Internationalization Engineer

At Netflix, our mission is to entertain the world. Together, we are writing the next episode - pushing the boundaries of storytelling, global fandom and making the unimaginable a reality. We are a dream team obsessed with the uncomfortable excitement of discovering what happens when you merge creativity, intuition and cutting-edge technology. Come be a part of what’s next.

The Globalization team at Netflix is looking for an Internationalization Engineer to help shape how Netflix works for audiences everywhere. In this role, you will partner closely with engineering and product teams across the company, serving as a subject matter expert on internationalization best practices while architecting, building, and championing solutions that scale globally. You will not just fix issues, you will define the standards and systems that power Netflix’s international experience.

This is a lean, highly collaborative team based primarily in Los Gatos, CA. If you are excited about owning internationalization at a company with bold global ambitions and helping stories travel the world seamlessly, we would love to talk.

Responsibilities

• Serve as an internationalization evangelist across Netflix, raising the internationalization IQ of engineering, design, and product teams company-wide.

• Champion the adoption of ICU and CLDR standards throughout the organization and help teams use them effectively.

• Define and drive the internationalization roadmap, communicating priorities and progress clearly to all stakeholders.

• Partner closely with Product Managers to ensure business decisions align with internationalization best practices from day one.

• Provide hands-on technical leadership to product and engineering teams, applying deep knowledge of internationalization standards and global-ready architecture.

• Embed with product teams to help internationalize code, externalize localizable content, and improve overall localizability.

• Build backend services, frontend applications, and automation tools to support global scale when needed.

• Design and implement internationalization tooling and conformance checks at code submission and build time.

• Develop, maintain, test, debug, and deploy production-ready internationalization libraries used across Netflix.

Required skills

• Proven experience in internationalization engineering, especially for web platforms and integrating internationalization frameworks into production systems.

• Strong foundation in software design and architecture, data structures, and algorithms, with an eye toward building elegant, global-ready systems.

• Experience delivering scalable, highly available, high-performance applications.

• Passion for contributing to open source, ideally within the ICU and CLDR ecosystems.

• Clear, confident communication and presentation skills, with the ability to influence technical and non-technical partners.

• Deep expertise in JavaScript, Node.js, and React, with expert-level Java knowledge and strong internationalization best practices across the stack.

• Hands-on experience building full-stack systems on AWS.

• Extensive experience with Spring Boot and Gradle in production environments.

• Comfort using modern development tools, web services, and advanced scripting techniques.

• Proven ability to externalize and manage localizable content stored in databases.

• Experience designing internationalization tooling and automation for continuous localization workflows.

• Background integrating enterprise localization platforms into build and CI systems to enable continuous localization cycles.

• Thorough understanding of Unicode, ICU4J, CLDR, and related internationalization standards.

• Practical experience leveraging AI to accelerate and improve software development.

 

Generally, 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 consider your specific job family, background, skills, and experience to determine your compensation in the market range. The range for this role is $388,000.00 - $558,000.00.

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 details 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.