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# Software Engineer (L7)

- **Company:** Netflix, Inc.
- **Location:** United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Distributed Systems, Open Source Technology, Istio
- **Published:** August 29, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.workingnomads.com/job/go/1819745/

## About the Role

* A track record of setting technical direction and influencing architecture across organizations, including with peer teams who don't report to you.
 * Demonstrated experience in architecting, building, and operating foundational distributed systems or platforms at massive scale.
 * A history of identifying and pursuing high-impact opportunities in ambiguous, undefined problem spaces.
 * Experience shaping or contributing to open-source communities, or building systems that set standards others adopt.
 * A track record of elevating the most senior engineers around you and setting the technical bar others follow.
 * Experience communicating effectively across engineering, product, and executive audiences.

Want to know more about our team?

 * Envoy @Netflix
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 * Keeping Netflix Reliable Using Prioritized Load Shedding
 * Evolution of Edge @Netflix

## Description

As "Group Tech Lead" of the Application Networking organization, you'll partner with Engineering Leads to set multi-year product and technical strategy for the organization. That strategy shapes outcomes across every business vertical Netflix runs, from SVOD to Live, Ads, and Gaming. You'll take on Netflix's hardest problems, forging the architectural path for the communication backbone that connects services to each other, devices to the cloud, and partners to Netflix, across both consumer and enterprise traffic. It's the layer that delivers every stream at global scale, securing every form of identity along the way, from users to services to agents. Your influence extends beyond your own roadmap, shaping where stakeholders and the broader organization invest.


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