Distributed Systems Engineer, Content Engineering

Job Description

Distributed Systems Engineer (L4), Content Engineering

The Role

At Netflix, we want to entertain the world and are constantly innovating on how entertainment is imagined, created and delivered to a global audience. We currently stream content in more than 30 languages in 190 countries, topping over 260 million paid subscribers and are expanding into new forms of entertainment such as gaming.

Content Engineering builds the products and services used by our internal and external creative partners to create, launch, and promote our global content. Our products enable the entire workflow of content creation, from pitch to play, and provide innovative new ways to develop and manage entertainment at scale.

We are looking for talented distributed systems engineers like you to help build the technologies that allow us to scale our efforts across the globe, and do so effectively and efficiently! You'll have a direct impact on how the Netflix studio creates and promotes shows such as ''Squid Game'', ''Stranger Things'' and ''The Queen's Gambit'' on a global scale.

We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive team to bring new perspectives as we solve the next set of challenges. In addition, we are open to remote candidates - we value what you can do, from anywhere in the US.

You will be successful in this role if you enjoy:
• Being self-motivated and working independently, while collaborating with engineers on the team and cross functional teams (product managers and TPMs).
• Empowering other engineers by building and operating robust, scalable, and highly available infrastructures, with a focus on developer experience, observability and operational excellence.
• Being passionate about code quality and engineering best practices.
• Embracing and thriving in ambiguity. Complex and fuzzy requirements are more common than clearly defined customer expectations.
• Living the Netflix's culture and thinking you would thrive here.

Qualifications:
• Have 2+ years of experience working on distributed systems features or applications.
• Have recent proficient experience with Java, C# or other OO programming languages, as well as OO design principles.
• Have a good understanding of concepts like multithreading and parallelism, as well as software observability.
• Experience in developing microservices, data modeling and API designs.
• Have the ability to describe complex technical concepts to cross functional team peers, driving conversations and decisions through written and/or verbal communication.
• Participate in our on-call rotation and lead the incident reviews.

Nice to have:
• Experience in building infrastructure and platforms.
• Experience in API design and implementation using gRPC and/or GraphQL.
• Experience in any of the following areas: cloud storage/file system, data platform, event-driven infrastructure, ontology, and workflow orchestration.

Spotlight on Content Engineering Teams:

Metadata Distribution

Content Promotion & Distribution (CPD) sits at the intersection of the consumer experience and the Netflix Studio. Our team is integral to making the Netflix experience feel personal and relevant by developing innovative approaches to how we catalog, promote, localize, and distribute content. As part of the Content Promotion and Distribution org, the Metadata Distribution team provides the Tier 0 services and infrastructure to safely and quickly verify, compute, package, and distribute the extensive catalog library that drives what you see and play when you use the Netflix product. This information plays a crucial role in shaping the user experience on Netflix, influencing everything from the recommendations you receive, to the way you experience content and even how the content is played back.

A few more things about us:

As a team, we come from many different countries and our fields of education range from the humanities to engineering to computer science. Our team includes product managers, program managers, designers, full-stack developers, distributed systems engineers, and data scientists. Folks have the opportunity to wear different hats, should they choose to. We strongly believe this diversity has helped us build an inclusive and empathetic environment and look forward to adding your perspective to the mix!
Our compensation structure consists solely of an annual salary; we do not have bonuses. You choose each year how much of your compensation you want in salary versus stock options. To determine your personal top of market compensation, we rely on market indicators and consider your specific job family, background, skills, and experience to determine your compensation in the market range. The range for this role is $170,000 - $720,000.

Netflix provides comprehensive benefits including Health Plans, Mental Health support, a 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. We also offer paid leave of absence programs. Full-time hourly employees accrue 35 days annually for paid time off to be used for vacation, holidays, and sick paid time off. Full-time salaried employees are immediately entitled to flexible time off. See more detail about our Benefits here.

Netflix is a unique culture and environment. Learn more here.

We are an equal opportunity employer and celebrate diversity, recognizing that diversity of thought and background builds stronger teams. We approach diversity and inclusion seriously and thoughtfully. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, ancestry, national origin, caste, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, age, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic makeup, marital status, or military service.

We are an equal-opportunity employer and celebrate diversity, recognizing that diversity of thought and background builds stronger teams. We approach diversity and inclusion seriously and thoughtfully. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, ancestry, national origin, caste, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, age, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic makeup, marital status, or military service.

Job is open for no less than 7 days and will be removed when the position is filled.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-r169em-3-21-97-173-42 in your application.