Technical Support Engineer @ Netflix

Technical Support Engineer

L5, Data Platform, Big Data / Analytics

Posted on 2/28/2023

INACTIVE

5,001-10,000 employees

Website

Subscription streaming entertainment service

Company Overview

Netflix's mission is to entertain the world. The company operates a streaming platform for movies & TV shows and has over 222 million subscribers globally.

Locations

Remote in USA

Experience Level

Entry

Junior

Mid

Senior

Expert

Desired Skills

Apache Hive

Apache Spark

Apache Kafka

Data Analysis

Hadoop

Jupyter

Java

Airflow

Linux/Unix

SQL

Apache Flink

Python

CategoriesNew

Software Engineering

Requirements

You are skilled in providing superior customer support across a complex organization, ideally as part of a central team
You are passionate about customer experience
You are a data-driven decision-maker
You have excellent communications skills and appreciate the importance of comprehensive documentation
You are comfortable with at least one programming language; preferably Python and/or Java
Ability to read and comprehend log files and Unix processes to identify and troubleshoot root causes of issues
Prior experience supporting platforms built using open source technologies such as, Jupyter, Hadoop, Apache Airflow (or other workflow orchestration platform), Presto/Trino
You have worked with big data warehouse storage systems (e.g. Iceberg or Hive)
You have experience working with data pipelines using Apache Spark framework or technologies such as Flink, Kafka, Druid or Presto
Ability to read and write SQL queries to pull required complex data to support any reported issues/product defects
You have the desire and aptitude to learn how the pieces of big data platform work together

Responsibilities

Deliver an excellent support experience to Netflix's developer community. To advocate for our customers, follow through on issues and resolve them in a reasonable time. If blockers prevent immediate resolution, we communicate status and ensure there is visibility into why there is a delay
Provide insights, feedback and champion customer sentiment about the tools we support to our partners across Productivity and Data Platform Engineering. Partner with Product Management, Developer Education and Engineering to track and maintain visibility into ongoing issues and communicate customer needs to ensure improving in these areas is prioritized
Drive collaboration efforts to reduce product friction and increase usability so that Platform Engineering can build, deploy and deliver highly functional solutions for the Developer Community
We are looking for a Technical Support Engineer with a passion for data platform infrastructure and tooling, customer service, and automation. You will be responsible for monitoring and handling our customers' requests, troubleshooting, solving issues, automating support needs, developing support documentation and runbooks, improving and maintaining support tools and automation, understanding our product offerings, and continuously looking for ways to improve the engineering support experience
Our ideal team member has first-hand experience working in customer-facing, engineering support roles, writing and building a comprehensive self-service knowledge base and has knowledge of infrastructure, internal tooling, platforms, and cloud computing. You are excellent at understanding and solving complex and ambiguous problems and constantly seek improvement. As an Engineer in this role, we need a candidate who can understand our complex offerings on a technical level, be hands-on in the development of our support automation tooling, and recommend product and operational improvements based on customer interactions

Desired Qualifications

Experience with cloud infrastructure and/or container orchestration platform is a plus

Netflix is the world’s leading streaming entertainment service with 220 million paid memberships in over 190 countries, enjoying TV series, documentaries, and feature films across a wide variety of genres and languages. Members can watch as much as they want, anytime, anywhere, on any internet-connected screen.

About the Engineering Support Organization

The aim of the Engineering Support Organization is to enable Platform Engineering to effectively and sustainably scale the support they provide to their customers. The team is the frontline resource for the engineering support needs of our customers (i.e., our workforce) - handling, troubleshooting, and resolving customer requests and issues. In addition, the team will focus on ways of working, customer advocacy, support tooling, platform product offerings, documentation, and developer education.

Our Mission

Deliver an excellent support experience to Netflix’s developer community. To advocate for our customers, follow through on issues and resolve them in a reasonable time. If blockers prevent immediate resolution, we communicate status and ensure there is visibility into why there is a delay.

Provide insights, feedback and champion customer sentiment about the tools we support to our partners across Productivity and Data Platform Engineering. Partner with Product Management, Developer Education and Engineering to track and maintain visibility into ongoing issues and communicate customer needs to ensure improving in these areas is prioritized.

Drive collaboration efforts to reduce product friction and increase usability so that Platform Engineering can build, deploy and deliver highly functional solutions for the Developer Community.

The Role

We are looking for a Technical Support Engineer with a passion for data platform infrastructure and tooling, customer service, and automation. You will be responsible for monitoring and handling our customers’ requests, troubleshooting, solving issues, automating support needs, developing support documentation and runbooks, improving and maintaining support tools and automation, understanding our product offerings, and continuously looking for ways to improve the engineering support experience.

Our ideal team member has first-hand experience working in customer-facing, engineering support roles, writing and building a comprehensive self-service knowledge base and has knowledge of infrastructure, internal tooling, platforms, and cloud computing. You are excellent at understanding and solving complex and ambiguous problems and constantly seek improvement. As an Engineer in this role, we need a candidate who can understand our complex offerings on a technical level, be hands-on in the development of our support automation tooling, and recommend product and operational improvements based on customer interactions.

Location

Our offices are located in Los Gatos.

What you’ll need to be successful:

You are skilled in providing superior customer support across a complex organization, ideally as part of a central team
You are passionate about customer experience
You are a data-driven decision-maker
You have excellent communications skills and appreciate the importance of comprehensive documentation
You are comfortable with at least one programming language; preferably Python and/or Java
Ability to read and comprehend log files and Unix processes to identify and troubleshoot root causes of issues
Prior experience supporting platforms built using open source technologies such as, Jupyter, Hadoop, Apache Airflow (or other workflow orchestration platform), Presto/Trino
You have worked with big data warehouse storage systems (e.g. Iceberg or Hive)
You have experience working with data pipelines using Apache Spark framework or technologies such as Flink, Kafka, Druid or Presto
Ability to read and write SQL queries to pull required complex data to support any reported issues/product defects
Experience with cloud infrastructure and/or container orchestration platform is a plus
You have the desire and aptitude to learn how the pieces of big data platform work together

Our culture is unique, and we tend to live by our values, allowing you to do your best work and grow. To learn more about Platform Engineering, feel free to listen to this podcast.

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 based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

At Netflix, we carefully consider a wide range of compensation factors to determine your personal top of market. We rely on market indicators to determine compensation and consider your specific job family, background, skills, and experience to get it right. These considerations can cause your compensation to vary and will also be dependent on your location.

The overall market range for roles in this area of Netflix is typically $100,000 - $700,000

This market range is based on total compensation (vs. only base salary), which is in line with our compensation philosophy. Netflix is a unique culture and environment. Learn more here.