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Creative Compute and Storage (cCAS)The cCAS team is building the next generation of media management platforms to support Netflix's expanding live and sports content. We are looking for an Engineering Manager to lead the team responsible for Netflix's Live Media Asset Management (MAM) platform.
This role involves integrating a third-party MAM with Netflix's hybrid infrastructure, AI/ML pipelines, and content workflows to deliver a seamless, intelligent media platform for large-scale live events.
Key Responsibilities- Lead and grow a team of engineers building the Live MAM platform from architecture to global production scale.
- Own the technical direction and execution for integrating the third-party MAM with Netflix's hybrid on-prem/AWS infrastructure.
- Partner with internal and external stakeholders (Production, Content, Ads, Operations & external vendors) to deliver end-to-end solutions for live sports and event workflows.
- Define and oversee key platform services around the MAM (ingest orchestration, media/metadata normalization, rights services APIs).
- Drive architecture and build-vs-buy decisions, and translate business goals into a realistic engineering roadmap.
- Foster operational excellence, reliability, and observability for real-time live workflows.
- Coach, develop engineers, and represent the team in cross-functional forums.
Required Qualifications- 5+ years in software engineering with 2-3+ years in an engineering leadership role delivering complex, distributed systems or platforms.
- Experience with media platforms, MAM/DAM systems, live or VOD video workflows, or similarly complex, data-rich, integrated domains.
- Comfortable in a hybrid cloud + on-prem environment; able to reason about large-scale storage, transcoding, and event-driven architectures.
- Possess a platform mindset, focused on reusable services and clear APIs.
- Deep care for reliability, observability, and operational readiness, especially for time-critical live events.
- Strong collaboration skills to work effectively with business, product, and operations teams.
- Proven experience hiring, coaching, and developing engineers to build healthy, high-performing teams.
- Data and outcome-oriented leadership style.
- Thrives on freedom and responsibility, driving high-leverage work autonomously.
Bonus / Nice to Have- Experience with live sports media workflows or Live Sports MAM (e.g., multi-feed ingest, melts/highlights, sports-specific metadata and stats integration).
- Prior work integrating vendor MAM systems into in-house media infrastructure at scale.
Generally, our compensation structure consists solely of an annual salary; we do not have bonuses. You choose each year how much of your compensation you want in salary versus stock options. To determine your personal top of market compensation, we rely on market indicators and consider your specific job family, background, skills, and experience to determine your compensation in the market range. The range for this role is $436,000.00 - $710,000.00. This compensation range will vary based on location.
Netflix provides comprehensive benefits including Health Plans, Mental Health support, a 401(k) Retirement Plan with employer match, Stock Option Program, Disability Programs, Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts, Family-forming benefits, and Life and Serious Injury Benefits. We also offer paid leave of absence programs. Full-time hourly employees accrue 35 days annually for paid time off to be used for vacation, holidays, and sick paid time off. Full-time salaried employees are immediately entitled to flexible time off. See more details about our Benefits here.
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Inclusion is a Netflix value and we strive to host a meaningful interview experience for all candidates. If you want an accommodation/adjustment for a disability or any other reason during the hiring process, please send a request to your recruiting partner.
We are an equal-opportunity employer and celebrate diversity, recognizing that diversity builds stronger teams. We approach diversity and inclusion seriously and thoughtfully. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, ancestry, national origin, caste, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, age, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic makeup, marital status, or military service.
Job is open for no less than 7 days and will be removed when the position is filled.
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