Netflix

Security Software Engineer L5, Cryptography Services Team

Netflix

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: United States

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Salary

💰 $400,000 - $680,000 per year

About the role

  • Design, build, and maintain cryptographic services used by platforms and applications across Netflix.
  • Develop features and enhancements for our Crypto-as-a-Service platform, PKI, and certificate lifecycle management tools.
  • Collaborate closely with cross-functional partners to deliver secure, reliable, and developer-friendly solutions.
  • Participate in our on-call rotation, supporting high-availability services that are critical to Netflix’s security posture.
  • Help drive our vision to centralize and standardize cryptographic solutions for repeatable, broadly applicable use cases.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of software engineering experience, including several years focused on security or cryptography.
  • Advanced proficiency in Java (required), with experience building scalable and resilient distributed systems.
  • Deep expertise in TLS, certificate management, and secure communications at scale.
  • Knowledge of key management, HSMs, and applied cryptography in production environments.
  • Experience building and automating security solutions for distributed, high-availability systems.
  • Excellent communication skills and a collaborative, team-oriented mindset.
  • Bonus Points For Full-stack development experience.
  • Experience with Go, Python, React, or other modern languages and frameworks.
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
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Hard Skills & Tools
JavaTLScertificate managementsecure communicationskey managementHSMsapplied cryptographyGoPythonReact
Soft Skills
communication skillscollaborative mindsetteam-oriented