Staff Data Engineer (L6) - Ads
Core
Set technical direction and design coherence across Netflix's Ads Data Engineering organization, bridging strategy with business priorities.
Role type
Staff Data Engineer (L6)
Builds
Data ecosystem for ad inventory, forecasting, targeting, ad serving, pacing, and measurement
Domain
Advertising technology / Data Engineering
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Large-scale distributed data systems, Ad-tech systems, Modern data stacks end-to-end, AI and agentic technologies, Data privacy and governance, Technical mentorship
Preferred skills
Graduate degree in Computer Science with data focus, Experience formally mentoring engineers
Technologies
Spark, Kafka, Columnar stores
Responsibilities
Set technical direction across the Ads DE org, Resolve cross-domain design decisions, Mentor and coach data engineers, Partner with Ads Platform Engineering and Data Science, Define AI-native data engineering approaches
Seniority
Staff, strategic leadership & mentorship
