Distributed Systems Engineer 5 - Enterprise Workflow Platform
$388,000–$619,000 year
RemoteUnited States
Job Summary
Architect and operate robust, scalable, and highly available distributed systems for the Enterprise Workflow Platform, focusing on developer experience, observability, and operational excellence. Lead incident reviews and participate in the on-call rotation while partnering with product managers, engineers, and TPMs across functional areas to solve complex technical problems. Drive architectural decisions, set technical directions for engineering projects, and evangelize high-quality code and engineering best practices. Mentor individuals and build technical communities within the diverse, global team that supports Netflix's content creation workflow from pitch to play.
Required Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience in crafting complex distributed systems
- Recent proficient experience with Java, C# or other OO programming languages
- Solid understanding of OO design principles, concurrency, multi-threading, performance tuning and observability
- Proven track record in architecting, building, and operating distributed systems with high availability, fault tolerance, and performance
- Ability to proactively describe complex technical concepts to a variety of stakeholders, driving conversations and decisions through written and/or verbal communication
- Experience participating in on-call rotation and leading incident reviews
Desired Qualifications
- Product mindset toward infrastructure and platforms
- Experience in developing long-term technical strategies aligning with business goals via appropriate technology investments
- Proficiency with gRPC and/or GraphQL API design and implementation
- Working experience with Kafka, Cassandra, Elasticsearch, Memcached, and/or AWS
- Familiarity with library development and DI frameworks (preferably Spring Boot)
- Experience leveraging AI-assisted coding tools to accelerate the software development lifecycle
- Active seeking out and vetting of new AI-driven development tools to boost overall team productivity and operational efficiency
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