Staff Software Engineer 6, Device Capabilities – Partner Enablement Applications
Core
Technical leader for the DeCap team, building tooling that enables TV makers and chipset vendors to certify, upgrade, and scale Netflix on partner devices.
Role type
Staff Software Engineer (Technical Lead)
Builds
Device certification tooling, device data platform, and modernized legacy systems for partner enablement.
Domain
Streaming media, device certification, partner enablement
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Backend engineering (JVM/Java/Kotlin/Spring Boot), GraphQL, gRPC, distributed systems, domain data modelling, schema design, API contracts, AI/Agentic AI adoption, technical strategy, mentorship
Preferred skills
Data platforms, test frameworks/automation/CI-CD, technical standards, device hardware (TVs/set-top boxes/chipsets)
Technologies
Java, Kotlin, Spring Boot, GraphQL, gRPC
Responsibilities
Lead product strategy and roadmap with Product/Design/Engineering managers, shape AI vision and adoption, own technical decisions in legacy-heavy landscapes, mentor engineers and raise team standards
Seniority
Staff, hands-on IC with leadership
