Netflix · 1 month ago
Software Engineer - Open Connect Control Plane
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level
$388K/yr - $619K/yr
5+ years expNetflix is a company dedicated to entertaining the world and is seeking a Software Engineer for their Open Connect Control Plane team. The role involves building scalable distributed systems and cloud services to enhance the user experience and optimize performance metrics for their global Content Delivery Network.
Digital MediaMedia and EntertainmentVideoDigital EntertainmentTVVideo Streaming
Responsibilities
Building cloud services that customers directly hit when they press ‘Play'
Developing algorithms that smartly steer customers to Open Connect appliances to ensure the best possible Quality-of-Experience
Creating algorithms to understand and optimize hardware utilization and cost efficiency, evaluated against intuitive and business-critical performance metrics
Designing operational knobs and tools to quickly diagnose and fix problems as they arise
Answering questions about cost efficiency and resilience of the platform
Designing models and systems to adapt to heterogeneous resource availability and demand in real-time
Building scalable solutions for deploying content to servers globally without impacting performance metrics
Creating knobs/visibility/alerting to operate complex systems effectively and scalably
Making optimization approaches easy to operate and understand
Evaluating performance metrics over time
Qualification
Required
Distributed Systems Experience (e.g. Java)
5+ years of software development
Experience building and operating business-critical, real-time systems at scale
Basic background in networking concepts
Analytics experience (e.g. experience with Python or SQL or Notebooks, etc.)
Preferred
Behavioral modeling (e.g. experience with Tensorflow, Spark, Presto, 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
H1B Sponsorship
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Distribution of Different Job Fields Receiving Sponsorship
82%
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Engineering and Development
Product Management
Management and Executive
Accounting and Finance
Customer Service and Support
Marketing
Sales
Legal and Compliance
Arts and Entertainment
Human Resources
Creatives and Design
Trends of Total Sponsorships
*2026 (152)
2025 (310)
2024 (309)
2023 (191)
2022 (261)
2021 (268)
2020 (225)
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
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