Software Engineer L7, Application Networking

Netflix

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Remote

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Work type
Remote
Location
Remote
Salary
$737,000–$1,430,000 / yr
Employment
Full-time
Posted
39 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday

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Salary context

Above market

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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 165 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $388,000–$619,000 across 151 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Software Engineer L7, Application Networking

As a Software Engineer (L7) - Application Networking, you will serve as the Group Tech Lead within the Application Networking organization. You will partner with Engineering Leads to establish multi-year product and technical strategies for the communication backbone that connects services, devices, and partners. Your daily responsibilities involve forging architectural paths for the fabric of service-to-service calls and external traffic, ensuring every interaction is secure by default. You will solve complex problems regarding identity, access enforcement, and intelligence across the fleet. The role requires expertise in architecting and operating foundational distributed systems or platforms at massive scale. You must demonstrate the ability to influence architecture across organizations, contribute to open-source communities, and communicate effectively with engineering, product, and executive audiences to solve high-impact problems in undefined spaces.

What does a Software Engineer earn in Remote?

Median $208800 from 350 postings across 49 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Set multi-year product and technical strategy for the Application Networking organization.
  • Forge the architectural path for the communication backbone connecting services, devices, and partners.
  • Design and operate foundational distributed systems and platforms at massive internet scale.
  • Secure every form of identity across users, services, and agents.
  • Identify and pursue high-impact technical opportunities in ambiguous and undefined problem spaces.
  • Influence architecture and technical direction across peer teams and the broader organization.
  • Elevate the performance of senior engineers and set the technical bar for the team.
  • Communicate technical roadmaps and strategies to engineering, product, and executive audiences.

What we're looking for

  • Demonstrated experience in architecting, building, and operating foundational distributed systems or platforms at massive scale.
  • A track record of setting technical direction and influencing architecture across organizations, including with peer teams.
  • Experience identifying and pursuing high-impact opportunities in ambiguous, undefined problem spaces.
  • Experience shaping or contributing to open-source communities, or building systems that set standards others adopt (preferred).
  • A track record of elevating the most senior engineers and setting the technical bar others follow.
  • Experience communicating effectively across engineering, product, and executive audiences.

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