Research Engineer 6 - TL, Off-Platform and Evidence Personalization

Netflix
USA - Remote2026-05-12onsite

About the job

This position is a tech lead role across all teams. The tech lead will own the vision and strategy for the area, as well as drive execution for key initiatives within individual teams. You will own production ML systems at the intersection of product and platform, spanning GenAI-powered message and asset creation, Commerce, and new content experiences.

Responsibilities

Drive the team’s technical vision and roadmap for candidate generation and emerging applications

Drive cross-functional partnerships with Merchandising, Product, Engineering, and Data Science & Engineering to align ML capabilities with business priorities

Design, build, and ship production ML systems that scale across Netflix's ecosystem

Partner with the AIMS AI Foundations team to integrate and leverage foundation model capabilities for member-facing use cases

Design and run rigorous offline experiments and A/B tests to validate the impact of new systems on key business metrics

Contribute to the team's technical culture through mentorship, code review, and raising the bar on engineering practices

Qualifications

Minimum

6+ years of experience applying machine learning in an industry setting, with a track record of delivering impactful production systems

Experience driving successful partnerships with both technical and nontechnical stakeholders

Masters or PhD in a computational field such as physics, computer science, statistics, or math

Deep expertise in ML algorithms and frameworks, with hands-on experience training, tuning, and deploying models in production

Experience with personalization, recommendations, or search algorithms

Experience with GenAI, LLMs, or multimodal AI in production systems

Strong software engineering skills in Python, plus experience with Scala or Java

Strong 80/20 mindset: ability to scope the right problem, ship pragmatically, and maintain rigorous standards without over-engineering

Preferred

No preferred qualifications listed.