Netflix Software Engineer L6 - Cloud Infra Abstractions 

United States, Oregon 

702113996

What You Will Do:

• Work closely with Product Owners and Customers to design experiences that anticipate customers' needs before they do and make internet-scale engineering easy.

• Lead the design of products & services that abstract away underlying system complexities and are used by all of engineering, informing trade-offs between complexity and ease-of-use against Netflix-wide business priorities.

• Mentor all levels of Engineers in owning the implementation and rollout of complex features that have an impact across Netflix.

• Act as a liaison between Cloud Infrastructure and other organizations to ensure cohesive changes to deliver cost efficiency and low latency.

• Set the example for operational excellence, continuously improving incident response, on-call, and other operational practices.

• Maintain currency on, if not create, industry trends for new architectures, features, and off-the-shelf services; guide the team’s decision-making regarding incorporating industry trends.

Desired Skills & Experience:

• A proven track record of architecting and implementing customer-focused products (large-scale distributed systems) that define and modify infrastructure at a 100M+ user scale.

• Excellent communication, negotiation, and relationship-building skills.

• Demonstrated ability to drive infrastructure changes at scale

• Passion for technology, pragmatic thinking, ability to jump into an ambiguous area and break down complex problems.

• Demonstrated technical leadership to empower the team around you and gets the most from diverse stakeholders, including product managers, peer engineers across Netflix, and more.

• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes + Containers and/or Networking concepts + protocols

• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and manage multiple priorities effectively.

You will be successful if you:

• Shine when you have to balance complex customer, engineering, and other stakeholder needs, and are obsessed with optimizing for the customer whenever possible.

• Have the ability to define and self-manage cross-functional projects fueled by ambiguous questions.

• Are a self-starter, curious, and not afraid to ask when in doubt.

• Are a quick learner and excited about learning new technologies.

• Advocate thoughtful collaboration, take pride in your work, and enjoy taking full ownership of projects from conception to production.

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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 $360,000 - $920,000.

Job is open for no less than 7 days and will be removed when the position is filled.