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Netflix · 1 day ago

Software Engineer L5 (Networking)

positionUnited States
timeFull-time
remoteRemote
seniorityMid, Senior Level
money$100K/yr - $720K/yr
date5+ years exp

Netflix is one of the world's leading entertainment services, and they are seeking a talented software engineer specializing in infrastructure. The role involves handling impactful availability, scalability, and usability challenges while supporting the delivery of Netflix's Content Delivery Network (CDN).

Digital EntertainmentMedia and EntertainmentTVVideo Streaming
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H1B Sponsor Likelynote

Responsibilities

Implementing microservices to enable analytics, insights, discovery, and visualizations
Designing orchestration to manage many thousands of globally distributed appliances and devices
Building data models and APIs to help manage and maintain our fleet
Understanding the breadth of our multi-tenant platform, creating generalized solutions which can be leveraged across multiple domains - including networking, video, and gaming

Qualification

JavaCloud architectureDistributed systemsMicroservicesData modelingCDN architecturesBig DataFront-end technologiesCommunication skillsProblem-solvingCollaboration

Required

5+ years of expertise in Java, or similar object-oriented language, with confidence and experience in debugging and problem-solving skills
Deep understanding of cloud architecture and application deployment
Ability to build and support highly scalable, robust, and fault-tolerant services
Comprehensive knowledge of architecting and maintaining large-scale distributed systems while handling high concurrency
Experience designing, implementing, and debugging systems that interact with large-sized data sets
Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Preferred

Knowledge of CDN architectures and networking fundamentals (TCP/IP, BGP, DNS)
Experience with multiple data stores and streaming services such as MySQL, Postgres, Elasticsearch, Cassandra, Kafka, or Redis
Familiarity with GraphQL or related graph modeling and querying concepts
Hands-on Big Data experience using Hive, Pig, Hadoop, or similar
Understanding of front-end technologies including HTML, CSS, JavaScript, WebSockets

Company

Netflix

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Netflix is an online streaming platform that enables users to watch TV shows and movies.
dateFounded in 1997
location
Los Gatos, California, USA
people-size10001+ employees
web-link
https://www.netflix.com

H1B Sponsorship

Netflix has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (310)
2024 (309)
2023 (191)
2022 (261)
2021 (268)
2020 (225)

Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$63.91B
Key Investors
Wells FargoTCVGroupe Arnault
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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Gregory Peters
Co-CEO
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Ted Sarandos
Co-CEO
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