Netflix

Full Stack Software Engineer 5 - Eventing & Communications Platform

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2 months ago
Remote, United States +2 moreStaff+
H1B sponsor

Base Salary

$388k - $558k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Build and operate robust, scalable, highly available platform products including frontend widgets and backend services.
  • Architect and develop full-stack systems ranging from GraphQL APIs and embeddable UI components to asynchronous backend services.
  • Design and implement backend microservices, data structures, APIs, and high-scale distributed systems.
  • Develop complex user interfaces using HTML, JavaScript/TypeScript, CSS, React, and modern frontend architecture.
  • Lead cross-functional initiatives from ambiguous goals through launched and operable products, coordinating scope, tradeoffs, and dependencies.
  • Own production operations by leading incident response and post-incident reviews and improving reliability, observability, and on-call practices.
  • Mentor engineers, support career development, and build technical communities across the organization.
  • Help develop eventing, communications, messaging, asynchronous processing, and workflow platform capabilities.

Requirements

  • Proficiency architecting and developing highly leveraged platforms across the full software stack.
  • Strong backend experience designing microservices, data structures, and APIs with Java, C#, or comparable object-oriented languages.
  • Recent hands-on experience building complex, high-quality user interfaces with HTML, JavaScript/TypeScript, and CSS, plus exposure to React and modern frontend architecture.
  • Experience leading cross-functional initiatives with design, product, and engineering partners and driving delivery through ambiguity.
  • Ability to communicate complex technical and business concepts clearly through writing, design documents, reviews, and stakeholder alignment.
  • Track record of operational ownership, including incident response, post-incident reviews, reliability, observability, and on-call improvements.
  • Strong technical judgment, product mindset, problem definition, execution, mentoring, and influence skills.
  • Experience with messaging buses, asynchronous data processing, workflow orchestration, or related infrastructure platforms is preferred.
  • Deep understanding of distributed systems concepts such as partitioning, idempotency, backpressure, and distributed tracing is preferred.
  • Ability or interest in leveraging AI for rapid prototyping, decision-making, and team process improvement is preferred.

Benefits

  • The role is open to remote candidates located anywhere in the U.S.

Tech Stack

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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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