Software Engineer 5 - Developer Automation Platform

Netflix Los Gatos hybrid

full-time

388000 - 558000 USD

Posted on 9 February 2026

Overview

Senior platform engineer to design, operate, and scale core infrastructure and services for Netflix's Test Automation Platform, with emphasis on reliability, MongoDB optimization, and paved-path developer tooling.

Requirements

• Strong backend engineering experience in at least one language (e.g., Java, Python, Go) • Deep understanding of distributed systems fundamentals (latency, throughput, retries, consistency/availability tradeoffs) • Experience with cloud provider technologies (AWS, GCP, Azure) • Practical networking troubleshooting skills (HTTP, TCP, DNS) • Experience building developer/platform tooling, CI/CD, and observability • Operational experience running large-scale services and datastores