Netflix · 1 week ago
Data Scientist L6 - Games Portfolio
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$400K/yr - $960K/yr
8+ years expNetflix is one of the world's leading entertainment services, with over 300 million paid memberships in over 190 countries. They are seeking an experienced L6 Data Scientist for the Games Portfolio Team to define and lead the technical strategy and execution, focusing on developing metrics ecosystems, driving value research, and establishing forecasting models.
Digital EntertainmentMedia and EntertainmentTVVideo Streaming
Responsibilities
Lead the overall technical vision for forecasting, metrics ecosystems, audience insights, and transmedia research
Own the development and operation of robust and interpretable models for pre-launch and post-launch forecasting
Empower the team to own metrics ecosystem, audience insights, and transmedia research, enabling the Netflix Games’ objectives as the business grows and evolves
Serve as the most senior technical resource, mentoring the team and fostering data science excellence
Act as a technical bridge and strategic thought partner to Games leadership, Finance & Strategy, Engineering, and sister DSE teams, ensuring production-grade data products
Proactively synthesize deep technical insights into clear, actionable findings for executive and senior leadership
Autonomously identify and pursue the high-impact research, making compelling, data-driven cases for resource allocation and prioritization across the portfolio space
Qualification
Required
Ph.D. in Statistics, Mathematics, Economics, Computer Science, or a related quantitative field
8+ years of relevant experience in a Data Science or ML role, with significant experience defining technical strategy and leading large, complex data science projects end-to-end
Proven experience serving as a Tech Lead, guiding other technical contributors and owning the technical quality, architecture, and roadmap for a product or data science area
Deep expertise in programming skills in Python, with proven experience building and deploying models and data pipelines at large scale using distributed systems
Expert-level knowledge of statistical modeling, causal inference, time series analysis, and applied machine learning techniques, with a portfolio of deployed models
Proven ability to simplify complex technical architecture and research findings into strategic insights for technical partners, cross-functional stakeholders, and executive leadership
Proven ability to translate ambiguous, high-level business goals into a coherent, scalable technical and analytical system
Proven ability to cultivate strong, dependable partnerships with cross-functional teams
Preferred
Experience leading the technical definition of core business metrics in the gaming, streaming, or subscription business models
Experience with building production-grade, large-scale ML systems, including MLOps best practices
Experience with solving business challenges with deep neural networks
Experience with GenAI applications to boost developer productivity
Benefits
Health Plans
Mental Health support
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
$72.11BKey Investors
Wells FargoTCVGroupe Arnault
2025-12-05Post Ipo Debt· $67.2B
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
2026-01-23
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