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.

It’s an amazing time to be joining Netflix as we continue to transform entertainment. We deliver billions of hours of movies and TV shows per month to more than 230 million members in over 190 countries. At Netflix, we aspire to entertain the world.

Our Warsaw office is an incredibly exciting addition to our global engineering team. Productivity Engineering is a key part of Netflix’s Platform organization, focused on maximizing developer productivity and impact across the company. The org builds cohesive tools and experiences that streamline the entire software development lifecycle, enabling engineers to efficiently develop, deliver, and operate their services.

The Opportunity

We are seeking an experienced Engineering Manager to lead the team responsible for Hawkins Professional, our enterprise design system supporting over 700 apps, 1,600 Engineers, & 60 Designers on a daily basis. Hawkins Professional powers a comprehensive ecosystem of web applications that guide our content from script to screen. These apps support every stage—from script management and subtitling/dubbing to VFX coordination—while also serving finance, device partners, ad buyers, developers, data scientists, game studios, developer platform teams, and more.

As part of the broader JS Platform organization, our team champions the needs of UI (browser) application teams across Netflix. Our mission is to empower these teams to effortlessly create, share, and discover UI components—enabling them to focus on innovation by simplifying the complexities of software development and management. Exceptional developer experience is at the core of everything we do.

We work in close partnership with our design team to evolve and expand the Hawkins design system, ensuring seamless integration of design and engineering.

Our team is deeply rooted in the human-centered values outlined in our Culture Memo, which guide our daily work and interactions. While code is an important aspect of what we do, our true impact extends far beyond it—shaping the way teams collaborate, create, and deliver exceptional user experiences.

What You Will Do

Team leadership

• Cultivates a high-performing engineering team by fostering growth, collaboration, and a supportive, healthy work environment.

• Foster an inclusive and psychologically safe cross functional team by promoting open communication, encouraging diverse perspectives, and implementing practices that ensure all team members feel valued and supported

• Provide feedback, coaching, and support to grow both direct reports and cross-functional partners.

• Clearly communicate organizational and business context, empowering the team to deliver their best work.

Cross-functional partnership

• Partner with the Design Manager to define operational models, clarify roles and project ownership, and establish clear expectations for the cross-functional team.

• Collaborate in shaping the vision, strategy, and execution roadmap for the design system.

• Responsible for leading the team in defining and executing on the technical vision for the design system

Stakeholder engagement

• Cultivate and sustain strong partnerships across engineering, design, and product teams to deeply understand their challenges and deliver impactful, scalable solutions.

• Serve as a compelling storyteller and advocate, roadshowing Hawkins to engineering groups and connecting its value to business priorities

• Acts as the face of the team, building trust and credibility both internally and externally, and effectively establishing a strong reputation that positions Hawkins as a key partner in driving business success.

Business impact via strong domain expertise

• Define how we measure the success and effectiveness of the design system and drive the execution and continuous evaluation of those metrics

• Drive continuous improvements by staying up to date with industry trends and emerging design system technologies, and by investing in GenAI to further innovate both the design system and developer tooling.

• Leverage technical domain expertise to guide architectural decisions and technical vision - such as component modularity, scalability - and mentor the team on best practices like code consistency, documentation, and robust testing.

What We’re Looking For

• Technical Platform Leadership: Demonstrated experience leading a design system engineering team at scale, providing support and enabling 100s+ front end engineers to effectively shared component libraries

• Front End Tooling Development: Understanding of modern front end technologies (React, JavaScript/Typescript, Node.js), design system architecture, and inner source platforms.

• Communication: Excellent written and verbal communication skills; timely communication with clear expectations. Ability to articulate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders

• Collaboration: Demonstrated experience collaborating closely with design partners to advance a shared design system vision, as well as working effectively within international, distributed, cross-functional teams.

• Judgment: Ability to leverage product intuition and judgment to solve problems and make decisions without perfect information

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.