Software Engineer - Open Connect Control Plane

At Netflix, our mission is to entertain the world. Together, we are writing the next episode - pushing the boundaries of storytelling, global fandom and making the unimaginable a reality. We are a dream team obsessed with the uncomfortable excitement of discovering what happens when you merge creativity, intuition and cutting-edge technology. Come be a part of what’s next.

Netflix has been changing the way people watch shows and movies, and we've built a global Content Delivery Network called Open Connect, which sets the standard for video delivery.  We have also recently embarked on a journey to expand into cloud games, stream our content live, serve ads, and more. All this creates an exciting variety of opportunities and technical challenges.

To embrace all these challenges, we are looking to add a software engineer with expertise in building scalable distributed systems solutions, informed by analytics, to the Open Connect Control Plane team to continue to craft the scalable, reliable systems needed to build and scale all our offerings.

The role involves building:

• Cloud services that customers directly hit when they press ‘Play’.

• 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.

• Algorithms to understand and optimize hardware utilization and cost efficiency, evaluated against intuitive and business-critical performance metrics.

• Operational knobs and tools to quickly diagnose and fix problems as they arise.

We spend our time trying to answer questions like these:

• What do we need to build in order to be a cost efficient and resilient platform?

• How do we design our models and systems to adapt appropriately to heterogeneous resource availability, and demand, including in real-time?

• How do we build scalable solutions that automate deploying content to servers in our CDN globally as fast as possible, while not impacting performance metrics?

• How do we build knobs/visibility/alerting to effectively and scalably operate complex systems?

• How do we make our optimization approaches easy to operate and understand?

• What are the performance metrics we can evaluate our systems against over-time?

We are looking for someone who identifies with the following: 

• You build robust, responsive, and scalable systems.

• You care about building quality software that your teammates can support. 

• You are familiar with parametrizing your problem and optimization algorithms.

• You have a passion for operational excellence, educating others, and rigor.

• You use a data-driven approach when helpful to inform your design decisions.

• You are comfortable with ambiguity.

• You are able to iterate quickly on ideas and incorporate feedback.

• You believe that fostering an inclusive environment helps everyone do their best work.

Basic Qualifications:

• Distributed Systems Experience (e.g. Java).

• 5+ years of software development.

• Experience building and operating business-critical, real-time systems at scale.

• Basic background in networking concepts.

• Analytics experience (e.g. experience with Python or SQL or Notebooks, etc.).

Nice To Have:

• Behavioral modeling (e.g. experience with Tensorflow, Spark, Presto, etc.).

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 details about our Benefits here.

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

Inclusion is a Netflix value and we strive to host a meaningful interview experience for all candidates. If you want an accommodation/adjustment for a disability or any other reason during the hiring process, please send a request to your recruiting partner.

We are an equal-opportunity employer and celebrate diversity, recognizing that diversity 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.