Software Engineer 5 - Mobile Automation and Test

Posted 3 Days Ago
Los Gatos, CA
In-Office
100K-720K Annually
Senior level
News + Entertainment
The Role
Develop and maintain mobile build ecosystem and automation tools, ensuring quality and reliability across diverse mobile devices while improving developer productivity.
Summary Generated by Built In

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 Mobile Automation and Test  team enables mobile developers to quickly and confidently deliver high quality and well-tested builds. We build and maintain a reliable and robust suite of automation tools and workflow to test a wide variety of mobile devices across multiple network configurations.  Our work addresses the unique challenges of global growth and increasing mobile content consumption.

Ideal Candidate

We’re seeking a software engineer passionate about building and supporting robust, high-performance CI/CD and test infrastructure for mobile development. In this role, you’ll design and maintain automation tools and workflows that streamline builds, integration, and deployment across diverse mobile devices. You’ll also develop systems for data collection, visualization, and real-time monitoring to ensure the health and reliability of our pipelines and critical infrastructure. If you enjoy solving complex challenges, collaborating with internal teams, and making a direct impact on developer productivity and mobile app quality, we’d love to hear from you.

What you will do

  • Develop, maintain and constantly improve the mobile build ecosystem, packaging, continuous integration, continuous delivery (CI/CD), testing and release pipelines.

  • Develop tools that are part of our build and test automation infrastructure with an eye on scaling and reliability.

  • Innovatively create and develop techniques to automate manual activities in our mobile development process.

  • Operate in a highly cross-functional environment where you can leverage multiple teams to help our partners be successful.

  • Set direction and build consensus to drive long term positive impact on the mobile engineering ecosystem.

  • Evangelize and drive adoption of software development best practices in code health, quality and test stability.

What you need to have

  • 7+ years of professional software engineering experience.

  • Demonstrated experience designing, implementing, and maintaining mobile testing infrastructure, including test automation frameworks, device management, and test result reporting at scale.

  • Proven expertise in building and maintaining tools, frameworks, or infrastructure that improve developer productivity and streamline the mobile development lifecycle.

  • Hands-on experience with CI/CD systems (e.g. Spinnaker, Jenkins, Github Actions), automation frameworks, and integrating testing solutions for mobile applications.

  • Proficiency in scripting languages (JavaScript/TypeScript, Node.js, Python, Bash).

  • Strong problem-solving skills, with the ability to design scalable and maintainable solutions for complex technical challenges.

  • Experience with mobile build systems (e.g. Gradle, xcodebuild, Bazel)

Some nice to haves

  • Experience developing frontend web applications with modern UI frameworks (e.g. React).

  • Experience with NoSQL databases (e.g. MongoDB).

  • Experience with at least one modern programming language used in mobile development and testing (e.g. Kotlin, Java, Swift, Objective-C).

Join us and be part of an innovative environment to continue delighting our next hundred million customers around the globe. Netflix offers a culture that values freedom and responsibility, enabling us to do our best work. And everyone here also strives hard to foster an inclusive team culture that enables team members of all backgrounds to thrive and succeed. Learn more about life at Netflix.

At Netflix, we carefully consider a wide range of compensation factors to determine your personal top of market. We rely on market indicators to determine compensation and consider your specific job, skills, and experience to get it right. These considerations can cause your compensation to vary and will also be dependent on your location. 

The overall market range for roles in this area of Netflix is typically $100,000 - $720,000

This market range is based on total compensation (vs. only base salary), which is in line with our compensation philosophy. 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.

Top Skills

Bash
Bazel
Ci/Cd
Github Actions
Gradle
Java
JavaScript
Jenkins
Kotlin
MongoDB
Node.js
Objective-C
Python
React
Spinnaker
Swift
Typescript
Xcodebuild
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The Company
HQ: Los Gatos, CA
13,212 Employees
Year Founded: 1997

What We Do

Netflix is the world's leading streaming entertainment service with 209 million paid memberships in over 190 countries enjoying TV series, documentaries and feature films across a wide variety of genres and languages. Members can watch as much as they want, anytime, anywhere, on any internet-connected screen. Members can play, pause and resume watching, all without commercials or commitments.

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