Senior Software Engineer (L5) — Build & Dependency Management Team (JVM Ecosystem)

1 Month ago • 4-8 Years • Quality Assurance • DevOps • Full Stack Development • $100,000 PA - $720,000 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

Netflix's Build & Dependency Management team seeks a Senior Software Engineer (L5) to enhance the efficiency and reliability of their build processes, dependency management, and testing infrastructure for Java and JVM-based applications. Responsibilities include implementing and managing build solutions, developing dependency management tools, integrating build and test infrastructure, creating tools for flaky test detection and reproduction, developing synthetic test data solutions, and correlating test coverage data. The role requires strong Java and JVM language skills, experience with Gradle and Nebula, and expertise in build systems, dependency management, and testing tools. The successful candidate will collaborate with other teams, consult on best practices, and stay abreast of industry trends. This role is crucial in improving the developer experience and enabling the delivery of high-quality software at scale.
Must have:
  • Java & JVM languages expertise
  • Gradle & Nebula experience
  • Build system & dependency management skills
  • Testing tools and infrastructure knowledge
  • Production Java code experience
Good to have:
  • Experience with various tech stacks
  • Custom Gradle plugin development
  • JVM Spring Boot application assembly using Gradle
  • Experience with Nebula, Gradle, Maven
  • Develocity dashboards experience
  • Zipkin or similar tracing tools experience
  • Log, metric, or error stacktrace analysis implementation

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.

About the Team

The Build & Dependency Management team is a vital part of Netflix's Productivity Engineering organization, and supports Java & JVM-based applications and services that power the Netflix service graph. This team focuses on enhancing the efficiency and reliability of our build processes, dependency management, and testing infrastructure, primarily using Nebula and Gradle. By optimizing these processes, we empower Netflix engineers to deliver high-quality software at scale.

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Software Engineer to join our Build & Dependency Management team. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in build systems, dependency management, and testing tools, with a particular focus on Nebula and Gradle. This role involves developing and maintaining tools and infrastructure that streamline build processes, ensure robust dependency management, and enhance testing capabilities. A large part of the team’s role is ensuring that we deliver high-quality tools to enable and enhance developer experiences in creating software, which includes consulting with related teams and individual users of our systems.


Key Responsibilities

  • Common Languages and Tools: Java & other JVM languages, Gradle, Nebula, Spring Boot, JUnit, GraphQL, Kafka, PostgreSQL.

  • Implement and manage build solutions that enhance the efficiency and reliability of software delivery.

  • Develop and maintain backwards-compatible tools for dependency management and analysis.

  • Integrate internal and vendor-provided build and test infrastructure into engineering workflows, focusing on reliability and ease of use.

  • Design and develop tools and infrastructure to automatically detect, quarantine, and reproduce flaky tests.

  • Create and maintain tools for analysis of distributed tracing tools for test runs.

  • Develop and integrate software solutions that provide high-quality synthetic test data generated from captured production traffic and API schema registries.

  • Correlate test coverage data with code changes, runtime execution, and trace data for comprehensive reporting.

  • Maintain a strong focus on scalability, usability, and reliability in platform design to support a growing cohort of engineers.

  • Be willing and able to showcase our team’s offerings to internal audiences

  • Consult with other teams about how to best collaborate, integrate, and/or set up solutions for their needs

  • Stay informed about industry trends and emerging technologies to ensure Netflix remains at the forefront of build, dependency management, and testing infrastructure.


Who You Are

  • A skilled software engineer with experience in developer platform or productivity teams.

  • A meticulous software designer who researches and documents technical tradeoffs clearly and concisely.

  • A self-motivated and organized individual who can independently drive engineering-wide solutions.

  • A proactive communicator who engages effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

  • An advocate for strong build, dependency management, and testing practices, with familiarity in popular build tools, test frameworks, code coverage tools, continuous integration systems, and post-deployment verification methods (a healthy contempt for flaky tests is a plus).

  • You have shipped and maintained Java code in production.

Experience We’d Be Excited About

  • You have worked on various technology stacks and are familiar with a variety of ways that software could be designed for different optimizations.

  • You have designed and implemented build and dependency management solutions.

  • You have built (and tested) custom Gradle plugins.

  • You have assembled JVM Spring Boot applications using Gradle.

  • You have experience with Nebula, Gradle, Maven, etc, for dependency management.

  • You have experience with using and explaining Develocity dashboards.

  • You are comfortable working with  Zipkin or similar tools in the tracing space.

  • You have implemented advanced log, metric, or error stacktrace analysis.

What We Provide

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 $100,000 - $720,000

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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