Facebook Snags Former Netflix Engineering VP John Ciancutti
John Ciancutti, formerly VP of product engineering at Netflix, has joined Facebook as a director of engineering, according to an update in his LinkedIn profile. Ciancutti was an early engineer at Netflix, having spent more than a decade at the company in various roles related to user interface interaction and personalization technology. In his new role, according to LinkedIn, Ciancutti will manage “engineering responsibilities for applications related to photos, video, location and events.”