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# Software Engineer

- **Company:** Netflix, Inc.
- **Location:** Los Gatos, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Amazon Web Services, Cloud Foundry, Computer Programming, Software Debugging, Linux, Distributed Systems, Fault Tolerance, Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Kernel-Based Virtual Machine, Object-Oriented Software Development, Open VSwitch, OpenFlow, Platform as a Service (PAAS), Software Architecture, Quick EMUlator (QEMU), Systems Integration, Google Cloud, System Availability, Heroku, Kubernetes, Storage Technologies, Vmware
- **Published:** June 23, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/ccc5e724-65f8-4273-b243-1f16d3edbf9e

## About the Role

* Have 5+ years of expertise in Go, Java, or similar object-oriented languages, with confidence and experience in debugging and problem-solving skills
 * Have a demonstrated history in designing, constructing, and managing large distributed systems with high availability, fault tolerance, and performance that are spread across multiple global regions and networks
 * Have solid experience in setting technical directions for engineering projects, making architectural decisions, and influencing partner and cross-functional teams
 * Familiarity with Linux and Linux systems programming
 * Experience with IaaS providers such as AWS, Google Cloud Platform, and VMware

Bonus Skills

 * Proficient with gRPC API design and implementation
 * Working experience with Kubernetes and PaaS offerings such as Heroku and CloudFoundry
 * Working experience with KVM, QEMU, libvirt, OpenFlow, Open vSwitch

## Description

Our team is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to be part of the design and development of our purposefully developed infrastructure platform. You will work with internal engineering teams, technical creatives, production teams, and external vendors to deliver amazing technology experiences for our creative users. We are looking for an experienced engineer who brings a broad set of technical skills and achievements, a development and automation-focused mindset to solving problems, and unique career and life experiences to join our teams as we continue to evolve entertainment worldwide., As a Senior Software Engineer focused on developing our infrastructure platform for Creative Compute & Storage Software Services, you will play a key role in the design and implementation of solutions which improve our ability to manage a worldwide platform in support of cutting-edge creative workflows, enhancing our global control plane, and efficiently orchestrating infrastructure resources to maximize their impact. In this role, you'll collaborate cross-functionally with engineering, product, and creative teams to develop world-class studio solutions that power the next generation of content creation.

In this position, you will have the opportunity to work in a wide variety of areas, such as:

 * Designing orchestration of compute, disk, network, and other resources across globally distributed systems
 * Integrating with core Netflix technologies and third-party solutions to deliver a cloud provider for studio needs
 * Developing and advancing core VM, container, network, and storage technologies to support complex creative workflows

You will be successful in this role if you enjoy:

 * Being self-motivated, working independently, and partnering with a diverse group of engineers and product managers 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 the Netflix's culture and thinking you would thrive here


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