Netflix · 13 hours ago
Software Engineer L5 - Open Connect Control Plane
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level
$388K/yr - $619K/yr
5+ years expNetflix is a leading entertainment company dedicated to pushing the boundaries of storytelling and technology. They are seeking a talented Distributed Systems Software Engineer to build scalable, reliable, and cost-efficient systems for their global Content Delivery Network, ensuring optimal Quality-of-Experience for their members.
Digital EntertainmentMedia and EntertainmentTVVideo Streaming
Responsibilities
Building high-scale and resilient services: Cloud services that customers directly hit when they press ‘Play’, as well as algorithms for steering customers to Open Connect appliances for optimal Quality-of-Experience, considering network topology, resource availability, and system load
Operational Excellence: Building the necessary tools, visibility, and alerting mechanisms to effectively diagnose, operate, and maintain complex, business-critical systems in real-time
Data Analysis: Large-scale distributed software systems and data pipelines for organizing, analyzing, and moving data within large data lakes
Qualification
Required
5+ years of software development with strong experience in Java
Experience building and operating business-critical, real-time systems at scale
Distributed Systems experience (e.g., building stateful & stateless systems, experience with Casandra, Kafka, etc)
Experience querying, analyzing, and presenting data from large-scale data lakes (e.g. experience with Python, SQL, Notebooks, SparkSQL)
Preferred
Basic background in networking and ISP interconnection concepts
Experience with Live streaming
Experience with ML, optimization algorithms, or behavioral modeling (e.g. experience with PyTorch, Tensorflow, etc.)
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
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$72.11BKey Investors
Wells FargoTCVGroupe Arnault
2025-12-05Post Ipo Debt· $67.2B
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
2026-01-23
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