Cloud Network Engineer @ Netflix

Netflix is one of the world’s leading streaming entertainment services with over 260 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.

Netflix has been on the leading edge of the cloud since beginning the migration to AWS 15 years ago and runs one of the largest Cloud footprints around. The Cloud Engineering organization exists to manage that massive scale, constantly innovating to increase fleet-wide agility, efficiency, and reliability of the Netflix cloud infrastructure, while solving scale problems that we are the first to ever hit. We build, operate, and maintain Compute, Network and Storage services so that developers at Netflix can rely on foundational building blocks when entertaining hundreds of millions of customers around the world. Join us as we push the boundaries of performance, efficiency, and resilience, empowering developers to create groundbreaking applications on a reliable platform.

Cloud Network Engineering owns all aspects of cloud-based networking for services at Netflix. Our goal is to create network architectures that can readily evolve to the needs of our product services and initiatives. We achieve this goal through the development of feature-rich tooling and services that improve network availability, security, and visibility while removing friction for our users.

Must-have skills

At least 2-4 years of professional experience in Cloud Network Engineering on a major cloud provider platform at scale, preferably AWS.
Deep understanding of TCP/IP, Routing, IPv6, and IPv4.
Proficient with scripting and have a solid understanding of programming languages such as Go, Python, or Java.
Passion for technology, pragmatic thinking, and the ability to dive into ambiguous areas and break down complex problems.
Experience supporting core infrastructure services in an on-call rotation.

What you will be doing in the role

Building and operating Services, APIs, and Tooling for a variety of use cases related to cloud networking.
Owning and driving cross-functional projects that enable new business areas for Netflix.
Leveraging your Cloud Network Engineering expertise to influence the development of our codebase, working closely with our software engineers.
Engaging directly with end engineering users to understand their needs and improve their overall experience with the Infrastructure at Netflix.
Balancing bias to action with the ability to make well-informed decisions.
Understanding and solving business needs at scale with high-quality solutions.

Success criteria

You thrive in ambiguity; complex and fuzzy requirements are more common than clearly defined customer expectations.
You take incremental steps toward solving big problems; test-and-learn approaches work better than heads-down development.
You are independent and self-driven; progress is often self-directed by teams & individuals.
You’ve read about Netflix’s culture and think you would thrive here.

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 $100,000- $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.

Cloud Network Engineer

L4, Cloud Engineering

Netflix

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