Software Engineer - Data (L5) - Consumer Data Systems

Netflix is one of the world's leading entertainment services, with over 300 million paid memberships in over 190 countries enjoying TV series, films and games across a wide variety of genres and languages. Members can play, pause and resume watching as much as they want, anytime, anywhere, and can change their plans at any time.

The Consumer Data Systems team is dedicated to curating high-quality, high-fidelity data and building scalable, real-time services that power world-class ML and GenAI systems across core product verticals, including Gaming, Streaming, and Ads. As a pivotal member of the team, you will design, develop, and maintain the data foundation and real-time APIs that enable exceptional consumer experiences and business insights at Netflix scale. You will work across the full software development lifecycle, partnering with diverse stakeholders, and acting as a bridge between data producers and consumers.

We are seeking experienced engineers with a passion for data, distributed systems, and engineering excellence—those who thrive in fast-paced, ambiguous environments and are committed to delivering high-quality, reliable, and scalable solutions.

Responsibilities

• Work across all phases of the software development lifecycle: planning, design, implementation, deployment, operations, and support.

• Architect, develop, and maintain high-performance, scalable, and reliable data-oriented services and distributed systems (using Spark, Flink, Cassandra, etc.).

• Build and maintain production data systems and real-time APIs that serve as the backbone for consumer-facing algorithms (traditional ML-based and LLM-based).

• Design intuitive schemas and data models, ensuring data quality and elegant dataset design.

• Collaborate openly with cross-functional teams and infrastructure partners, providing architectural guidance and technical direction.

• Communicate complex technical ideas effectively to diverse stakeholders.

• Provide on-call support and operational excellence for business-critical systems.

• Drive innovation and continuous improvement, influencing change through clear communication and feedback.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience designing and implementing highly scalable, fault-tolerant distributed systems and microservices at internet scale.

• Expertise working with distributed data (PB+ scale), including real-time stream processing and extending distributed database systems such as Cassandra.

• Proficiency in at least one major programming language (e.g., Java, Scala), with the ability to quickly learn new technologies.

• Hands-on experience with schema design, data modeling, and preparing data for ML use cases.

• Experience building highly available, reliable web applications and services for online data serving.

• Strong attention to detail, with a bias for action and a passion for engineering excellence.

• Ability to navigate and prioritize in ambiguous, fast-paced environments, owning solutions end-to-end.

• Comfortable giving and receiving feedback, and collaborating with teams across Gaming, Ads, and Streaming.

• Both a leader and a learner, able to operate with humility and maturity.

Our compensation structure consists solely of an annual salary; we do not have bonuses. You choose each year how much of your compensation you want in salary versus stock options. To determine your personal top of market compensation, we rely on market indicators and consider your specific job family, background, skills, and experience to determine your compensation in the market range. The range for this role is $100,000 - $720,000.

Netflix provides comprehensive benefits including Health Plans, Mental Health support, a 401(k) Retirement Plan with employer match, Stock Option Program, Disability Programs, Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts, Family-forming benefits, and Life and Serious Injury Benefits. We also offer paid leave of absence programs.  Full-time hourly employees accrue 35 days annually for paid time off to be used for vacation, holidays, and sick paid time off. Full-time salaried employees are immediately entitled to flexible time off. See more detail about our Benefits here.

Inclusion is a Netflix value and we strive to host a meaningful interview experience for all candidates. If you want an accommodation/adjustment for a disability or any other reason during the hiring process, please send a request to your recruiting partner.

We are an equal-opportunity employer and celebrate diversity, recognizing that diversity builds stronger teams. We approach diversity and inclusion seriously and thoughtfully. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, ancestry, national origin, caste, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, age, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic makeup, marital status, or military service.

Job is open for no less than 7 days and will be removed when the position is filled.