Software Engineer 5, Content & Business Products

Netflix

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Los Angeles, CANew York, NYLos Gatos, CA
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63 days ago
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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

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TL;DR · Software Engineer 5, Content & Business Products

The Software Engineer 5 - Content & Business Products joins the Content & Business Products Engineering team to build products and services that optimize and automate the content creation process. This role involves developing software for content planning, financing, production, promotion, and distribution, as well as supporting enterprise needs for Finance, Talent, and Customer Support. You will architect, build, and operate high-scale, low-latency, distributed microservices with high availability and fault tolerance. Key technical requirements include proficiency in Java, C#, or other OO programming languages, along with gRPC, GraphQL, or RESTful API design. You will handle performance tuning, concurrency, and observability while setting technical directions for engineering projects. The work focuses on managing complex legal, rights, and intellectual property workflows within a large-scale entertainment production environment.

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What you'll do

  • Build and maintain resilient, high-scale, low-latency distributed microservices in production environments.
  • Design and implement APIs using gRPC, GraphQL, or RESTful standards.
  • Architect and operate distributed systems with high availability and fault tolerance.
  • Set technical directions for engineering projects and make key architectural decisions.
  • Communicate complex technical concepts to stakeholders to drive project decisions.
  • Participate in an on-call rotation and lead incident reviews.
  • Automate and optimize content creation workflows for planning, production, and distribution.
  • Vet and implement AI-driven development tools to boost team productivity.

What we're looking for

  • You have 5+ years of experience crafting resilient, high-scale, low-latency, distributed microservices in production environments.
  • You are proficient with gRPC, GraphQL, or RESTful API design and implementation.
  • You have recent proficient experience with Java, C#, or other OO programming languages with a solid understanding of OO design principles.
  • You have a proven track record in architecting, building, and operating distributed systems with high availability, fault tolerance, and performance.
  • You have solid experience in setting technical directions, making architectural decisions, and influencing partner and cross-functional teams.
  • You can proactively describe complex technical concepts to stakeholders through written and/or verbal communication.
  • You can participate in an on-call rotation and lead incident reviews.
  • You leverage AI-assisted coding tools and vet new AI-driven development tools to boost productivity (preferred).

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