[Remote] Principal Machine Learning Architect (L7) - Content Promotion & Distribution

Note:The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Netflix is one of the world's leading entertainment services, with over 300 million paid memberships worldwide. They are seeking a Principal Machine Learning Architect to shape the technical vision for content promotion and distribution, leveraging AI to streamline workflows and create new products and experiences. Responsibilities• Serve as a domain expert and thought leader, shaping the technical vision by identifying high-impact opportunities and bringing solutions to complex business problems across the content product ecosystem.• Lead the design and development of the ML/AI architecture of Netflix’s Content Promotion & Distribution, spanning agentic solutions, multimodal media understanding, and generation. • Partner with Netflix’s platform teams to define, prioritize, and champion high‑leverage capabilities by translating technical architecture needs into concrete platform and infrastructure requirements. • Partner with engineering teams to design end-to-end ML data foundations for efficient, reliable multimodal data annotation, processing, and storage, and to design and implement algorithm and workflow observability and telemetry.• Help define rigorous and scalable evaluation frameworks, leveraging offline/online evals, A/B testing, and human-in-the-loop reviews. • Help de-risk new initiatives through hands-on discovery, prototyping, and scoping. • Lead the design of horizontal foundational capability layers that scale across use cases, connecting dots across verticals and replacing siloed builds with shared paved paths. Skills• Proven track record of designing and productionizing advanced AI systems that integrate capabilities across vision, text, audio, and video modalities.• MS or PhD in ML, Computer Science, or related fields. • Significant experience in building, deploying, and evaluating robust agentic systems in production environments. • Comfortable with ambiguity and minimal process, able to take ownership and independently lead projects. • Skilled at establishing strong partnerships with a diverse range of cross-functional teams, fostering collaboration and alignment. • Ability to inspire, mentor, and guide team members and stakeholders without relying on formal authority.• Passionate about staying at the forefront of AI advancements and contributing to the broader AI community. • Netflix culture resonates with you. Company Overview• Netflix is an online streaming platform that enables users to watch TV shows and movies. It was founded in 1997, and is headquartered in Los Gatos, California, USA, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website isCompany H1B Sponsorship• Netflix has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 230 in 2025, 309 in 2024, 191 in 2023, 261 in 2022, 268 in 2021, 225 in 2020.Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Apply tot his job