Technical liaison owning end-to-end ad-tech partner integrations on Netflix's Ads Stack

Netflix's Ads Integration Support Engineering team needs a senior engineer to be the primary technical point of contact for external ad-tech partners, driving integration implementation, launch stability, and incident response (SEV1/SEV2) on the Netflix Ads Stack. The role blends ad-tech domain knowledge, SQL/Python/Java scripting, REST API troubleshooting, and cross-team stakeholder management.

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What this interview tests

Ad-tech ecosystem integration (DSPs, SSPs, publishers, measurement platforms)
SQL-based data validation and debugging
REST API troubleshooting (curl/Postman-level)
Incident command for SEV1/SEV2 with external partners
Reading/contributing minor changes to existing codebases
Translating partner requirements into technical integration plans

Common question themes

Walk through debugging a broken data integration with an ad-tech partner using SQL and logs

Tell me about owning communication during a SEV1/SEV2 incident with an external client

How do you decide when to fix something yourself vs. hand off to the owning SWE team

Experience troubleshooting REST APIs with partners

Translating an ambiguous partner requirement into a concrete integration plan

How have you used AI tools to improve support or documentation workflows

How candidates describe it

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