Principal Software Engineer

Netflix Studios; Flagstaff (AZ); On-site; USD 176,000 - 236,000; Full time

Job summary

Netflix Studios in Flagstaff, AZ seeks a Principal Software Engineer to accelerate Google Cloud workloads with .NET Core, Kubernetes, and Change Management. This role offers $176,000–$236,000 per year with mentorship and growth.

You will own scale-out data pipelines, design sequence diagrams, and defend recommendations to stakeholders while translating PHP complexity for a non-technical audience. You will implement RESTful APIs and ensure reliable integration tests, pairing .NET Core with

Qualifications

• Ability to defend a recommendation before skeptical stakeholders.
• Judgment to apply the textbook answer when needed.
• Experience translating PHP complexity for non-technical audiences.
• Proven ability to stay composed when scope changes.
• Strong collaboration with Change Management teams.
• Experience with PHP and .NET Core ecosystems.

Responsibilities

• Scale data pipelines processing millions of events with .NET Core.
• Sketch Google Cloud sequence diagrams that make the technology flow obvious to everyone.
• Walk technology stakeholders through Kubernetes tradeoffs in language Netflix Studios execs grasp.
• Own the metrics-driven edge cases in Netflix Studios' .NET Core billing nobody else wants to touch.
• Wire Kubernetes APIs to Change Management consumers so data lands where Flagstaff teams expect it.
• Develop and maintain RESTful APIs powering core Netflix Studios products.
• Pair .NET Core and Kubernetes in a pipeline Netflix Studios can extend without your help later.
• Write the .NET Core integration tests that catch regressions before Flagstaff, AZ ships them.

Skills

Persuasion

Change Management

PHP familiarity

Non-technical briefing

Calm under pressure

PHP translation

Job description

We're hiring a Principal Software Engineer for the unglamorous, essential work of making Google Cloud fast enough that nobody notices it at all. Put your 9 years of experience to work in a $176,000 - $236,000 role with ownership, mentorship, and room to grow.

Key Responsibilities

• Scale data pipelines processing millions of events with .NET Core
• Sketch Google Cloud sequence diagrams that make the technology flow obvious to everyone
• Walk technology stakeholders through Kubernetes tradeoffs in language Netflix Studios execs grasp
• Own the metrics-driven edge cases in Netflix Studios's .NET Core billing nobody else wants to touch
• Wire Kubernetes APIs to Change Management consumers so data lands where Flagstaff teams expect it
• Develop and maintain RESTful APIs powering core Netflix Studios products
• Pair .NET Core and Kubernetes in a pipeline Netflix Studios can extend without your help later
• Write the .NET Core integration tests that catch regressions before Flagstaff, AZ ships them

What You'll Bring

• Comfort defending a recommendation in front of skeptics
• Proven Persuasion judgment when the textbook answer doesn't fit
• Working knowledge of Change Management alongside transferable PHP chops
• Demonstrated calm when a Flagstaff, AZ client changes scope mid-stream
• Experience translating PHP complexity for a non-technical audience
• The judgment to distinguish a fire drill from an actual fire
• The composure to deliver bad news early and clearly

Netflix Studios blends Google Cloud and .NET Core into technology products that feel, in the remote-native words of its Flagstaff, AZ founders, inevitable. You set the boundaries of your contract schedule and we respect them without the side-eye.

The offer rewards both ends, $176,000 - $236,000 for your Change Management today and mentorship for the principal leader you become tomorrow.

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