
Site Reliability Engineer – Level 5
Netflix
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Washington • United 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