Software Engineer 5 - Search and Voice Systems

Netflix

Netflix

Software Engineering
Los Gatos, CA, USA
USD 100k-720k / year + Equity
Posted on Oct 7, 2025

Netflix is one of the world's leading entertainment services, with over 300 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 Search team powers content exploration by crafting advanced search solutions and enhancing member-driven discovery on the Netflix app and the partner platforms. We build and operate a robust search platform and deliver intuitive features that provide a best-in-class, engaging, and inclusive search experience.

Our team is responsible for guiding users with pre-query recommendations, generating and refining search results, and powering related content exploration while ensuring quality and managing sensitive content interventions across all surfaces. We also support voice search integration with Amazon, Roku, and Google voice assistants.

We leverage cutting-edge machine learning models to retrieve and rank the most relevant and personalized content for each member. We are building an AI-powered Generative Search experience offering members a whole new way to search expressively on the mobile app.

As an engineer in the Search team, you will be applying your software development skills to solve complex problems with real-world impact. You will be learning and contributing to scalable, highly available, complex distributed systems. You will be shaping the future of entertainment search and discovery for hundreds of millions of Netflix members worldwide.

Does this sound like something you’d like to do? Awesome, let’s talk specifics.

What we need from you:

  • You are skilled in object-oriented programming and take pride in crafting efficient, maintainable and testable code. You have a solid foundation in computer science and software development concepts.
  • You are able to work independently and drive features or components throughout the development lifecycle - from identifying requirements to launching in production.
  • You have exposure to the development, debugging, testing and operation of APIs, distributed systems, and cloud-based services. Familiarity with Search infrastructure and technologies is a plus.
  • You are self-driven, prioritize effectively, and focus on impact.
  • You communicate clearly in written and verbal form.
  • Your co-workers think of you as someone who is kind and does excellent work

We seek to grow inclusive and diverse teams that will enhance our perspectives, skill sets, and behaviors. We highly encourage you to apply if your background will complement us, even if your experience doesn't precisely match the job description. Your skills and passion will stand out—and set you apart—especially if your career has taken some extraordinary twists and turns.

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 consideryour 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.

Netflix is a unique culture and environment. Learn more here.

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.