Distributed Systems Engineer (L5) - Traffic Engineering
NetflixUnited States12 hours ago
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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.
About The Team
The Traffic Engineering Team designs, builds, and operates the core infrastructure that manages the flow of traffic across Netflix’s cloud and edge environments. Our systems ensure that every member receives a fast, reliable, and high-quality streaming experience, even during massive live events and unexpected demand spikes. This team is instrumental in driving Netflix’s cloud scalability and resiliency by building robust capabilities for end-to-end traffic management, including region failover, traffic shaping, and predictive scaling. We work closely with Data Science to develop and operationalize predictive models, translating them into actionable strategies that enable us to scale our infrastructure in real time. By automating and optimizing traffic management, we enable Netflix to deliver uninterrupted entertainment to hundreds of millions of members worldwide—making our work critical to Netflix’s reputation, member satisfaction, and continued growth.
Why our work is important
The work of the Traffic Engineering team is critical to Netflix’s ability to deliver a seamless, high-quality streaming experience to hundreds of millions of members worldwide. As Netflix expands into live events and continues to grow its global audience, the demands on our infrastructure for speed, reliability, and scalability have never been higher. Our team ensures that Netflix can handle massive spikes in traffic—such as during live sporting events or global premieres—without interruption or degradation in quality. By building resilient systems for traffic management, automated scaling, and rapid failover, we protect the member experience and uphold Netflix’s reputation for reliability. The innovations and solutions developed by this team directly enable Netflix to push the boundaries of what’s possible in streaming, supporting new business opportunities and ensuring that our members can enjoy their favorite stories anytime, anywhere, without compromise.
This Would Be Your Dream Job If You Enjoy
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.
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.
About The Team
The Traffic Engineering Team designs, builds, and operates the core infrastructure that manages the flow of traffic across Netflix’s cloud and edge environments. Our systems ensure that every member receives a fast, reliable, and high-quality streaming experience, even during massive live events and unexpected demand spikes. This team is instrumental in driving Netflix’s cloud scalability and resiliency by building robust capabilities for end-to-end traffic management, including region failover, traffic shaping, and predictive scaling. We work closely with Data Science to develop and operationalize predictive models, translating them into actionable strategies that enable us to scale our infrastructure in real time. By automating and optimizing traffic management, we enable Netflix to deliver uninterrupted entertainment to hundreds of millions of members worldwide—making our work critical to Netflix’s reputation, member satisfaction, and continued growth.
Why our work is important
The work of the Traffic Engineering team is critical to Netflix’s ability to deliver a seamless, high-quality streaming experience to hundreds of millions of members worldwide. As Netflix expands into live events and continues to grow its global audience, the demands on our infrastructure for speed, reliability, and scalability have never been higher. Our team ensures that Netflix can handle massive spikes in traffic—such as during live sporting events or global premieres—without interruption or degradation in quality. By building resilient systems for traffic management, automated scaling, and rapid failover, we protect the member experience and uphold Netflix’s reputation for reliability. The innovations and solutions developed by this team directly enable Netflix to push the boundaries of what’s possible in streaming, supporting new business opportunities and ensuring that our members can enjoy their favorite stories anytime, anywhere, without compromise.
This Would Be Your Dream Job If You Enjoy
- Solving real business needs at a large scale by applying your software engineering and analytical problem-solving skills.
- Architecting and building a robust, scalable, and highly available distributed infrastructure.
- The pursuit of engineering excellence by evangelizing, establishing, and iterating on best practices.
- Collaborating with multiple teams on creating solutions and supporting solutions with a myriad of sometimes conflicting requirements.
- Being curious and working on ambiguous problems where the solutions are not (yet) well defined.
- 7+ years of experience crafting complex, scalable distributed infrastructure. Experience in traffic is preferred (shaping, scaling).
- Proficiency in Java, Golang, or Python with a solid understanding of multi-threading and memory management.
- Strong ability to break down complexity, iterate, and communicate progress to a wide variety of partners and stakeholders.
- Proven track record of developing and maintaining high-impact systems.
- Experience building and operating scalable, fault-tolerant, distributed systems.
- Comfortable with automation and orchestration frameworks for scaling and reliability.
- 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.
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.
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.
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