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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Distributed Systems Engineer 5 - Enterprise Workflow Platform - **Company:** Netflix, Inc. - **Location:** United States (Remote available) - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, C Sharp (Programming Language), Programming Tools, Distributed Systems, Elasticsearch, Fault Tolerance, Memcached, Object-Oriented Software Development, Performance Tuning, Software Architecture, Software Engineering, Squid (Proxy Server), Multithreading, System Availability, Concurrency, Spring-boot, Cassandra, Apache Kafka, Graphql, Api Design - **Published:** August 19, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.workingnomads.com/job/go/1800664/ ## About the Role * Have 5+ years of experience in crafting complex distributed systems. * Have recent proficient experience with Java, C# or other OO programming languages with a solid understanding of OO design principles, concurrency, multi-threading, performance tuning and observability. * Have a proven track record in architecting, building, and operating distributed systems with high availability, fault tolerance, and performance. * Have solid experience in setting technical directions for engineering projects, making architectural decisions, and influencing partner and cross-functional teams. * Have the ability to proactively describe complex technical concepts to a variety of stakeholders, driving conversations and decisions through written and/or verbal communication. * Participate in our on-call rotation and lead the incident reviews. Nice to have: * Have a product mindset toward infrastructure and platforms. * Experience in developing long-term technical strategies aligning with business goals via appropriate technology investments. * Proficient with gRPC and/or GraphQL API design and implementation. * Working experience with Kafka, Cassandra, Elasticsearch, Memcached, and/or AWS. * Familiarity with library development and DI frameworks (preferably Spring Boot). * You leverage AI-assisted coding tools to accelerate the software development lifecycle. * You actively seek out and vet new AI-driven development tools to boost overall team productivity and operational efficiency. ## Description Our Content & Business Products (CBP) Engineering teams build the products and services to optimize and automate the content creation process including content planning, financing, production, promotion, and distribution. We support Netflix's enterprise needs including Finance, Talent, Tech Support, and Customer Support to ensure smooth operations.Our products enable the entire workflow of content production, from pitch to play, and provide innovative new ways to develop and manage entertainment at scale. The team's work is critical to supporting the creation of movies and TV series that will thrill the world! We are looking for talented distributed systems engineers like you to help build the technologies that allow us to scale our efforts across the globe, and do so effectively and efficiently! You'll have a direct impact on how the Netflix studio creates and promotes shows such as "Squid Game", "Stranger Things" and "The Queen's Gambit" on a global scale. We are committed to building adiverse and inclusiveteam to bring new perspectives as we solve the next set of challenges. In addition, we are open to remote candidates - we value what you can do, from anywhere in the U.S.. You will be successful in this role if you enjoy: * Being self-motivated, working independently, and partnering with a diverse group of engineers, product managers and TPMs across different functional areas and organizations. * Empowering other engineers by building and operating robust, scalable, and highly available infrastructures, with a focus on developer experience, observability and operational excellence. * Thriving in ambiguity, diving deep to understand problems and customer pain points, and solving them using appropriate technologies. * Being an evangelist for high quality code and engineering best practices. * Assisting in the career development of others, actively mentoring individuals, and helping build technical communities across the organization. * Living theNetflix's cultureand thinking you would thrive here. ## Related Videos - [Scaling: from 0 to 20 million users](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/676-scaling-from-0-to-20-million-users) - [Maximising Cassandra's Potential: Tips on Schema, Queries, Parallel Access, and Reactive Programming](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1167-maximising-cassandra-s-potential-tips-on-schema-queries-parallel-access-and-reactive-programming) - [Putting the Graph In GraphQL With The Neo4j GraphQL Library](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/257-putting-the-graph-in-graphql-with-the-neo4j-graphql-library) - [DevOps at Netflix](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/270-devops-at-netflix) - [Building Real-Time AI/ML Agents with Distributed Data using Apache Cassandra and Astra DB](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/782-building-real-time-ai-ml-agents-with-distributed-data-using-apache-cassandra-and-astra-db) - [Shipping Faster with Less: Render on Cloud Hosting, AI Workloads, and the Future of DevOps](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1894-shipping-faster-with-less-render-on-cloud-hosting-ai-workloads-and-the-future-of-devops) ## Related Articles - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [How We Built a Worry-Free System That Runs for 10+ Years – And What We’d Do Again](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/751-how-we-built-a-worry-free-system-that-runs-for-10-years-and-what-we-d-do-again) - [How Much FAANG Companies Actually Pay Software Engineers in 2025](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/230-how-much-faang-companies-actually-pay-software-engineers-in-2025) - [Is Software Engineering Over-Saturated?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/418-is-software-engineering-over-saturated) - [Dev Digest 132 - Binging WADFlix?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/473-dev-digest-132-binging-wadflix) - [Dev Digest 121 - AI goes offline](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/456-dev-digest-121-ai-goes-offline)