Software Engineer (L4) - Consumer Engineering

1 Day ago • All levels

About the job

SummaryBy Outscal

Netflix seeks a Software Engineer with expertise in object-oriented programming, distributed systems, and cloud-based services to develop and maintain their core backend systems. Strong communication and problem-solving skills are essential.

Netflix is one of the world’s leading entertainment services with 278 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 Role

At Netflix, we want to entertain the world and are constantly innovating on how entertainment is imagined, created, and delivered to a global audience. We currently stream content in more than 30 languages in 190 countries, topping over 278 million paid subscribers, and are expanding into new forms of entertainment such as gaming. Engineering teams within Netflix work hard every day to scale and innovate this content production and member experience in an ever-growing complex software landscape.

We are looking for distributed systems and software engineers to work on many of our core backend systems that directly impact our API platform, messaging, personalization, sign-up, partnership, payments, and billing systems.

As an engineer in this function, you will be applying your software development skills to solve complex problems with real world impact. You will be learning and contributing to scalable, highly-available, complex distributed systems powering the most sophisticated entertainment service in the world.

Does this sound like something you’d like to do? Awesome, let’s talk specifics.

What we need from you:

  • You are skilled in object-oriented programming and take pride in crafting efficient, maintainable and testable code. You have a solid foundation in computer science and software development concepts.

  • You are able to work independently and drive features or components throughout the development lifecycle - from identifying requirements to launching in production.

  • You have exposure to the development, debugging, testing and operation of APIs, distributed systems, and cloud-based services.

  • You are self-driven, prioritize effectively, and focus on impact.

  • You communicate clearly in written and verbal form.

  • Your co-workers think of you as someone who is kind and does excellent work.


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.

Netflix provides comprehensive benefits including Health Plans, Mental Health support, a 401(k) Retirement Plan with employer match, Stock Option Program, Disability Programs, Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts, Family-forming benefits, and Life and Serious Injury Benefits. We also offer paid leave of absence programs. Full-time hourly employees accrue 35 days annually for paid time off to be used for vacation, holidays, and sick paid time off. Full-time salaried employees are immediately entitled to flexible time off.

Netflix is a unique culture and environment. Learn more .

We are an equal-opportunity employer and celebrate diversity, recognizing that diversity of thought and background 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.

$100.0K - $720.0K/yr (Outscal est.)
$410.0K/yr avg.
United States

About The Company

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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