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Original Job Post

Netflix · 2 days ago

Distributed Systems Engineer - Compute Abstractions

United States

Full-time

Remote

Senior Level

$230K/yr - $960K/yr

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Responsibilities

Work closely with Product and Customers to design experiences that anticipate customers' needs before they do and make doing internet scale Compute easy.

Lead the design of compute resource abstractions used by all of engineering, informing trade-offs between complexity and ease-of-use against Netflix-wide business priorities.

Mentor senior developers in owning the implementation and rollout of complex features that have impact across Netflix.

Act as a liaison between Compute and other organizations to ensure cohesive changes to deliver cost efficiency and low latency.

Set the example for operational excellence on the Abstractions team, continuously improving incident response, on-call, and other operational practices.

Maintain currency on industry trends for new architectures, features, and off-the-shelf services; guide the team’s decision-making on incorporating industry trends.

Develop automated systems to test for regressions and performance.

Qualification

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ArchitectingDistributed SystemsTechnical LeadershipProduct ManagementPortfolio ManagementProblem-SolvingLeadershipMentorshipCommunicationKubernetesGolangJavaPython

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A proven track record of architecting and implementing customer-focused products that define and modify infrastructure at 100M+ user scale.

Driven wide change at the scale of 100’s to 1000’s of engineers to improve the interaction between engineers, infrastructure abstractions, and business outcomes such as cost or reliability.

Architected, implemented, and owned a distributed system at the scale of 10’s of services or more, and learned from at least one notable mistake.

Experienced technical leadership by empowering the team around you and getting the most from diverse stakeholders, including product managers, portfolio managers, peer engineers, and more.

Provided extensive mentorship and as a result helped other engineers learn new professional skills, overcome new challenges, and earn promotions to new roles.

A passion and reputation for building easily usable and maintainable solutions.

Preferred

Experience defining compute resources at scale and understanding the challenges that configurability presents to users.

Knowledge of building on top of Kubernetes.

Practical experience with Golang, Java, and Python.

Benefits

Health Plans

Mental Health support

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

Company

Netflix

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

Founded in 1997

Los Gatos, California, USA

10,001+ employees

https://www.netflix.com

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