Distributed Systems Engineer - Ads Member Experience

Overview

Join the Ads Platform Engineering team, building advertising systems and integrations that power the delivery of ads on Netflix’s streaming platform. The role focuses on designing and scaling ad systems to enable new ad formats, optimising advertiser value, and ensuring a great user experience.

• Architect and build large‑scale, real‑time, low‑latency advertising infrastructure.
• Develop systems for ad format delivery, experimentation, A/B testing, and lift studies.
• Ensure brand safety and appropriate ad presentation across TV, mobile, and web platforms.
• Collaborate with product, design, and other engineering teams to deliver features with critical business impact.
• Lead experimentation for live events and new ad formats to optimize the user experience and advertiser outcomes.

• 8+ years of software development experience; 5+ years in the ad tech domain.
• Professional experience with ad formats, delivery systems, experimentation, and native ads.
• Strong background in architecting scalable real‑time advertising systems.
• Demonstrated ability to measure and optimise end‑user advertising experiences.
• Excellent analytical, strategic thinking, and product sense; proven leadership in engineering teams.
• Experience collaborating with cross‑functional stakeholders to deliver complex, high‑impact features.

• Experience with Server‑Driven User Interface (SDUI) architectures.
• Building ad formats and products across CTV, DOOH, mobile, and web at scale.
• Programmatic advertising expertise and industry standards (VAST, OpenRTB).
• Knowledge of global ad compliance, regulation, and industry consortium work.

• Annual salary range: $ – $ (no bonuses).
• Flexibility to choose salary versus stock options.
• Health plans, mental health support, 401(k) with match, stock option program, disability and life benefits, paid leave, and flexible time off.
• Full‑time employees accrue 35 days paid time off annually.

We are an equal‑opportunity employer and celebrate diversity. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, ancestry, national origin, caste, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic makeup, marital status, or military service.