Security Software Engineer 5

1 Month ago • 5 Years + • Cyber Security • $230,000 PA - $900,000 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

As a Security Software Engineer 5 at Netflix, you'll design, build, and support features within the workload identity service, managing application and hardware identities. You'll contribute to cryptography and PKI certificate services company-wide and participate in on-call rotation. The role requires expertise in Java, building scalable and resilient systems, and a deep understanding of computer security, specifically workload identity, cryptography, or PKI. You'll take ownership of your work and collaborate within a supportive team environment. Experience with full-stack development and AWS is a plus.
Must have:
  • 5+ years Software Engineering experience
  • Java development expertise
  • Scalable and resilient system building
  • Security knowledge (workload identity, cryptography, PKI)
Good to have:
  • Full-stack development experience
  • Go, Python, React familiarity
  • AWS knowledge

Job Details

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.

Every time you watch a show or play a game on Netflix, the Platform Security team is quietly working to keep your data and the company’s systems secure.

Netflix’s streaming service, our games, and our studio are backed up by an outstanding engineering organization and a unique security culture. By developing secure-by-default infrastructure and guiding engineers toward the most effective security practices, we favor rapid innovation over strict controls.

The Platform Security Team builds and runs foundational security services, such as cryptography, Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), and workload identity. You can help us build on our existing services and support new features for Netflix.

Your day-to-day work will focus on designing, building, and supporting features in our workload identity service to manage the identities of applications, hardware, and other entities. You’ll also contribute to our other services, including those that provide cryptography and PKI certificates company-wide. Once you’re familiar with the team’s work, you’ll join our on-call rotation to support these services.

Platform Security is an established, cohesive team where you’ll have the support to do your best work. We strive for a positive, supportive work environment that values collaboration over individual achievement. The determines who we hire, how we work together, and how we make decisions. It will inspire you to bring your best every day and to find new ways to make us all better.

Talk to us if you have…

  • 5+ years of experience in Software Engineering with some years of exposure to security work

  • Expertise in Java development

  • Experience building systems that have strong requirements for scalability and resilience

  • Knowledge of computer security, especially workload identity, cryptography, or Public Key Infrastructure

  • The drive to take ownership of your work and see it through to completion

We are also looking for…

  • Experience with full-stack development

  • Familiarity with Go, Python, React, and other languages

  • Knowledge of Amazon Web Services

If this sounds like your kind of job, we’d love to hear from you!

Our compensation structure consists solely of an annual salary; we do not have bonuses. You choose each year how much of your compensation you want in salary versus stock options. To determine your personal top of market compensation, we rely on market indicators and consider your specific job family, background, skills, and experience to determine your compensation in the market range. The range for this role is $230,000 - $900,000.

is a Netflix value and we strive to host a meaningful interview experience for all candidates. If you want an accommodation/adjustment for a disability or any other reason during the hiring process, please send a request to your recruiting partner.

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.

Job is open for no less than 7 days and will be removed when the position is filled.

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Netflix is one of the world's leading entertainment services with over 247 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.

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