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by error54 3447 days ago
Not true. Our Android and iOS apps are native. We are however looking into React Native.

Source - I'm an engineer at Netflix.
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zappo2938 3447 days ago
Sorry. I was under the impression after watching this video Netflix was using React across all devices. [0]

[0] https://youtu.be/eNC0mRYGWgc?t=23m50s

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tracker1 3447 days ago
React is not the same as React Native... there's enough similarities to share a name. React is the base (afaik) for all web-based client interactions, which also includes a lot of TV/Webtop interfaces, but not necessarily Android and iOS.

Given the shift towards Flux and Falcore, React Native may make sense for the iOS/Android, and potentially in Windows/Ubuntu as well (speculating).

Disclaimer, I don't work there, but did go through the interview process last year, I wasn't enthusiastic about moving to California at the time.

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error54 3447 days ago
No worries! Tracker1 is correct that all browser based UI is built using React. Other platforms may be doing their own explorations into React but I can't speak to that since those are outside of my domain of expertise. I can say that my team loves React so we're definitely looking into React Native.
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onebot 3447 days ago
Are you guys hiring? ;)
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error54 3447 days ago
Absolutely!

https://jobs.netflix.com/

I can verify that it's an amazing place to work :)

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