Software Engineer, Open Connect Edge Accelerator L5

6 Months ago • All levels • $100,000 PA - $720,000 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

Netflix seeks a Senior Software Engineer to enhance their Open Connect Edge Accelerator. You'll work on latency measurement, steering solutions, and DDoS protection. Must have experience building scalable, low-latency production systems and a deep understanding of internet protocols.
Must have:
  • Internet Protocols
  • Distributed Systems
  • Low Latency
  • Fault Tolerance
Good to have:
  • Go Programming
  • C Programming
  • Python Programming
  • Data Crunching
Perks:
  • Stock Options
  • Flexible Time Off

Job Details

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

is a critical group within Netflix that builds and manages a content delivery network (CDN) handling more than one third of North American internet traffic at peak times!  

Open Connect Appliances (OCAs) are ideally situated to improve the latency between clients and the Netflix services running on AWS. The Open Connect Edge Accelerator is taking advantage of the highly geo-distributed nature of Open Connect to improve the quality of experience. It is the entry point for device and website traffic, putting it on the critical path to delivering and monitoring our product experiences. You can learn more about us by watching this presented by Sergey from our team. We are looking for a senior software engineer to improve the solution and build new features. You will be working on latency measurement, steering solutions, low-latency reverse proxy, failover mechanisms, protocol optimizations and DDoS protection to name a few. 

You are

  • Someone who likes to work hands-on and be self-directed in a fast-paced environment that gives you .

  • Able to see beyond immediate specs, summarize requirements, and architect forward-looking solutions.

  • Capable of working in a cross-functional collaborative environment alongside your teammates.

  • An advocate for the customer who is passionate about addressing customer pain points.

Required Skills

  • Deep understanding of the Internet protocols like TCP, TLS, HTTP and DNS.

  • Experience building and maintaining highly distributed, scalable, low-latency, fault-tolerant production systems.

  • Great communication and documentation skills targeted at cross-team collaboration.

  • Motivated by “the art of possible” and able to balance idealism and pragmatism.

  • Cool-headed during production issues, able to focus on problem resolution.

Bonus Skills

  • Go, C or Python

  • Data crunching using Hive, Pig, Kibana, Tableau, or similar

  • FreeBSD or any POSIX environment

  • Application, system and network profiling techniques


 

Be sure to review our to learn more about the unique Netflix culture and the opportunity to be part of our team.

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. See more detail about our Benefits.

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.

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