My team develops Netflix's client applications for hundreds of different TV devices, from smart TVs to game consoles to cable boxes. Netflix is reinventing how people watch TV. We build UIs to support D-pad, pointer, touch, and voice input; active browsing and passive surfing; second-screen experiences; and hardware ranging from budget embedded devices to game consoles that aren't in stores yet. Our A/B tests give us opportunities to experiment with wild concepts, confidence in our direction, and an ever-improving user experience. I love that almost everyone I meet uses my product and has opinions about it. If that sounds exciting to you, too, maybe you should be working here. UI Engineers: https://jobs.netflix.com/jobs/468

Director, UI Engineering - TV Platforms @ The TVUI team built and shipped many products and features, including: * Our flagship TV UI, which runs the same JavaScript on hundreds of different devices-- from game consoles to smart TVs to cable boxes * Special experiences for unique devices like Google Chromecast and Apple TV * Countless features like My List, user profiles, recommendations for your friends, and Max the talking UI * A ridiculous number of A/B tests, which help us move core business metrics and inform product decisions From November 2012 to Present (3 years 2 months) Manager, UI Engineering - TV Platforms @ The TVUI team built and shipped many products and features, including: * A common experience and code base across hundreds of different smart TVs, Blu-ray players, and set-top boxes * More PlayStation 3 and Wii UI A/B tests than you can shake a stick at * Special experiences for unique devices like the Wii, Wii U, PlayStation Vita, LG Magic Remote TVs, and Samsung voice-enabled TVs * "Just For Kids" on the Wii, Netflix's first kids experience on TVs * Facebook integration * Second screen input (control Netflix on your TV using your phone or tablet) From May 2011 to November 2012 (1 year 7 months) Senior User Interface Engineer @ TVUI (2008-2011) As Netflix's first TV UI engineer, I: * Wrote code, herded cats, and did things I'm not proud of to build and ship our HTML5/WebKit and Flash/Stagecraft TV user interfaces. * Architected & built much of the UI framework and core components that we'd use for years to come. * Product managed, co-designed, and built a TV UI that defeated many challengers in A/B tests and reigned supreme for over 2 years. This UI has become the face of Netflix on hundreds of different TV devices for millions of people. Web UI (2006-2008) Wrote a substantial portion of the universe's JavaScript, CSS, HTML, JSP, and Java servlets for the Netflix website so customers can find movies and TV shows they'll love. * Built our first streaming website (content discovery, player page, and supporting pages) * Built a Java-based JS & CSS packaging system that built and cached packages at runtime based on customer A/B tests * Refactored our client JS from two giant nonsense files full of functions and variables in the global namespace to a set of structured client applications * Built a silly number of features and content discovery-related A/B tests From March 2006 to May 2011 (5 years 3 months) Co-founder & UI owner @ AKA Reify Software. Acquired by AT&T in 2009. As the sole front-end owner, I designed and implemented a data-driven single-page JavaScript/web-based portal-style feed reader application, and integrated with our sole back-end owner. From March 2005 to March 2006 (1 year 1 month) User Experience Designer @ I tried to join a tiny mobile software dev tool startup called Covigo, but it was immediately acquired by Symbol. Symbol, in turn, was later acquired by Motorola Solutions. Designed user interaction. From July 2003 to May 2005 (1 year 11 months) Webmaster @ Graphic design and HTML/CSS. From October 2000 to June 2003 (2 years 9 months)

BS, Symbolic Systems @ Stanford University