# Distributed Systems Engineer 6 - Ads Policies at Netflix

- Company: Netflix
- What the company does: Watch Netflix movies & TV shows online or stream right to your smart TV, game console, PC, Mac, mobile, tablet and more. Backed by IVP and Redpoint.
- Company website: https://www.netflix.com
- Type: Startups
- Level: Mid level
- Location: 4 Locations
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-10-16
- Apply by: 2026-11-30
- Apply: https://netflix.wd108.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Netflix/job/Los-Gatos/Software-Engineer-6---Ads-Policies_JR40690?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/netflix-distributed-systems-engineer-6-ads-policies/

## About the role

As a Staff Distributed Systems Engineer on Ads Policy Infrastructure, you will provide hands-on technical leadership for the systems that define, govern, evaluate, and explain advertising policy across Netflix's ads ecosystem. You will shape the longer-term architecture of the policy platform and lead highly ambiguous initiatives whose success depends on alignment across Policy, Product, Operations, and multiple engineering teams. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- Deep experience in AdTech in general, experience in Ads Policy or Trust and Safety is a bonus
- A track record of identifying and solving highly complex, ambiguous problems
- Deep experience designing and operating l arge-scale distributed systems , ideally on the JVM or a comparable server-side platform
- Demonstrated ability to set longer-term technical strategy and drive architectural decisions across multiple systems or teams
- Strong knowledge of API design, data modeling, schema evolution, versioning, backward compatibility , and correctness-sensitive evaluation
- Understanding of Typescript, UX and UI design principles


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