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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Software Engineer (L5) - **Company:** Netflix, Inc. - **Location:** Poland, ME, United States (Remote available) - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), 3d Models, Data Analysis, Big Data, Content Delivery Networks, Cloud Computing, Data Migration, Data Presentation, Distributed Systems, Network Topologies, Python (Programming Language), Network Control, Cloud Services, Tensorflow, Software Engineering, Software Systems, SQL Databases, Real Time Systems, Pytorch, Apache Spark, Optimization Algorithms, Data Analytics, Apache Kafka, Live Streaming, Video Streaming, Data Pipelines - **Published:** August 7, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.workingnomads.com/job/go/1773239/ ## About the Role * 5+ years of software development with strong experience in Java. * Experience building and operating business-critical, real-time systems at scale. * Distributed Systems experience (e.g., building stateful & stateless systems, experience with Casandra, Kafka, etc). * Experience querying, analyzing, and presenting data from large-scale data lakes (e.g. experience with Python, SQL, Notebooks, SparkSQL)., * Basic background in networking and ISP interconnection concepts. * Experience with Live streaming. * Experience with ML, optimization algorithms, or behavioral modeling (e.g. experience with PyTorch, Tensorflow, etc.) ## Description The Open Connect organization is a critical group within Netflix that builds and manages a global Content Delivery Network that delivers all of Netflix's streaming video, including Live content, Cloud Gaming, and Advertising. The Open Connect Control Plane team is seeking talented Distributed Systems Software Engineers to craft scalable, reliable, and cost-efficient systems, informed by analytics, needed to build and scale all our offerings, ensuring the best possible Quality-of-Experience for our members globally. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive team that brings new perspectives as we solve the next set of challenges at internet scale. Engineers on our teams apply their software engineering and analytical problem-solving skills to build a robust, scalable, and highly available distributed infrastructure. This involves answering complex questions and building core systems, such as: * Building high-scale and resilient services: Cloud services that customers directly hit when they press 'Play', as well as algorithms for steering customers to Open Connect appliances for optimal Quality-of-Experience, considering network topology, resource availability, and system load. * Operational Excellence: Building the necessary tools, visibility, and alerting mechanisms to effectively diagnose, operate, and maintain complex, business-critical systems in real-time. * Data Analysis: Large-scale distributed software systems and data pipelines for organizing, analyzing, and moving data within large data lakes. Team-Specific Focuses The Open Connect organization is hiring for multiple opportunities across the Open Connect Control Plane team, each with a unique technical emphasis: On-Demand Control Plane We spend our time trying to answer questions like these: * What do we need to build to handle the biggest live-streaming event ever? * How do we design our systems to react to failure, traffic shifts, and other changes in real-time? * What's the best way to share system capacity between Live and VOD traffic? * How do we make our on-demand streaming systems scale for ads and other fast-turnaround use cases? * How do we make our systems easy to operate? Prepositioned Control Plane We spend our time trying to answer questions like these: * How do we design models and systems to adapt appropriately to heterogeneous resource availability, and changing demand, including in real-time? * How do we build scalable solutions that automate deploying content to servers in our CDN globally as fast as possible, while not impacting performance metrics? * What algorithms or models do we need to build to understand and optimize hardware utilization, cost efficiency, and resource availability, adapting appropriately to demand, including in real-time? * How do we make our optimization approaches easy to operate and understand? Geo and Network Intelligence We spend our time thinking about stuff like this: * How does what we see in the network world map to behavior and locality in the real world? * How can we leverage network insights to improve or protect the business? * How can we gather more precise insights about our members while protecting their privacy? * How do network anomalies impact members and their streaming experience? How do you detect, remediate, and monitor those anomalies at scale? We are looking for someone who identifies with the following: * You build robust, responsive, and scalable distributed systems. * You are comfortable with ambiguity. * You can iterate quickly on ideas and incorporate feedback. * You care about building quality software that your teammates can support. * You use a data-driven approach when helpful to inform your design decisions. * You have a passion for operational excellence * You believe that fostering an inclusive environment helps everyone do their ## Related Videos - [Alibaba Big Data and Machine Learning Technology](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/37-alibaba-big-data-and-machine-learning-technology) - [DevOps at Netflix](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/270-devops-at-netflix) - [TresJS a new declarative ThreeJS as Vue components](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/543-tresjs-a-new-declarative-threejs-as-vue-components) - [Photonic Computing: Programming a New Class of AI Accelerators (incl. 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