Netflix · 2 hours ago
Site Reliability Engineer L5 - Cloud Platform SRE
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level
$170K/yr - $720K/yr
5+ years expNetflix is one of the world's leading entertainment services, and they are seeking a Site Reliability Engineer L5 to ensure the reliability and operational excellence of their compute platforms. The role involves building automation and tooling, driving observability, and collaborating with engineering teams to enhance cloud compute experiences.
Digital EntertainmentMedia and EntertainmentTVVideo Streaming
Responsibilities
Design, implement, and enhance monitoring, alerting, and observability for compute services and abstractions
Partner with Engineering team to modernize and migrate to industry-standard container, orchestration, and capacity technologies
Collaborate on the design and rollout of new managed abstractions (e.g., intent-based APIs, managed scaling, centralized capacity)
Lead and participate in post-incident reviews, driving actionable improvements to system reliability
Develop tools and dashboards to provide visibility into utilization, efficiency, and cost for compute resources
Qualification
Required
5+ years of experience operating and scaling large-scale, high-performance cloud infrastructure or distributed systems
Deep knowledge in Kubernetes, container runtimes (containerd, Docker), and related cloud native ecosystem tools
Deep expertise in Linux/Unix systems, networking fundamentals, and cloud platforms (AWS strongly preferred)
Proficient in at least one programming language (Go, Python, Rust, Java etc)
Familiarity with auto scaling, fleet management, and capacity planning at scale
Familiarity with open source observability and telemetry tooling for logs, metrics, and traces, including Prometheus and OpenTelemetry
Preferred
Experience with cost optimization, utilization analytics, and/or cloud efficiency initiatives
Benefits
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
Life and Serious Injury Benefits
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
Company
Netflix
Netflix is an online streaming platform that enables users to watch TV shows and movies.
10001+ employees
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Funding
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$63.91BKey Investors
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2025-12-05Post Ipo Debt· $59B
2024-08-01Post Ipo Debt· $1.8B
2018-05-05Post Ipo Debt· $2.67M
Leadership Team
Gregory Peters
Co-CEO
Ted Sarandos
Co-CEO
Recent News
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