Software Engineer 5 – Cloud Network Engineering

Job Description

Cloud Network Engineer

Netflix

Job Details

• Team: Cloud Network Engineering
• Salary: $388,000.00 - $558,000.00 annually

About the Role

At Netflix, our mission is to entertain the world. The Cloud Network Engineering team’s goal is to create network architectures that can readily evolve with the needs of our product services and initiatives. Netflix is entering an exciting period as we evolve from a large-scale homogenous environment supporting streaming video on demand to a more heterogeneous one supporting these new businesses.

We achieve this goal by developing tools and services that improve network availability, scale, performance and security. Our goals are to scale streaming services and support our expanded business use-cases of Gaming, Advertising and Studio. We deliver on these goals via our mission to evolve, manage, optimize, and scale the network on Netflix’s compute infrastructure.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Balancing bias to action with the ability to make well-informed bets.
• Engaging directly with end engineering users to understand their needs and continuously improve their experience with our network solutions.
• Understanding and addressing business needs at scale, delivering high-quality solutions that align with our organizational goals and strategy.
• Leaning into proactiveness and effective communication in pursuit of cross-functional alignment.
• Writing and maintaining code to solve complex network problems, automate network configuration, and streamline management processes, enhancing the overall efficiency and reliability of our network infrastructure.
• Contributing to the design and architecture of network components, including VPCs, load balancers, network gateways, and IPv6 configurations, ensuring they meet the evolving needs of the platform.

Must-Have Skills & Experience

• Experience developing solutions using cloud-native technologies and frameworks, with a strong focus on scalability and resilience.
• Expertise in cloud networking, particularly within AWS, including VPC design, subnetting, security groups, and routing, is highly desirable.
• Experience with Go, Java, Python, or similar object-oriented programming languages and a demonstrated ability to write clean, maintainable, and efficient code.
• Solid understanding of networking fundamentals across layers L2 to L7. This includes knowledge of network protocols and troubleshooting in production environments.
• A deep commitment to continuous learning, coupled with a pragmatic approach to thinking and the ability to navigate ambiguous areas and break down complex problems.

Nice-to-Have Skills

• Experience with container and orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience building and operating microservices within a highly reliable and distributed systems environment. Demonstrated ability to ensure service resilience and scalability.
• Familiarity with Temporal or similar workflow orchestration tools for managing complex application workflows and ensuring fault-tolerant service execution.

You Will Be Successful If

• You thrive in ambiguity; complex and fuzzy requirements are more common than clearly defined customer expectations.
• You take incremental steps toward solving big problems; test and learn approaches work better than heads down development.
• You are independent and self driven; progress is often self-directed by teams & individuals.
• You’ve read about Netflix’s culture and think you would thrive here.

Compensation & Benefits

• Compensation Structure: Consists solely of an annual salary; no bonuses. You choose each year how much of your compensation you want in salary versus stock options.
• Comprehensive Benefits: Health Plans, Mental Health support, a 401(k) Retirement Plan with employer match, Stock Option Program, Disability Programs, Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts.
• Additional Benefits: Family-forming benefits, and Life and Serious Injury Benefits.
• Paid Time Off: Full-time salaried employees are immediately entitled to flexible time off. Hourly employees accrue 35 days annually.

Culture & Inclusion

Netflix is a unique culture and environment. Inclusion is a Netflix value and we strive to host a meaningful interview experience for all candidates. We are an equal-opportunity employer and celebrate diversity, recognizing that diversity builds stronger teams. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, ancestry, national origin, caste, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, age, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic makeup, marital status, or military service.