Senior Software Engineer, Open Connect Edge Accelerator

Netflix

full-time

Posted on: 10/16/2025

Location Type: Remote

Location: Remote • 🇺🇸 United States

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💰 $100,000 - $720,000 per year

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About the role

Looking for a senior software engineer to improve the solution and build new features.
Working with latency measurements, steering solutions, low-latency reverse proxy, failover mechanisms, protocol optimizations and DDoS protection.
Working hands-on and be self-directed in a fast-paced environment that offers both autonomy and accountability.
Able to see beyond immediate specs, summarize requirements, and architect forward-looking solutions.
Capable of working in a cross-functional collaborative environment alongside your teammates.
Advocate for the customer who is passionate about addressing customer pain points.

Deep understanding of the Internet protocols like TCP, TLS, HTTP and DNS.
5+ years of expertise in C, C++ or Go, with confidence and experience in debugging and problem-solving skills.
Experience building and maintaining highly distributed, scalable, low-latency, fault-tolerant production systems.
Great communication and documentation skills targeted at cross-team collaboration.
Motivated by “the art of possible” and able to balance idealism and pragmatism.
Cool-headed during production issues, able to focus on problem resolution.
Bonus Skills Perl, Python or Java
Data crunching using Trino, Kibana, Tableau, Superset, or similar
FreeBSD or any POSIX environment
Application, system and network profiling techniques

Benefits

Health Plans
Mental Health support
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

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