Distributed Systems Engineer (L5) - Platform Engineering

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

Job Summary

Job Description

As a Distributed Systems Engineer (L5) at Netflix, you'll build and operate critical Tier-0 control planes, leveraging technologies like Temporal, Java, Kotlin, and Go. Responsibilities include sequencing, provisioning, and configuring service infrastructure for Netflix, working directly with engineering users to understand their needs and improve their experience. You'll be involved in the transformation of Netflix's cloud infrastructure control planes towards a high-level declarative infrastructure orchestration platform. Success requires thriving in ambiguity, employing test-and-learn approaches, and being self-driven in a complex environment. The role necessitates strong distributed systems experience within a cloud environment.
Must have:
  • Proficient in Java, C++, Go, or Python
  • Experience with highly reliable distributed systems
  • Passion for technology and pragmatic thinking
  • Problem-solving skills in ambiguous situations
Perks:
  • Comprehensive health plans
  • Mental health support
  • 401k retirement plan with employer match
  • Stock option program
  • Disability programs
  • Health savings and flexible spending accounts
  • Family-forming benefits
  • Life and serious injury benefits
  • Paid leave of absence programs
  • Flexible time off (for salaried employees)

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.

Netflix has been on the leading edge of the cloud since beginning the migration to AWS 15 years ago and runs one of the largest Cloud footprints around. The Cloud Engineering organization exists to manage that massive scale, constantly innovating to increase fleet-wide agility, efficiency, and reliability of the Netflix cloud infrastructure, while solving scale problems that we are the first to ever hit. We build, operate, and maintain Compute, Network, and Storage services so that developers at Netflix can rely on foundational building blocks when entertaining hundreds of millions of customers around the world. Join us as we push the boundaries of performance and resilience, empowering developers to create groundbreaking applications on a reliable platform.

We are looking to add new stunning colleagues to the organization driving a transformation of Netflix’s cloud infrastructure control planes towards a platform enabling high-level declarative infrastructure orchestration. Said platform closely integrates our Compute, Network, and Storage control planes allowing us to evolve blueprints of highly efficient and fast to iterate-on services tailored to various product areas within the company, abstracting our developers from the nuances of underlying infrastructure.

Must-have Skills:

  • Recent and proficient experience with Java, C++, Go, Python, or similar

  • Experience building & operating highly reliable distributed systems in a cloud environment

  • Passion for technology, pragmatic thinking, ability to jump into an ambiguous area and break down complex problems

What you’ll be doing in this role:

  • Building Distributed Systems responsible for sequencing, provisioning, and configuring service infrastructure for all of Netflix leveraging Temporal, Java, Kotlin, and  Go

  • Operating some of our most critical Tier-0 Control Planes

  • Engaging directly with end engineering users to understand their needs and improve their experience

  • Leaning into proactiveness and effective communication in pursuit of cross-functional alignment

You will be successful in the role if:

  • You thrive in ambiguity; complex and fuzzy requirements are more common than clearly defined customer expectations

  • You take incremental steps toward solving big problems; test-and-learn approaches work better than heads-down development

  • You are independent and self-driven; progress is often self-directed by teams & individuals 

  • You’ve read about and think you would thrive here.

Here are a few recent talks and posts from members of the team to highlight the work we do:

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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 .
 

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.

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.

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