Netflix · 1 month ago
Software Engineer (L5), Systems Optimization
Los Gatos,California,United States of America
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$100K/yr - $720K/yr
5+ years expNetflix is one of the world's leading entertainment services, with over 300 million paid memberships. They are seeking a software engineer with expertise in analytics and modeling to join the Open Connect Control Plane team, focusing on building scalable and reliable systems for their offerings.
Digital EntertainmentMedia and EntertainmentTVVideo Streaming
Responsibilities
Building cloud services that customers directly hit when they press ‘Play’
Developing algorithms that smartly steer customers to Open Connect appliances such that they have the best possible Quality-of-Experience, taking into account network latencies, resource availability, and other factors
Creating algorithms and models to understand and optimize hardware utilization and cost efficiency, evaluated against intuitive and business-critical performance metrics
Developing operational knobs and tools to quickly diagnose and fix problems as they arise
Qualification
Required
5+ years software development or proficiency with a modern programming language
Experience building and operating business-critical, real-time systems and models at scale
Behavioral modeling and analytics experience (e.g. experience with Python, Tensorflow, Spark, SQL, Presto, etc.)
Preferred
Distributed Systems Experience (e.g. Java)
Basic background in networking concepts
Company
Netflix
Netflix is an online streaming platform that enables users to watch TV shows and movies.
10001+ employees
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Funding
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Public CompanyTotal Funding
$63.91BKey Investors
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2025-12-05Post Ipo Debt· $59B
2024-08-01Post Ipo Debt· $1.8B
2018-05-05Post Ipo Debt· $2.67M
Leadership Team
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Co-CEO
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Co-CEO
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