Senior Software Engineer (L5) - Cloud Gaming Transport R&D

Netflix

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Remote (Usa - Remote, US) Posted 79 days ago $388,000–$619,000 / year
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TL;DR

As a senior software engineer on Netflix’s Open Connect team, you will play a pivotal role in advancing our cloud gaming service by designing and implementing ultra-low latency transport protocols for real-time streaming over the public Internet. Your responsibilities include refining network path characteristics, enhancing rate adaptation and congestion control heuristics, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to deploy new ideas in our server-side stack. You will also contribute to lab-based and production testing methodologies to evaluate service performance. This role requires expertise in WebRTC-like transport stacks, understanding of WiFi behavior and bufferbloat mitigation, and proficiency in modern tools for network traffic analysis and test orchestration. With a focus on interactive streaming challenges, you’ll work in a dynamic environment that fosters innovation and technical excellence.

Skills

WebRTC Python Go RTP TCP A/B testing CI/CD Linux Docker Kubernetes Prometheus Grafana PostgreSQL Redis Git AWS Azure Google Cloud Platform Terraform Ansible Jenkins CICD

What you'll do

  • Refine understanding of network path characteristics for ultra-low latency streams.
  • Implement and deploy new ideas in the server-side transport stack for cloud gaming.
  • Collaborate on improving lab-based and production testing techniques for service performance.
  • Design and implement WebRTC-like transport stacks for interactive streaming applications.
  • Use A/B testing methodologies to evaluate transport stack performance in production.
  • Identify and solve complex transport problems with significant business or technical impact.

What we're looking for

  • Experience solving complex transport problems with significant business impact.
  • Expertise in designing and deploying WebRTC-like transport stacks for low-latency streaming.
  • Understanding of network path characteristics affecting ultra-low latency media streams.
  • Practical knowledge of strategies for balancing congestion, goodput, latency, and reliability.
  • Proficiency using lab environments and A/B testing for performance evaluation.
  • Ability to articulate technical and business implications of performance experiments.
  • Experience with tools and scripting languages for network traffic analysis.

Market check

Salary context

This $388,000–$619,000 range sits above 100% of similar postings on FindRole.

Peer median band

$119,800–$223,740

Median floor and ceiling across peers.

Typical midpoint (25–75%)

$142,400–$200,500

Middle half of comparable postings.

Based on 240 comparable postings.

* 240 is the maximum number of comparable postings sampled.

Employer

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 91 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $388,000–$610,000 across 87 roles with salary data.

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