Netflix

Distributed Systems Engineer (L5) - Compute

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Remote, United States or USA (city not specified)Senior
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Base Salary

$388k - $619k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, operate, and improve high-leverage managed compute services at internet scale.
  • Build, maintain, and integrate Kubernetes control-plane, data-plane, and container-runtime infrastructure.
  • Work with Product, customers, and cross-functional stakeholders to design easy-to-use, scalable compute experiences.
  • Drive strategic alignment, partnerships, project ownership, and trade-off decisions across engineering priorities.
  • Mentor peer engineers and lead development, maintenance, and deployment of complex features.
  • Improve operational excellence, incident response, on-call practices, reliability, and infrastructure efficiency.
  • Evaluate industry trends, architectures, features, and managed services for potential adoption.

Requirements

  • Demonstrated experience evolving large-scale infrastructure systems and driving infrastructure changes at scale.
  • Hands-on experience building, maintaining, and integrating with Kubernetes.
  • Experience with complex distributed systems, backend services, cloud infrastructure, and Linux runtime environments.
  • Experience with Golang, Java, and/or Python.
  • Ability to lead innovative solutions across functional teams and manage ambiguous, cross-functional projects.
  • Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, relationship-building, ownership, and prioritization skills.

Benefits

  • Annual salary range of $388,000.00-$619,000.00, with the option to choose the balance between salary and stock options; Netflix generally does not provide bonuses.
  • 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, and life and serious injury benefits.
  • Paid leave programs; full-time salaried employees receive flexible time off, while full-time hourly employees accrue 35 days annually for vacation, holidays, and sick time off.
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About Netflix

10,000+ employees

Netflix builds and operates a global streaming service for TV series, films, games, and live programming, and produces original content through its in-house studio. It serves consumers in 190+ countries via subscription and ad-supported plans on internet-connected devices. Founded in 1997 and headquartered in Los Gatos, California, Netflix is a public company traded on NASDAQ (NFLX).

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