Software Engineer (L6) - Compute Runtime

Netflix is a global entertainment company focused on entertaining the world through storytelling, fandom, and technology. The Staff Software Engineer will drive the Compute Runtime team’s charter, guide engineering work, and deliver scalable, reliable, and efficient cloud compute platform capabilities. The role focuses on Kubernetes data plane software, container runtimes, container execution, operating systems, operational excellence, and cross-functional innovation.

Responsibilities:

• Deliver compute platform capabilities and drive adoption across Netflix with a focus on engineering excellence, decisive execution, a spirit of bold experimentation, and tight alignment with business context
• You are an expert in building scalable and extensible compute platforms, and even better at working with other experts. You form strong cross-functional partnerships driven by trust, embracing a highly aligned and loosely coupled approach with many engineering teams, ensuring our solutions meet their needs while maintaining our focus on agility, scalability, reliability, and efficiency
• Set the example for operational excellence on the team and across Compute, continuously improving incident response, on-call, and other operational practices
• Maintain currency on, if not create, industry trends for new architectures, features, and off-the-shelf services; guide the team’s decision-making on incorporating industry trends
• You recognize industry trends early and stay ahead by developing new architectures, features, and off-the-shelf services, while guiding the team's decisions on when and how to adopt them. Identifying trends matters, but you go further: driven by a passion to learn from and contribute to the open-source world, you keep a pulse on it to shape and forecast the direction of technology

Requirements:

• A proven track record of architecting and implementing large-scale distributed systems that define and modify infrastructure at 100M+ user scale
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with strong relationship-building ability
• Passion for technology and the ability to jump into an ambiguous area and break down complex problems
• Demonstrated technical leadership to empower the team around you and get the most from diverse stakeholders, including product managers, peer engineers across Netflix, and more
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes and how to abstract away its complexities
• Experience with Golang, Java, and/or Python
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and manage multiple priorities effectively
• You enjoy operating in an environment where there are rarely obvious choices, and decision-making requires balancing correctness, speed, and uncertainty
• You have opinions but are also open to strong feedback
• You are able to execute strategically in the short term while thinking long term
• Have the ability to define and self-manage cross-functional projects fueled by ambiguous questions
• You take pride in your work, and the work your team delivers, and you always think at a team and business level
• You bring an uncomfortably exciting mindset and are comfortable with risk in pursuit of the exceptional