Distributed Systems Engineer, Netflix

$100-720k

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

GraphQL

Java

Kotlin

SpringBoot

REST API

Junior, Mid and Senior level

San Francisco Bay Area

Office located in Los Gatos, CA

Streaming service

Job no longer available

Streaming service

1001+ employees

B2CContentSubscriptionEntertainmentDigital MediaSaaS

Job no longer available

$100-720k

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

GraphQL

Java

Kotlin

SpringBoot

REST API

Junior, Mid and Senior level

San Francisco Bay Area

Office located in Los Gatos, CA

1001+ employees

B2CContentSubscriptionEntertainmentDigital MediaSaaS

Company mission

Entertainment, like friendship, is a fundamental human need; it changes how we feel and gives us common ground. Netflix is better entertainment at lower cost and greater scale than the world has ever seen. They want to entertain everyone, and make the world smile.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

We are seeking a backend, distributed systems focused engineer who is comfortable writing, improving, maintaining, and sunsetting critical services at tremendous scale
Cross-Functional – You enjoy collaborating with multiple teams on creating solutions and supporting solutions with a myriad of sometimes conflicting requirements
Seeking Excellence – You enjoy the pursuit of engineering excellence by evangelizing, establishing and iterating on best practices
Curiosity – You are curious and enjoy working on ambiguous problems where the solutions are not (yet) well defined
Communication – You are proficient in verbal and written mediums at explaining topics that the audience was not familiar with previously
You possess strong software skills in Java or other JVM languages
You are experienced with operating complex distributed systems components (like databases, APIs (REST, gRPC, GraphQL), and controllers). You know how to debug them and how they can fail
You are proficient in backend services and integration layers
You are able to break down complexity, iterate, and communicate progress to a wide variety of partners and stakeholders
You possess strong software skills in Java or Kotlin
You have worked on a developer platform team where other engineers were your customers
You have worked on schema changes in a federated GraphQL gateway
You are familiar with the Spring Boot framework
You are proficient with high volume data stores

What the job involves

High Impact - your work will touch every engineer at the company and be crucial for the ongoing success of Netflix
Stunning Colleagues - you will be working with other excellent people with diverse perspectives, who value collaboration, working to excel as the “dream team”
Energizing Challenges - there is a wealth of opportunity when working on complex technical projects and our culture both enables and encourages you to rise to the challenges
Feedback – you will constantly have opportunities for growth because meaningful positive and constructive feedback is part of everyday life at Netflix

Our take

Netflix was started when one of the co-founders had received a $40 late fee after failing to return a film on time. Now, Netflix is one of the fastest growing technology companies, reinventing the entertainment space by providing high quality content for low fees.

This is becoming an increasingly competitive space, with deep-pocketed rivals including Amazon, Disney, Apple and AT&T. They are all spending big on content and pricing cheaply in a battle to win subscribers.

After a dwindling number of subscribers due to tough competition in 2022, Netflix is focused and committed to improving its core service which is its TV, movies and now games going forward. Post-IPO funding of $183 million from Winslow Capital at the end of 2023 followed the previous year's dumping of shares by the same company after Netflix's first loss of subscribers. This capital indicates a shifting perspective on Netflix's outlook, which saw a year-end subscriber boost.

Steph

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Insights

Top investors

-8% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (4.2)

Trustpilot (1.5)

Company

Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)

Apr 2000

$50m

SERIES E

Jul 1999

$30m

SERIES D

Total funding: $103.5m

Company benefits

Work from home opportunities

Company HQ

Los Gatos, CA

Leadership

Reed Hastings

(Chairman)

Served two years with the Peace Corps in Switzerland. Studied Computer Science at Stanford, and founded Pure Software (which sold for a substantial profit before Netflix). Previously a Board Member at Microsoft and Facebook.

Greg Peters

(Co-CEO)

Previously Netflix COO and CPO, SVP and CE of Product Development at Macrovision, VP of Engineering at Mediabolic, Director at Redhat inc, VP Engineering at NOCpulse.

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