Software Engineer (L5), Python Platform

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.

Our application development platform teams enable the underlying technology and best practices for engineering at Netflix. We work to provide Netflix developers with the best support, solutions and approaches to leverage common centralized needs. Python is one of the top three languages used at Netflix, critical to our machine learning, data science, and animation pipeline efforts, to name a few. The Python Platform team is relatively new to the application development platform teams and as such, provides an exciting opportunity for you to shape the future of Python at Netflix.
 

Your day-to-day

• Design and promote internal Python libraries that address common challenges faced by Netflix's Python developers. Refine and ensure the foundational Python capabilities operate seamlessly for customers.

• Understand and improve Python development experience by bringing in best practices and the latest technologies into runtime management, dependency resolution/management, testing, delivery, and operation. 

• Work backward from Python developers to understand their pain, and collaborate with partner teams to provide an opinionated, batteries-included software development lifecycle for Python developers.

• Safely apply massive code refactoring changes to thousands of git repositories for migration and upgrade needs. 

• Participate in the team’s support and on-call rotations.

What we need from you

• Extensive experience with authoring Python libraries, that will be used across multiple environments, such as batch jobs, data streaming, training, and web services. 

• Deep understanding of common software engineering challenges, such as observability, security, configuration, caching, and IPC.

• Strong expertise in Python build systems and proficiency in dependency management.

• Demonstrated ability to collaborate cross-functionally with other Platform teams.

• Able to comfortably navigate the ambiguity of a wide range of customer and partner needs, working to create the best products for the business priorities.

• Wearing different hats as needed for the team, including project and product management.

Nice to Haves

• Experience with any of these domains:

  • Machine Learning (e.g., TensorFlow, PyTorch, scikit-learn)

  • Data Engineering (e.g., Jupyter Notebooks, Spark, pandas, numpy)

  • Web Framework (e.g. Flask, FastAPI)

• Working knowledge of Conda

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At Netflix, we carefully consider a wide range of compensation factors to determine your personal top of the market. We rely on market indicators to determine compensation and consider your specific job family, background, skills, and experience to get it right. These considerations can cause your compensation to vary and will also be dependent on your location. 

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.

This market range is based on total compensation (vs. only base salary), which is in line with our compensation philosophy. Netflix has a unique culture and environment. Learn more . 

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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.

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