Security Software Engineer (L6), Platform Security

Netflix • Remote, OR

100d

About The Position

We design, build, and operate the foundational identity and authentication layer for Netflix’s cloud infrastructure. We deliver paved-path services that enable Netflix to scale securely and with velocity, serving as the root of trust for agentic, machine and workload identities. Our scope includes managing core infrastructure like identity provisioning, secret management, mTLS, and secure SSH access. We believe in making the secure path the easy path, delivering resilient, highly available primitives that allow Netflix engineering teams to build securely by default without friction.
The Platform Security team is a well-established and cohesive group, providing the support you need to do your best work. We strive to create a positive and supportive work environment that values psychological safety and collaboration over individual achievement. The Netflix culture determines who we hire, how we work together, and how we make decisions. It will inspire you to bring your best every day and to find new ways to make us all better.

Requirements

• Distinguished Technical Leader who identifies and solves highly complex, open-ended problems, driving significant business and technical impact and defining the longer-term technical strategy for identity and authentication at Netflix.
• Advanced proficiency in Java, with extensive experience designing and building scalable, resilient, and secure distributed systems.
• Deep expertise within the security domain, particularly in workload identity, cryptography, or Public Key Infrastructure (PKI). You are considered a thought leader who can directly solve problems that most engineers cannot.
• Connects security and business needs to define the guiding principles for the domain, and you effectively collaborate and influence cross-functionally to drive the adoption of those principles and your technical roadmaps.
• Demonstrates excellent judgment in making complex trade-off decisions, distilling ambiguous problems into elegant, secure-by-default solutions.
• A mentor and collaborator with a team-oriented mindset who tailors communication for a given audience.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in cryptography, secure distributed systems, authentication, or secure hardware
• Familiarity with Go, Python, React, and other languages
• Knowledge of Amazon Web Services
• Experience with full-stack development

Responsibilities

• Help innovate within the domain of agentic identity as we build out a platform offering to enable various GenAI use cases.
• Serve as one of the technical 'North Stars' on the team and advocate for changes, advancements, and innovation within our domain in order to meet business needs.
• Design, build, and maintain critical identity and authentication services.
• Develop features and enhancements related to agentic identity, workload identity, mTLS, and authentication token issuance.
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional partners to deliver secure, reliable, and developer-friendly solutions.
• Participate in our on-call rotation, supporting high-availability services that are critical to Netflix’s security posture.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed