CareerPlan

Data Engineer (L5)

USA - RemoteRemoteFull-time$380k–$610k2025-12-19 → 2026-11-10
Hybrid

Core

Building systems to process data efficiently and modeling data to power analytics for Netflix's streaming video delivery and user experience.

Role type

Senior IC data engineer (distributed systems)

Builds

Batch data pipelines for business metrics and real-time processing services integrating with core product features

Domain

Streaming media, big data infrastructure

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

distributed data processing, software engineering of data services, data modeling, SQL, Java/Scala/Python, Spark, Flink, web-scale datasets, data debugging

Preferred skills

elegant code, independent learning, data intuition, great documentation

Technologies

Spark, Flink, SQL, Java, Scala, Python

Responsibilities

Build batch data pipelines, develop real-time processing services, model data for analytics, collaborate with business and data science teams

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC