Distributed Systems Engineer L4, GenAI Platform

1 Month ago • 4 Years + • Research & Development • $170,000 PA - $720,000 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

Netflix's GenAI Platform team seeks a senior Distributed Systems Engineer to build a developer platform for creating GenAI applications. Responsibilities include designing and deploying APIs for accessing LLMs and internal models, developing frameworks for GenAI applications, integrating third-party products with the Netflix data platform, collaborating with other engineers, and iterating on product experiences. The ideal candidate possesses strong experience in building scalable, observable, and fault-tolerant distributed systems, proficiency in Java, GRPC, Python, and GraphQL, and experience with large-scale CI/CD and observability.
Must have:
  • 4+ years software engineering experience
  • GenAI stack experience (LLMs, RAG, Agents)
  • SDK/API development experience
  • Scalable distributed systems experience
  • Proficiency in Java, GRPC, Python, GraphQL
Good to have:
  • Experience with ML applications
  • Experience with Python package management
Perks:
  • Comprehensive benefits (Health, Mental Health, 401k)
  • Stock Option Program
  • Paid Time Off
  • Flexible Time Off

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.

Within the Platform Engineering organization, our Data Platform exists to maximize the value of data throughout Netflix by improving the productivity and innovation of Netflix engineers, data scientists, machine learning practitioners, and business users. Our Data Platform enables Netflix to scale effectively and evolve rapidly by providing highly performant, secure, compliant, and flexible data infrastructure that supports the expanding needs of the business. Ultimately, we aim to democratize data by making it more accessible and useful to technical and non-technical employees.

 

The Opportunity


The mission of the Data Platform’s GenAI Platform team is to boost the productivity of the data science and engineering community at Netflix. This means enabling users to spend more time solving business problems and less time engineering lower-level systems. We are seeking a senior software engineer to help build a developer platform that will provide the building blocks for Netflix to efficiently create GenAI applications. The platform will enable our teams to leverage LLM models and internally fine-tuned models. It will provide tools to support the LLM development lifecycle, high-level abstraction APIs for RAG, and tools for prompt engineering, management, and LLM operations.

What you will do:

  • Design, build, and deploy APIs to access third-party large language models and internal fine-tuned ML models.

  • Develop frameworks and components for building GenAI applications.

  • Develop and maintain integrations between third-party products and the Netflix data platform solutions.

  • Collaborate with other engineers, product managers, and technical program managers across teams to design and implement new features.

  • Solve real business needs at scale by applying your software engineering and analytical problem-solving skills.

  • Rapidly iterate with users to improve product experiences while establishing foundational capabilities.

Desired Background:

  • 4+ years of software engineering experience with a successful track record of delivering quality results

  • Strong interest and experience with the latest GenAI stack (LLMs, RAG, Agents/Tools) 

  • Strong experience building SDKs and APIs for internal or external products

  • Strong software design and development fundamentals, with experience in building and operating scalable, observable, fault-tolerant, distributed systems

  • Proficiency in Java, GRPC, Python, Python package management tooling, and GraphQL

  • Experience in large-scale build, release, continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD), and observability methods

  • Experience designing, building, and deploying ML applications

A few more things about us:

As a team, we come from many different countries, and our fields of education range from the humanities to engineering to computer science. Our team includes product managers, program managers, designers, full-stack developers, distributed systems engineers, and data scientists. Folks have the opportunity to wear different hats, should they choose to. We strongly believe this diversity has helped us build an inclusive and empathetic environment, and we look forward to adding your perspective to the mix!

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 $170,000 - $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 has a unique culture and environment. Learn more .

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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