Software Engineer (L5+L6) - Cloud Application Platform

Netflix; Los Gatos (CA); On-site; USD 499,000 - 900,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health plans

Mental health support

401(k) with employer match

Stock option program

Disability programs

Health savings account

Job summary

Netflix in Los Gatos, CA seeks engineers to scale the Netflix Cloud developer platforms, owning end-to-end experiences across the SDLC and building Tier-0 control planes for core infrastructure.

You will define sandboxing and governance primitives for AI agents, and balance self-serve with guardrails while delivering reliable, scalable, cost-effective solutions.

Qualifications

• Has built or scaled a developer platform in production.
• High product leverage: decisions should be driven by customer goals and adoption constraints.
• Comfortable with ambiguity and quick iteration through PoCs.
• Proficient in a multi-language, multi-service codebase (Java/Kotlin/Go or equivalent).
• Strong distributed systems fundamentals: race conditions, synchronization, control plane design.

Responsibilities

• Scale Netflix’s developer platforms from early adoption to broad usage by making high-leverage product decisions and partnering across all engineering orgs.
• Own the end-to-end Netflix Cloud developer experience across the SDLC, from discovery and configuration through deploy, operate, and debug.
• Build and run Tier-0 control planes for core infrastructure workflows, with accountability for reliability, scalability, and cost.
• Define how AI agents safely interact with Netflix infrastructure by building sandboxing, identity, and governance primitives and shared human/agent interfaces.
• Set the boundary between self-serve and guardrails by choosing platform defaults, provider guarantees, and where the platform stays out of the way.

Skills

Developer platform ownership

Multi-language codebase

Distributed systems

Go/Java/Kotlin

Tools

Spinnaker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Job description

At Netflix, our mission is to entertain the world. Together, we are writing the next episode - pushing the boundaries of storytelling, global fandom and making the unimaginable a reality. We are a dream team obsessed with the uncomfortable excitement of discovering what happens when you merge creativity, intuition and cutting-edge technology. Come be a part of what’s next.

About the Team

Netflix Cloud is the infrastructure every Netflix service runs on. Within it, the Infrastructure Management org builds the platforms engineers use to provision, configure, and operate it - safely, at scale, across every team at the company. We build and run Netflix’s infrastructure-as-code product - the front door to Netflix Cloud - integrated with Spinnaker and our SDLC. We also own the durable execution platform powering Tier‑0 control planes and increasingly serving as the backbone for AI/agentic workloads. And we’re developing agent sandbox primitives so agent execution can scale safely across every compute environment as agentic development outpaces governance. We're looking for engineers who think like startup founders, partner deeply across the company, and treat the platform as a product with real users and real stakes.

What You Will Do

• Scale Netflix’s developer platforms from early adoption to broad, exponential usage by making high-leverage product decisions and partnering across all engineering orgs
• Own the end-to-end Netflix Cloud developer experience across the SDLC, from discovery and configuration through deploy, operate, and debug
• Build and run Tier‑0 control planes for core infrastructure workflows, with direct accountability for reliability, scalability, and cost
• Define how AI agents safely interact with Netflix infrastructure by building sandboxing, identity, and governance primitives and shared human/agent interfaces
• Set the boundary between self-serve and guardrails by choosing platform defaults, provider guarantees, and where the platform stays out of the way

What We Are Looking For

• Has built or scaled a developer platform in production - not contributed to one, owned one
• High product leverage: consistently makes strong product decisions, builds backward from customer goals and adoption constraints, not forwards from tech
• Comfortable in ambiguity: sets direction with minimal structure, iterates via PoCs, converges quickly, solutions are simpler than the problems
• Comfortable in a multi-language, multi-service codebase (Java/Kotlin/Go or equivalent mix); ramps fast on unfamiliar systems
• Strong distributed systems fundamentals: race conditions, signal synchronization, control plane design; has failures to prove it

Generally, 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 $499,000.00 - $900,000.00.

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 details about our Benefits here.

Netflix is a unique culture and environment. Learn more 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.