Engineering Manager, Data Platform Orchestration

Netflix

Remote Actively hiring
Los Gatos, US · Remote, USA Posted 28 days ago $436,000–$791,000 / year
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TL;DR

Join the Analytics Platform and Experience (APeX) team as a senior engineering leader to drive the development of Maestro, Netflix’s next-generation workflow orchestration system, which supports thousands of users and millions of jobs daily. You will build scalable solutions for data practitioners, focusing on reliability, cost-efficiency, and ease-of-use, while also advancing higher-level abstractions like intelligent operations through automated error classification and GenAI-powered remediation. The role involves deep technical strategy work, cross-functional partnerships, and team leadership to ensure high-scale platform systems maintain 99.95+% availability. Ideal candidates have experience in building reliable software engineering teams, managing diverse technologies such as Spark, Trino/Presto, Snowflake, and BigQuery, and fostering an inclusive environment that attracts top talent globally.

Skills

Maestro Kubernetes AWS CI/CD Spark Trino Presto Snowflake BigQuery RedShift Druid LanceDB GenAI Pensive Nightingale Python Java Go SQL Docker Git Jenkins

What you'll do

  • Partner to deliver and strategize on current and future orchestration technologies.
  • Scale and grow a team of engineers to achieve stability, performance, and efficiency.
  • Balance risk-taking with foundational work, debt repayment, and incremental improvements.
  • Build strong cross-functional partnerships to align engineering teams and meet needs.
  • Drive technical strategy trade-offs while understanding the broader product vision.

What we're looking for

  • Experienced engineering leader with a track record of driving high-performing teams.
  • Proven ability to build and maintain reliable platform systems at scale.
  • Strong partnership skills for aligning multiple engineering teams and stakeholders.
  • Expertise in decision-making with data-driven approaches and pilot investments.
  • Background in orchestrating big data workflows and managing 24x7 on-call services.
  • Focus on inclusion and diversity to attract and retain top talent globally.
  • Experience in orchestration technologies like Maestro, Spark, Trino/Presto is desirable.

Market check

Salary context

This $436,000–$791,000 range sits above 100% of similar postings on FindRole.

Peer median band

$147,760–$225,000

Median floor and ceiling across peers.

Typical midpoint (25–75%)

$146,875–$226,525

Middle half of comparable postings.

Based on 239 comparable postings.

* 240 is the maximum number of comparable postings sampled.

Employer

About Netflix

Netflix is the world''s leading streaming entertainment service, offering a vast library of TV series, films, documentaries, and original content to subscribers in over 190 countries. Industry: Streaming Entertainment & Media

Netflix currently has 91 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $388,000–$610,000 across 87 roles with salary data.

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