ability to support numerous use cases and scale across 100+ engineers
Ability to efficiently manage resources
Experience enabling new technology integrations
Ability to balance developer experience and ergonomics with performance, memory, and scalability
Comfortable applying systems thinking to application architecture
Active engagement with industry trends and technologies supporting scalable software
Interest in understanding technology internals and improving performance, memory, and interfaces
Performance and memory profiling
TypeScript/JavaScript experience
Experience with other languages such as C++
Experience with React, Preact, Inferno, or similar frameworks
Experience with GraphQL or similar data access solutions
API design experience
Passion for elegantly designed, maintainable, performant software
Ability to empower engineers and understand their use cases
Ability to make thoughtful architectural trade-offs

Benefits

Comp & perks

Annual salary with choice of salary versus stock options
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 salaried employees are immediately entitled to flexible time off
Full-time hourly employees accrue 35 days annually for paid time off to be used for vacation, holidays, and sick paid time off
Accommodation/adjustment support during the hiring process