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Netflix · 1 day ago

Performance Engineer 5/6

Netflix is one of the world's leading entertainment services, with over 300 million paid memberships globally. They are seeking a highly experienced Performance Engineer to focus on GPU infrastructure efficiency and the optimization of large-scale AI/ML workloads, ensuring maximum performance while optimizing cost and resource utilization.

Digital EntertainmentMedia and EntertainmentTVVideo Streaming
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Responsibilities

Drive efficiency and performance optimization across our large-scale infrastructure
Collaborate with ML Platform and Data Science teams to build and enhance comprehensive profiling, tracing, and observability capabilities for GPU workloads
Analyze and resolve complex performance bottlenecks across the entire stack, including hardware, drivers, OS, Kubernetes/scheduling, networking, storage, and application code
Evaluate and guide the adoption of new GPU architectures, interconnects, and cloud vendor services to maximize performance and cost efficiency within Netflix's AI/ML ecosystem
Share knowledge by documenting best practices, contributing to Netflix Tech Blogs, and presenting at industry and vendor forums

Qualification

Performance analysisGPU architectureAI/ML optimizationKubernetesPythonJavaCloud-native environmentsPerformance bottlenecksOpen-source contributionsLinux internals

Required

10+ years of experience in systems performance analysis and optimization with a focus on large-scale distributed systems
Deep understanding of GPU architecture, kernels, and ML frameworks
Experience in building and using CPU and GPU profiling and other performance analysis tools
Expertise in identifying and resolving performance bottlenecks within the AI/ML infrastructure and software stack
Experience with container orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes
Experience with performance analysis and optimization in a multi-tenant, cloud-native environment
Strong programming skills in languages such as Python and Java

Preferred

Experience with large language model (LLM) serving and training optimization techniques
Understanding of Linux internals such as resource scheduling, memory management, and I/O for GPU-intensive workloads
Experience with the performance analysis of high-speed networking protocols and interconnect technologies, such as InfiniBand and NVLink
Experience with capacity engineering and cost optimization in a major public cloud environment
Proven track record of contributing to open-source performance tools or research in the field

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 is an online streaming platform that enables users to watch TV shows and movies.

H1B Sponsorship

Netflix has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (310)
2024 (309)
2023 (191)
2022 (261)
2021 (268)
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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