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Netflix

Streams shows, films and live events worldwide

Full Stack Software Engineer 4 - Localization Engineering

Full-TimeDeadline 3/7/27
$250k - $413k/yr+ Stock options
Senior
Los Gatos, CA, USA
In Person
Software EngineeringFull-Stack Engineering
Company Historically Provides H1B Sponsorship

About the job

Requirements
  • Deep experience building complex, high-quality user interfaces with HTML, JavaScript/TypeScript, and CSS, including expert-level proficiency in React and modern frontend architecture such as component design, state management, and performance optimization.
  • Experience designing and consuming GraphQL and/or RESTful APIs to power rich client experiences, and comfort working across the stack, including services built in Java or similar object-oriented languages.
  • A proven track record of building resilient, high-scale, low-latency services in production and translating business requirements into technical designs and data models.
  • Ability to work cross-functionally with design, product, and engineering partners to build, test, deploy, and launch user interfaces that operationalize localization workflows at scale.
  • Ability to independently identify the root cause of issues and implement dependable, maintainable solutions across the entire stack.
Responsibilities
  • Own ambitious initiatives from concept through launch.
  • Define how work gets done, create clarity in ambiguity, and partner across engineering, product, design, and business to drive alignment, navigate tradeoffs, and deliver business outcomes.
  • Build platforms, products, and innovations that enable translation, cultural adaptation, and localization workflows at a global scale.
  • Build, test, deploy, and launch user interfaces that operationalize localization workflows at scale.
  • Apply technical leadership and help shape platforms that bring together agents, workflows, automation, and human expertise to deliver localized experiences reliably in production.
Desired Qualifications
  • Experience building AI-native products and agentic workflows, including designing systems with human-in-the-loop workflows orchestrated reliably at scale.
  • Experience with durable workflow orchestration, event-driven architectures, distributed systems, and resilient automation.
  • Proactive use of AI tools to accelerate workflow, learn faster, and amplify impact.
  • Product-mindedness, curiosity about the purpose behind products, and willingness to contribute ideas beyond implementing a given specification.
  • A thoughtful, practical approach to problem-solving that considers tradeoffs and avoids over-engineering.
  • Interest in how people use products, including seeking early feedback and validating work.
  • Passion for crafting interfaces that feel native across languages and locales.
  • Experience applying AI in production systems, such as integrating large language models into user-facing or internal tools and identifying where applied AI can meaningfully improve workflows.

About the company

Netflix runs a subscription streaming service for TV series, films, documentaries, games and live events, watched by members around the world. Its catalog mixes licensed titles with originals it commissions in dozens of countries, from Korean dramas like Squid Game to stand-up specials and live sports. Members watch on smart TVs, phones, computers and game consoles, and a recommendation system shapes what each profile sees first. Netflix earns most of its revenue from monthly membership fees, including a lower-priced plan with ads sold through its own advertising technology. Netflix was founded in 1997 as a DVD-by-mail rental service and is headquartered in Los Gatos, California.

Company Size

10,001+

Company Stage

IPO

Headquarters

Los Gatos, California

Founded

1997

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What believers are saying

  • Growth is steady: July 2026 results showed second-quarter revenue up 13% to $12.6 billion, with a 33.4% operating margin.
  • Advertising is scaling fast: in July 2026, Netflix forecast ad revenue roughly doubling to about $3 billion this year.
  • Pay aims high: Netflix's culture memo says it pays each person's personal top of market for role and location.

What critics are saying

  • Cuts are on the table: Puck reported in October 2026 that Netflix is weighing layoffs of about 5% of staff.
  • The performance bar is unforgiving: managers apply a keeper test, asking whether they would fight to keep each employee.
  • YouTube draws more TV viewing: figures reported in October 2026 put it at 14.2% of TV time, Netflix at 7.8%.

What makes Netflix unique

  • Scale is its moat: Netflix passed 325 million paid memberships by the end of 2025, serving nearly a billion viewers.
  • Non-English shows carry real weight: they drew over a third of Netflix viewing in the first half of 2026.
  • It owns its ad technology: the in-house Netflix Ads Suite has run in all 12 ad-tier countries since mid-2025.

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Benefits

  • Free lunches
  • Up to 12 months' maternity and paternity leave
  • Unlimited vacation days, within reason
  • Open working hours (at the California office)
  • Health, vision, and dental insurance
  • Employee stock purchase plan
  • Mobile phone discounts

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2 year growth

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Yahoo Finance
Oct 21st, 2026
Netflix cuts 1,000 jobs and ousts content chiefs as it bets on Peter Rice to refocus strategy

Netflix has laid off about 1,000 employees, including content chief Bela Bejaria and film head Dan Lin, in a plan to refocus its content under new hire Peter Rice. The shake-up follows Netflix's pursuit of Warner Bros. last year, which unsettled Wall Street. Investors now value the company more like a traditional media business than a tech giant such as Google or Apple. Several bets have not paid off as expected or are still in development. The advertising tier and live events look likely to stay; podcasts, gaming, creator deals, and Netflix House experiences are less certain. On the latest earnings call, co-chief executive officers Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters said the strategy was not changing, though changes are being made at the margins.

CNBC
Oct 21st, 2026
Netflix eyes cinemas with 30 releases in 2027, but insists streaming comes first

Netflix plans 30 theatrical releases in 2027, matching 2026, even as co-chief executive Ted Sarandos insists the company remains streaming-first. Greta Gerwig's "Narnia: The Magician's Nephew" will get a wide release and a 49-day exclusive theatrical window in February. The shift comes as viewership growth stalls and the stock has fallen roughly 30% since January. Netflix, which spent $20 billion on content last year, also replaced chief content officer Bela Bajaria with former Disney executive Peter Rice and laid off about 1,000 employees. Analysts say theatrical could build fan bases and attract talent. Wells Fargo's Steven Cahall noted Netflix lacks the distribution team, content pipeline, and marketing arm for a full commitment, especially after its failed bid for the Warner Bros. film studio.

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