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Netflix · 1 day ago

Software Engineer (L5), Gen AI - Observability

positionUnited States
timeFull-time
remoteRemote
senioritySenior Level, Lead/Staff
money$100K/yr - $720K/yr
date8+ years exp

Netflix is one of the world's leading entertainment services, and they are seeking a Software Engineer (L5) for their Gen AI - Observability team. The role involves designing and implementing distributed systems for AI-driven analysis, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and optimizing workflows for real-time recommendations.

Digital EntertainmentMedia and EntertainmentTVVideo Streaming
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Responsibilities

Design and implement the distributed backbone for Netflix Observability's agentic AI-driven analysis, inference, and orchestration systems
Develop robust ingestion and correlation layers that unify signals from logs, metrics, traces, and alerts across cloud and on-prem environments
Optimize and extend workflows for real-time, actionable recommendations and RCA automation
Collaborate cross-functionally with Observability, SRE, and Platform teams to scale AutoSRE as a self-serve, extensible AI agent for Netflix engineering

Qualification

Gen AI stackDistributed systemsJavaPythonFull lifecycle engineerObservability ExperienceGRPCAWS servicesScala

Required

8+ years of software engineering experience
Strong interest and experience with the latest GenAI stack (LLMs, RAG, Agents)
Familiarity with workflow engines like Temporal, AWS Lambda, AWS AgentCore, LangGraph
Experience with AI Observability systems like Braintrust
Experience in building and operating scalable, observable, fault-tolerant, distributed systems
Experience with AWS services
Proficient in Java, GRPC, Python
Familiarity with Scala is a plus
Knowledgeable about and willing to own all areas of the software lifecycle: design, development, test, deploy, operate, and support

Preferred

Extensive knowledge about or built observability products like logs, metrics, and traces

Company

Netflix

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Netflix is an online streaming platform that enables users to watch TV shows and movies.
dateFounded in 1997
location
Los Gatos, California, USA
people-size10001+ employees
web-link
https://www.netflix.com

H1B Sponsorship

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2025 (310)
2024 (309)
2023 (191)
2022 (261)
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2020 (225)

Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$63.91B
Key Investors
Wells FargoTCVGroupe Arnault
2025-12-05Post Ipo Debt· $59B
2024-08-01Post Ipo Debt· $1.8B
2018-05-05Post Ipo Debt· $2.67M

Leadership Team

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Gregory Peters
Co-CEO
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Ted Sarandos
Co-CEO
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