Netflix drives CEE content slate with new office and technology hub in Warsaw
Tomasz Kolankiewicz, left, and Greg Peters
Netflix has opened a new office in Warsaw, 10 years after the streamer’s launch in Poland.
The new office includes Netflix’s only technology hub outside of the US, bringing together the engineers who design and build the products used across the streamer’s global ecosystem with the creative team driving the CEE content slate.
The Warsaw office houses 300 staff across content, engineering, marketing, global affairs, communications, finance and talent.
Netflix opened its first Poland office in 2022, establishing its dedicated technology hub the following year. Since then, the streamer’s engineering footprint in Warsaw has grown significantly and will continue to expand over the coming years with additional focus on infrastructure, gaming and production technology.
Greg Peters, co‑CEO of Netflix, said: “Poland is home to outstanding creative talent, and together with our partners we’ve brought some of the country’s best stories to audiences across Central and Eastern Europe.
“At the same time, our engineers here are building cutting‑edge innovation supporting how films and series are made, managed and delivered to more than half a billion people worldwide. We’re excited to expand our presence in Poland and can’t wait for what comes next.”
Netflix has also agreed a new partnership with the National Film Archive (FINA) in Poland, to support its efforts to restore iconic works of Polish cinema to their former glory.
FINA will study the original tapes for films including Pharaoh by Jerzy Kawalerowicz (1966), The Promised Land by Andrzej Wajda (1974) and Znachor (The Quack) by Michał Waszyński (1937) and Jerzy Hoffman (1982).
The project will see the complete restoration and preservation of over a dozen of Poland’s film classics, including films shot almost a century ago.
According to Netflix, since launching in Poland in 2016, the streamer has produced and licensed over 700 films and series. Its first original project was conspiracy thriller 1983, directed by, among others, Agnieszka Holland. Since then, the slate has grown to include more than 80 original productions — from comedy 1670 to film Forgotten Love, dramas Heweliusz and High Water, and action thriller Inside Furioza.
Netflix said it has contributed more than złoty3bn (US$806.8m) to Poland’s GDP, working with more than 40 production companies, generating more than 5,000 cast and crew jobs, as well as 14,000 roles for extras and day hires.
It has also invested in skills and talent‑development programmes with partners including the Polish Producers Alliance and the Polish Film Institute, the New Horizons Association and the Łódź Film School, reaching over 1,300 participants.
Netflix’s Polish slate for 2026 includes book and film adaptation The Doll, biopic Less of a Stranger, medical procedural Anesthesia, the third season of 1670 and the first Polish edition of Love Is Blind.
