Distributed Systems Engineer Job at Netflix

Netflix is hiring for the role of Distributed Systems Engineer!

Responsibilities of the Candidate:

• You are proficient in at least one major language on the JVM stack (e.g., Java, Scala) and SQL (any variant). You strive to write elegant and maintainable code, and you're comfortable with picking up new technologies.
• You have a product mindset and are curious to understand the business's needs. You have a naturally collaborative style to work with product management, data science, engineering, etc in service of these needs.
• You possess strong data intuition and know how to apply your analytical skills and data engineering fundamentals to support building high-quality data products.
• You have experience building applications that use large-scale distributed systems, data processing frameworks (batch and real-time) e.g. Spark, Flink, etc., and storage solutions. 
• You understand how ML systems consume data—features, inference inputs, labels, and reward signals—and you use that knowledge to design low-latency, reliable data products that directly support personalized experiences 

Requirements:

• You are passionate about making data available for self-service and wider integration. 
• You can craft scalable systems and solutions to realize a range of product and engineering goals.  
• You have a strong operational awareness and design multi-tenant systems that can handle high-scale and high-throughput demands while being easy to operate, monitor, scale, and maintain 24x7.
• You prioritize observability in your designs, ensuring systems are equipped with comprehensive monitoring, logging, and alerting to facilitate proactive issue detection and resolution.
• You own what you build, beyond just your code and have a passion for quality.
• You are comfortable working in the most agile of environments with vague requirements. You are nimble and can pivot easily when needed. You are unafraid to take smart risks.