Software Engineer (L5) - Traffic Engineering
Core
Design, build, and operate core infrastructure managing traffic flow across Netflix's cloud and edge environments to ensure fast, reliable streaming during massive demand spikes.
Role type
Senior IC distributed systems engineer (traffic engineering)
Builds
Robust, scalable, highly available distributed infrastructure for traffic management, region failover, traffic shaping, and predictive scaling
Domain
Streaming media, cloud infrastructure, distributed systems
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Java, Golang, Python, multi-threading, memory management, distributed systems architecture, automation/orchestration frameworks, predictive modeling, data pipelines
Preferred skills
Traffic engineering experience
Technologies
Java, Golang, Python
Responsibilities
Architect and build scalable distributed infrastructure, develop and maintain high-impact systems, implement automation for scaling and reliability, collaborate on traffic management solutions, operationalize predictive models for real-time scaling
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
