Systems Development Engineer 5

Netflix • Los Angeles, CA

6d

About The Position

At Netflix, our mission is to entertain the world. Together, we are writing the next episode - pushing the boundaries of storytelling, global fandom and making the unimaginable a reality. We are a dream team obsessed with the uncomfortable excitement of discovering what happens when you merge creativity, intuition and cutting-edge technology. Come be a part of what’s next.
The Production Systems Engineering team is responsible for designing and delivering scalable technical solutions in support of Netflix’s content creation businesses. We excel at delivering thoughtfully designed solutions and take pride in our ability to partner with our cross-functional engineering teams to provide the best possible outcome for our stakeholders. Though technical in nature, these solutions empower our creative businesses and bring value to millions of subscribers worldwide.
Our team is looking for an experienced Senior Systems Development Engineer to help us design, develop, and deploy these solutions in support of our stunning colleagues in content. You will work with internal product and engineering teams, technical creatives, production teams, and external vendors to deliver these solutions and infrastructure. You will bring a broad set of technical skills and a career that has influenced your mind into one that constantly asks “how can I make this scalable?”

Requirements

• You have a minimum of 6 years of experience in developing, automating and deploying complex systems to deliver technology solutions to end-users
• You are able to distill and understand large, complex systems into their most critical components and understand the value each brings to the overall solution, spanning from hardware-level to software architectures.
• You have a passion for automation, efficiency, and scalability, consistently driving operational excellence.
• You excel at identifying high-leverage, high-value opportunities and focus your attention on them independently.
• You enjoy and can effectively work collaboratively with business and product teams to develop product plans and roadmaps and then are able to lead the hands-on implementation of those plans.
• You use data-driven decision making, applying thorough analytics and real-time insights for strategic and operational decisions.
• Broad experience deploying configuration management across multiple platforms (Linux, Windows, macOS) with disparate methodologies.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in VFX, animation, or a similar creative services industry

Responsibilities

• Design, implement and support the services and solutions that improve the experience and productivity for a broad range of creative content domains (e.g. post-production, animation, visual effects, genAI, virtual production).
• Work at a scale where your deployments will have a wide-reaching impact, across multiple studios, supporting distributed teams in multiple regions.
• Design, automate, and develop solutions to enhance the efficiency and resiliency of our systems and services by taking into account hybrid environments and planning for them.
• Maintain and extend internal tooling and automation, including configuration management and service based infrastructure management.
• Participate in system and infrastructure updates and migrations, including on-call rotation, as well as troubleshooting tasks to maintain system resiliency and performance.

Benefits

• Netflix provides comprehensive benefits including Health Plans, Mental Health support, a 401(k) Retirement Plan with employer match, Stock Option Program, Disability Programs, Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts, Family-forming benefits, and Life and Serious Injury Benefits. We also offer paid leave of absence programs. Full-time hourly employees accrue 35 days annually for paid time off to be used for vacation, holidays, and sick paid time off. Full-time salaried employees are immediately entitled to flexible time off.

What This Job Offers

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