This role is responsible for maintaining the reliability, scalability, and observability of the end-to-end live streaming infrastructure, including encoding, transmission, packaging, and origin services. The engineer will support day-to-day live-streaming operations and ensure system performance under global scale.
Responsibilities
- Lead ongoing improvements in system resilience, monitoring, automation, and observability to support highly scalable services worldwide
- Design, automate, and execute functional, performance, and fault injection tests focused on live streaming delivery, then analyze results to enhance system robustness
- Collaborate with multiple teams to ensure seamless execution of live-streaming events
- Collect, analyze, and correlate large-scale server and application performance data using Netflix’s Big Data platform to optimize service delivery and reliability
- Participate in on-call rotations and adapt to flexible working hours aligned with live event schedules
Requirements
- Minimum of 5 years of operational experience managing large-scale, high-performance internet services, with a focus on live-streaming and video-on-demand delivery
- Hands-on experience with video transport protocols including RTP, RTMP, SRT, UDP, Zixi, RIST, HLS, and MPEG-DASH
- Proven background supporting large-scale live-streaming delivery using HTTP cache and proxy technologies
- Deep understanding of Unix and Linux system engineering at scale, including networking, storage, and operating systems
- Strong knowledge of networking fundamentals and protocols such as TCP/IP, BGP, DNS, TLS, and HTTP/S
- Experience using distributed data processing tools like Hive, Presto/Trino, and Spark SQL
- Proficiency in programming languages such as Python or Go
- Ability to communicate clearly and collaborate effectively with internal and external stakeholders
Nice to Have
- Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or equivalent professional experience
Tech Stack
RTP, RTMP, SRT, UDP, Zixi, RIST, HLS, MPEG-DASH, HTTP, TCP/IP, BGP, DNS, TLS, Hive, Presto/Trino, Spark SQL, Python, Go, Unix, Linux
Benefits
- Comprehensive health insurance plans
- Mental health support services
- 401(k) retirement plan with employer matching contributions
- Stock Option Program available to employees
- Disability insurance programs
- Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts
- Family-forming benefits to support diverse paths to parenthood
- Life and serious injury protection benefits
- Paid leave of absence programs
- Full-time hourly employees receive 35 days of paid time off annually for vacation, holidays, and sick leave
- Full-time salaried employees have immediate access to flexible time off
Compensation
Annual salary ranges from $388,000.00 to $558,000.00 depending on location. Employees may choose to receive part of their compensation as stock options. No bonuses are provided; total compensation consists solely of base salary and equity.
Work Arrangement
Local-country position based in Romania with flexible hours determined by live event schedules. On-call rotation is a required component of the role.
Team
Cross-functional team responsible for operating and improving the live streaming pipeline.
- Inclusion is a core company value
- Committed to equal opportunity employment
- Takes diversity and inclusion seriously and thoughtfully
- Fosters a culture of innovation and creativity
- Focuses on combining creativity, intuition, and advanced technology
Additional Information
- The job posting will remain open for at least 7 days and will be taken down once the position is filled
- On-call duties are an integral part of the role
- Flexible working hours are required due to the nature of live event scheduling
- Accommodations are available during the hiring process upon request
- Prohibits discrimination based on race, religion, color, ancestry, national origin, caste, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, marital status, or military service
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