Senior Systems Engineer, Netflix
DevOps
$100-720k
+ Stock options
Streaming service
Job no longer available
Streaming service
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$100-720k
+ Stock options
1001+ employees
Company mission
Entertainment, like friendship, is a fundamental human need; it changes how we feel and gives us common ground. Netflix is better entertainment at lower cost and greater scale than the world has ever seen. They want to entertain everyone, and make the world smile.
Role
Who you are
- Systems Engineering experience supporting and operating Active Directory, Microsoft Azure, and Google Workspace in an Enterprise Environment
- Strong background in designing scalable, reliable, and efficient systems. Including understanding trade-offs in system design, design for fault tolerance and recovery, and knowledge of best practices in distributed systems
- Know one or more general-purpose programming languages including but not limited to Python, Javascript, or Go
- Working knowledge utilizing APIs for integration/ETL automation
- Ability to use well-established enterprise standards, processes, and procedures to ensure engineering projects are delivered in a timely fashion with high-quality work products
- Ability to manage and maintain AWS infrastructure to support production systems
- Understanding SDLC and project management frameworks agile, scrum and iterative
- Exposure to directory services and cloud identity providers (Okta, Google, Azure AD/Entra ID)
- Well-versed in producing technical documentation that conveys the story of business impact
- Production experience utilizing CI/CD for code deployment
What the job involves
- The N-Tech Systems Engineering team at Netflix focuses on improving the employee experience, collaboration, and productivity of our global employees and support teams
- As a centralized engineering team responsible for helping Netflix employees with how they work, we aim to remove friction, simplify workflows by increasing automation, and provide technical solutions so they can focus on bringing engaging stories to our members all over the world
- This role will focus on engineering solutions for Active Directory, Microsoft Azure and Google Workspace products
- As a member of the N-Tech Systems Engineering team, you will be responsible for developing tools and services that support Netflix’s Active Directory infrastructure
- Implement and enforce security policies, access controls, and group memberships within Active Directory
- You will establish the technical strategy and offer insights on the deployment of Microsoft Azure & Google Workspace products and services through collaboration with stakeholders and by understanding business use cases
- You will be collaborating with cross-functional teams to design and implement solutions that meet the needs of our stakeholders and business
- You’ll help maintain and document services owned by the team to ensure our runbooks and processes stay up to date
- Participate in a weekly on-call rotation with the team, be responsible for answering operational questions during business hours, and be available during off-hours for emergency pages
- Stay up to date on the latest trends and technologies of the N-Tech Systems Engineering service portfolio
Otta's take
Xav Kearney
CTO of Otta
Netflix was started when one of the co-founders had received a $40 late fee after failing to return a film on time. Now, Netflix is one of the fastest growing technology companies, reinventing the entertainment space by providing high quality content for low fees.
This is becoming an increasingly competitive space, with deep-pocketed rivals including Amazon, Disney, Apple and AT&T. They are all spending big on content and pricing cheaply in a battle to win subscribers.
After a dwindling number of subscribers due to tough competition in 2022, Netflix is focused and committed to improving its core service which is its TV, movies and now games going forward. Post-IPO funding of $183 million from Winslow Capital at the end of 2023 followed the previous year's dumping of shares by the same company after Netflix's first loss of subscribers. This capital indicates a shifting perspective on Netflix's outlook, which saw a year-end subscriber boost.
Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
-8% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Apr 2000
$50m
SERIES E
Jul 1999
$30m
SERIES D
Total funding: $103.5m
Company benefits
- Work from home opportunities
Company values
- Inclusion
- You work well with people of different backgrounds, identities, values and cultures
- You are excited to help build diverse teams where everyone feels welcomed and respected
- You recognize we all have biases and work to counteract them
- You take action if someone is marginalizing a colleague
- You treat everyone with respect regardless of their position at Netflix
- Integrity
- You exhibit and are known for candor and transparency
- You only say things about colleagues that you are willing to share with them
- You admit mistakes openly and share learnings widely
- You always share relevant information internally, even when uncomfortable
- You act with good intent and trust your colleagues to do the same
- Passion
- You care deeply about Netflix‘s success
- You inspire others with your drive for excellence
- You are excited about your work
- You are proud to entertain the world
- You are tenacious and optimistic
- Innovation
- You develop new ideas that prove impactful
- You look for every opportunity to reduce complexity and keep things simple
- You challenge prevailing assumptions, and suggest better approaches
- You are flexible and thrive in a constantly evolving organization
- Curiosity
- You learn rapidly and eagerly
- You seek alternate perspectives to improve your ideas
- You see patterns and connections that other people miss
- You seek to understand members’ changing tastes and desires
Company HQ
Los Gatos, CA
Founders
Reed Hastings
(Chairman)Served two years with the Peace Corps in Switzerland. Studied Computer Science at Stanford, and founded Pure Software (which sold for a substantial profit before Netflix). Previously a Board Member at Microsoft and Facebook.
Greg Peters
(Co-CEO)Previously Netflix COO and CPO, SVP and CE of Product Development at Macrovision, VP of Engineering at Mediabolic, Director at Redhat inc, VP Engineering at NOCpulse.
People progressing
Joined as a Content Strategy Associate in LA. Moved to London after 6 months. They have been promoted to Head of Content Strategy & Analysis UK.
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