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This role pays more than
99%
of similar roles. Most pay
$141,600–$213,250
— the blue band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$504k
versus about
$177k
for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
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About Netflix
Netflix is the world''s leading streaming entertainment service, offering a vast library of TV series, films, documentaries, and original content to subscribers in over 190 countries. Industry: Streaming Entertainment & Media
Netflix currently has
179 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$436,000–$700,000
across 123 roles with salary data.
The Distributed Systems Engineer (L5) - Data Platform joins the Data Platform Organization to evolve and innovate infrastructure for global data utilization. Working within the Big Data Compute or Online DataStores teams, the engineer builds cloud-native platforms for distributed data processing and high-performance, cost-efficient storage solutions. Day-to-day responsibilities include developing features, performance enhancements, and novel caching architectures for mission-critical services like the streaming Catalog and CDN metadata. The role requires solving complex problems involving data at scale, including ETL processes and large-scale analytics for A/B testing and machine learning. Candidates must demonstrate proficiency in Java, C++, Golang, or Python, with expertise in multi-threading, memory management, and distributed database systems. Specific experience with Spark, Presto, Trino, Druid, and Iceberg is required to support exabytes-scale data warehouses.