Distributed Systems Software Engineer (L5) - Open Connect Control Plane

Netflix is one of the world's leading entertainment services, with over 300 million paid memberships in over 190 countries enjoying TV series, films and games across a wide variety of genres and languages. Members can play, pause and resume watching as much as they want, anytime, anywhere, and can change their plans at any time.

Open Connect (OC) is a critical group within Netflix that builds and manages a content delivery network (CDN) that delivers all of Netflix’s streaming video. In addition to streaming video, we work on projects within Netflix that leverage physical infrastructure. According to a 2023 Sandvine report, data delivered by Open Connect accounts for approximately 15% of all downstream traffic volume across the entire internet. All of this traffic is delivered by our edge cache servers.

The Geo and Network Intelligence (GNI) team within Open Connect focuses on mapping devices to real-world locations via IP Geolocation and leveraging network measurement and insights to deliver business value to our partners across the company. GNI is the home for Probnik – our network measurement framework – and the Fast.com speed test.

We spend our time thinking about stuff like this:

• How does what we see in the network world map to behavior and locality in the real world?

• How can we leverage network insights to improve or protect the business?

• How can we gather more precise insights about our members while protecting their privacy?

• How do network anomalies impact members and their streaming experience? How do you detect, remediate, and monitor those anomalies at scale?

We are looking for someone who identifies with the following: 

• You build durable and scalable distributed systems

• You are comfortable with ambiguity.

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

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

• You have a passion for operational excellence

• You can translate complex technical ideas into business-oriented proposals, backed by compelling stories with data.

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

Required skills:

• 5+ years of software development with strong experience in Java.

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

• Distributed Systems experience (e.g., building stateful & stateless systems, experience with Cassandra, Kafka, etc).

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 diversitybuilds 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.