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[Remote] Site Reliability Engineer 5 - Live SRE

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Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Netflix is a leading entertainment company focused on pushing the boundaries of storytelling through technology. The Site Reliability Engineer will support live streaming events by managing cloud traffic and ensuring the infrastructure can handle high API traffic, while also implementing observability and visualizing data for optimal availability.

Responsibilities

  • Drive continual improvement in observability, monitoring, and scalability with the primary goal to solve the thundering herd problem with cloud traffic (API gateway, IPC between microservices) for live streaming
  • Implement, automate, execute, and analyze the results from a broad range of live streaming delivery focused functional, performance, resilience, and fault injection testing
  • Write and review code, develop documentation, and debug complex problems between systems and components
  • Coordination, collaboration, and partnership across multiple stakeholders for the smooth execution of live-streaming events
  • Participate in an on-call rotation and be able to work with flexible hours based on the live events schedule

Skills

  • 5+ years service reliability/operational experience running large scale, high performance systems & internet services with focus on traffic at scale
  • Knowledge of and proven experience with L4 Load Balancer, HTTP cache, and reverse proxy technologies
  • Expert-level knowledge of Unix or Linux systems and TCP/IP network fundamentals
  • Proficient understanding of networking principles, transport, and application protocols, especially DNS, TLS, and HTTP(s) etc
  • Proficient in a programming language such as Go, Python, Rust etc
  • Experience with using real time and BigData analytics processing technologies (Kafka, time series database and Presto/Trino, Spark SQL etc)
  • Ability to work in a highly collaborative environment and to communicate effectively with internal and external partners
  • B.S. in Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering (or equivalent professional experience)

Benefits

  • 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
  • Life and Serious Injury Benefits
  • 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

Company Overview

  • Netflix is an online streaming platform that enables users to watch TV shows and movies. It was founded in 1997, and is headquartered in Los Gatos, California, USA, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is https://www.netflix.com.
  • Company H1B Sponsorship

  • Netflix has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 65 in 2026, 310 in 2025, 309 in 2024, 191 in 2023, 261 in 2022, 268 in 2021, 225 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.
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