Netflix is one of the world’s leading entertainment services with 278 million paid memberships in over 190 countries enjoying TV series, films and games across a wide variety of genres and languages. Members can play, pause and resume watching as much as they want, anytime, anywhere, and can change their plans at any time.

The Role

Join the team that builds the most advanced video playback experience on iOS and influence work that reaches over 200 million Netflix members in over 190 countries! We are looking for a talented Engineer to join our team and help build the next wave of innovation on the Netflix iOS App.

Our team implements the Netflix iOS Player that delivers Netflix content to our users on iPhones, iPads, and Apple TV but we do not build the UI. We’re responsible for everything required to deliver a seamless streaming experience once a member presses play. This includes building an HLS manifest, fetching a FairPlay license to decrypt DRM protected content, seamlessly inserting Ads, streaming low latency Live events, streaming multiple Audio and Subtitle tracks, securely transmitting data, and much more.

Our work includes driving measurable improvements to our customers' streaming experience as well as building out new features to support innovative product experiences like Live Streaming and Ads. As part of our day-to-day work, we collaborate with UI engineering and product teams, Apple, content and studio engineering, and data experts to deliver video playback to every part of the Netflix iOS experience.

Who You Are

• Experienced building consumer facing iOS applications at scale with Swift and Objective-C and deeply curious about Audio and Video and how streaming at Netflix works. Experience with HLS, DASH, or AVPlayer is a bonus.

• Open and proactive communicator who shares context, ideas, and feedback while also engaging in active listening

• Passionate about bringing a world class experience to millions of people watching our content on varied devices, in different languages, with diverse network connectivity, from locations across the globe

• Systems thinker who can reason through the interactions of complex systems and services and understand technical tradeoffs

• Scientific thinker who can define hypotheses and use statistics to reason about data shifts in large populations

Learn More

• Our culture of doing "The Best Work of Our Lives" (https://jobs.netflix.com/culture) is critical to how we work together as a company and bring joy to our members. It’s highly valued by our team, and is the primary reason many of our team members choose to work at Netflix.

• We believe safe spaces where everyone can be their authentic selves is the key to a successful team so we welcome and embrace all identities, cultures, and backgrounds.

  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 $100,000 - $720,000.

  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 detail about our Benefits here (https://jobs.netflix.com/work-life-philosophy) .

  We are an equal-opportunity employer and celebrate diversity, recognizing that diversity of thought and background 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.