Data & Software Engineer (L5)

Netflix is one of the world's leading entertainment services, with 283 million paid memberships in over 190 countries enjoying TV series, films and games across a wide variety of genres and languages. Members can play, pause and resume watching as much as they want, anytime, anywhere, and can change their plans at any time.

The Productivity Metrics and System Insights team is crucial to our Developer Experience organization. It focuses on empowering Netflix engineers with comprehensive system insights and metrics to enhance decision-making, optimize workflows, and drive engineering excellence across the organization. This team is responsible for developing solutions that visualize and analyze comprehensive system insights and metrics, supporting engineering excellence and aligning with strategic goals of accelerating innovation and reducing risk. 

As a Data and Software Engineer, you will play a crucial role in developing solutions that ingest, process, aggregate, visualize, and analyze comprehensive system insights and metrics. Your work will directly impact Netflix's ability to deliver high-quality entertainment experiences to millions of users worldwide. You will collaborate with data scientists, product managers, and other engineers to build robust data pipelines and software solutions that power our analytics, machine learning models, and product features.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable data pipelines and software applications that support Netflix's core business objectives.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand business needs and translate them into technical solutions that drive innovation and efficiency.

• Implement and optimize distributed processing frameworks to handle large-scale data processing.

• Develop and integrate software solutions for data analysis, reporting, and experimentation

• Continuously improve system efficiency and effectiveness, leveraging best practices in data governance and software engineering.

• Stay informed about industry trends and emerging technologies to keep Netflix at the forefront of innovation.

Who You Are:

• Proficient in Java or Python, Spark, and SQL.

• Extensive experience working on ETL, aggregation, and reporting.

• Experienced in building and managing distributed systems and data pipelines.

• Familiar with big data technologies and comfortable working with large scale datasets.

• Strong communicator with the ability to explain complex data problems in clear and concise language.

• Passionate about data quality, software design, and delivering impactful solutions.

• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, agile environment with ambiguous requirements.

• A collaborative team player who thrives in a diverse and inclusive culture.
   

Preferred Qualifications:

• Hands-on experience with batch or streaming data processing.

• Knowledge of data modeling, data warehousing, and data transformation.

• Familiarity with software development tools and best practices.

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We are an equal-opportunity employer and celebrate diversity, recognizing that diversity builds stronger teams. We approach diversity and inclusion seriously and thoughtfully. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, ancestry, national origin, caste, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, age, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic makeup, marital status, or military service.