Software Engineer (L6), Platform Security

Netflix

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Work type
Remote
Location
Remote
Salary
$499,000–$900,000 / yr
Employment
Full-time
Posted
24 days ago
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Above market

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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 (L6), Platform Security

Software Engineer (L6), Platform Security joins the Open Connect team to architect and implement system-level security for edge and gaming appliances. This role involves defining security architecture for the full compute stack, spanning hardware interfaces like FPGA, BIOS/UEFI, and BMC through dual operating systems including FreeBSD and Linux. Key responsibilities include implementing security enhancements via kernel and user-space development, driving platform integrity through measured boot, and triaging system-level security bugs. The position requires developing automated tools for vulnerability research and acting as a security liaison with external vendors. Candidates must demonstrate expertise in low-level systems, hardware security, and containers. The work addresses the critical need for efficient, secure hardware and operating systems that power a global content delivery network and cloud gaming initiatives.

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What you'll do

  • Define and evolve the security architecture for the full compute stack from hardware interfaces through dual operating systems.
  • Implement security enhancements using kernel and user-space development, configuration changes, and hardware-based features like TPMs.
  • Drive platform integrity work including measured/secure boot for appliances and improved BMC access controls.
  • Analyze and triage system-level security bugs including hardware/GPU and OS isolation issues.
  • Provide appliance security expertise during incident response and partner with stakeholders on secure binary ingestion.
  • Develop automated systems and low-level tooling to perform vulnerability research and reduce manual security overhead.
  • Act as a security liaison with external silicon vendors, firmware vendors, and OS communities.

What we're looking for

  • Proven track record of architecting and implementing security features that meaningfully improve system security.
  • Deep expertise in low-level systems and hardware security across a heterogeneous stack including kernels, firmware, BMC, BIOS/UEFI, and FPGA.
  • Experience using operating system execution environments such as containers or virtual machines to enhance security.
  • Success at partnering with others to improve the security posture through cross-functional changes.
  • Experience using AI agents to automate security research (preferred).
  • Experience conducting security research with published materials (preferred).
  • Experience conducting penetration tests to identify security gaps (preferred).
  • Kernel development experience (preferred).

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