Netflix

Site Reliability Engineer – Level 5

Netflix

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: WashingtonUnited States

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Salary

💰 $100,000 - $720,000 per year

About the role

  • Design, implement, and maintain scalable and reliable infrastructure to support Netflix Ads Suite
  • Collaborate with engineering and product teams to integrate observability, reliability, and security considerations into the entire software development lifecycle
  • Coordinate capacity planning as we scale up Dynamic Ad Insertion for global-scale Netflix Live streaming
  • Develop and implement automation tools for monitoring, deployment, and incident response
  • Participate in on-call rotations to ensure the 24/7 health of the Netflix Ad Suite and contribute to incident response, diagnosis, and resolution
  • Implement and maintain a robust incident response framework, including blame-aware incident reviews
  • Proactively identify sources of instability in distributed systems and analyze how complex systems fail
  • Champion and embed a culture of reliability across the Ads organization

Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience as a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE), Production Engineer, or similar role supporting business-critical, high-traffic services
  • Write code to solve problems; proficient in one or more languages like Python, Go, or Java
  • Understand modern cloud infrastructure; hands-on experience with AWS/Azure/GCP, Infrastructure as Code such as Terraform, and container orchestration systems like Kubernetes
  • Understand large-scale distributed systems, their common failure modes and edge cases
  • Excellent communication skills and a proven ability to build relationships with engineering partners
  • Calmly navigate complex production issues, identify root causes, and implement effective, lasting solutions
  • Growth mindset; relentlessly curious and passionate about scaling your expertise
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
  • 35 days annually for paid time off to be used for vacation, holidays, and sick paid time off
  • Flexible time off for full-time salaried employees

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Hard skills
Site Reliability EngineerProduction EngineerPythonGoJavaInfrastructure as CodeTerraformKubernetesautomation toolsincident response
Soft skills
communication skillsrelationship buildingproblem-solvingcalm under pressureroot cause analysiseffective solutionsgrowth mindsetcuriositypassion for expertisecollaboration