Software Engineer 5 - Member, Commerce & Games Engineering

About this role

At Netflix, our mission is to entertain the world. Together, we are writing the next episode - pushing the boundaries of storytelling, global fandom and making the unimaginable a reality. We are a dream team obsessed with the uncomfortable excitement of discovering what happens when you merge creativity, intuition and cutting-edge technology. Come be a part of what’s next.


We are looking for software engineers and distributed systems engineers to work on many of our core backend systems that directly impact our API platform, messaging, personalization, sign-up, partnership, payments, and billing systems.


As an engineer in this function, you are passionate about solving challenging problems with direct business impact across a wide variety of complex distributed systems. You will be expected to work cross-functionally and drive large projects throughout their lifecycle from identifying the problem to launching in production.


Does this sound like something you’d like to do? Awesome, let’s talk specifics.


What We Need From You

• 6-8+ years of professional experience designing, building, and shipping software.
• You are skilled in object-oriented programming and write excellent code.
• You own what you build, beyond just your code. You have a passion for quality.
• You are proficient in systems design. You can craft systems and solutions to realize a range of product and engineering goals.
• You have experience working with large-scale, low-latency distributed systems.
• You love driving real business impact by applying your software engineering, analytical, and collaborative skills across engineering, product, design, ML/data science, and consumer insights.
• You can work through ambiguity, multi-task effectively, and are highly motivated to lead cross-functional projects and deliver high-quality solutions.
• You strive to improve yourself and help your colleagues grow. Your co-workers think of you as someone who is kind and does excellent ...