Netflix · 8 hours ago
Engineering Manager, Machine Learning, Model Evaluations and Data Curation (AI Foundations)
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$190K/yr - $920K/yr
8+ years expNetflix is one of the world's leading entertainment services, with over 300 million paid memberships globally. They are seeking an Engineering Manager to lead a team focused on model evaluations and data curation for large language models, driving innovation in personalization and discovery.
Digital EntertainmentMedia and EntertainmentTVVideo Streaming
Responsibilities
Partner with downstream AI application teams to define shared evaluations that codify application expectations of LLMs and other foundation models, ensuring progress can be transparently tracked against real-world needs
Design rigorous benchmarks and evaluation methodologies across ranking & recommendations, content understanding, and language/text generation — grounded in a deep technical understanding of LLMs, their strengths, limitations, and failure modes
Lead the development of evaluators and strong baselines to ensure in-house LLMs and other foundation models demonstrate clear advantages over off-the-shelf alternatives
Build scalable, reproducible data and evaluation systems that make dataset creation and evaluation design as nimble and experiment-friendly as model development itself
Hire, grow, and nurture a world-class team, fostering an inclusive, high-performing culture that balances research innovation with engineering excellence
Work closely with the teams developing Netflix’s foundation models (including our core LLM) to ensure evaluation and data insights are folded back into the cadence of model development. Proactively influence the ML Platform and Data Engineering teams at key interfaces
Qualification
Required
Experience building and leading high-performing teams of ML researchers and engineers
Proven track record of leading machine learning initiatives from research to production, ideally involving evaluation frameworks, ML infrastructure, or data-intensive systems
Strong technical expertise in LLMs, their evaluation, and practical methods for ensuring robustness, reproducibility, and quality
Broad knowledge of machine learning fundamentals and evaluation methodologies, including benchmark design, model-based evaluators, and offline/online metrics
Experience driving cross-functional projects, including close collaboration with AI application teams to translate product needs into evaluation frameworks
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, able to bridge technical and non-technical audiences
Advanced degree in Computer Science, Statistics, or a related quantitative field
Preferred
8+ years of overall experience, including 3+ years in engineering management
Experience with large-scale ML systems and foundation models, especially LLMs
Background in building evaluation frameworks, model benchmarking, or data infrastructure for LLM training
Familiarity with multi-modal data and evaluation
Benefits
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
Life and Serious Injury Benefits
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.
Company
Netflix
Netflix is an online streaming platform that enables users to watch TV shows and movies.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$63.91BKey Investors
Wells FargoTCVGroupe Arnault
2025-12-05Post Ipo Debt· $59B
2024-08-01Post Ipo Debt· $1.8B
2018-05-05Post Ipo Debt· $2.67M
Leadership Team
Gregory Peters
Co-CEO
Ted Sarandos
Co-CEO
Recent News
2025-12-31
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