Back to all jobs

[Remote] Site Reliability Engineer 5 - Live SRE

Work from home Full-time role Hiring

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Netflix is a leading entertainment company focused on pushing the boundaries of storytelling through technology. The Site Reliability Engineer will support live streaming events by managing cloud traffic and ensuring the infrastructure can handle high API traffic, while also implementing observability and visualizing data for optimal availability.

Responsibilities

  • Drive continual improvement in observability, monitoring, and scalability with the primary goal to solve the thundering herd problem with cloud traffic (API gateway, IPC between microservices) for live streaming
  • Implement, automate, execute, and analyze the results from a broad range of live streaming delivery focused functional, performance, resilience, and fault injection testing
  • Write and review code, develop documentation, and debug complex problems between systems and components
  • Coordination, collaboration, and partnership across multiple stakeholders for the smooth execution of live-streaming events
  • Participate in an on-call rotation and be able to work with flexible hours based on the live events schedule

Skills

  • 5+ years service reliability/operational experience running large scale, high performance systems & internet services with focus on traffic at scale
  • Knowledge of and proven experience with L4 Load Balancer, HTTP cache, and reverse proxy technologies
  • Expert-level knowledge of Unix or Linux systems and TCP/IP network fundamentals
  • Proficient understanding of networking principles, transport, and application protocols, especially DNS, TLS, and HTTP(s) etc
  • Proficient in a programming language such as Go, Python, Rust etc
  • Experience with using real time and BigData analytics processing technologies (Kafka, time series database and Presto/Trino, Spark SQL etc)
  • Ability to work in a highly collaborative environment and to communicate effectively with internal and external partners
  • B.S. in Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering (or equivalent professional experience)

Benefits

  • 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
  • Life and Serious Injury Benefits
  • 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

Company Overview

  • Netflix is an online streaming platform that enables users to watch TV shows and movies. It was founded in 1997, and is headquartered in Los Gatos, California, USA, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is https://www.netflix.com.
  • Company H1B Sponsorship

  • Netflix has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 65 in 2026, 310 in 2025, 309 in 2024, 191 in 2023, 261 in 2022, 268 in 2021, 225 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.
  • Apply To This Job

    More remote roles to explore

    [Remote] Research Scientist 5 - Content Promotion and Distribution

    Work from home Full-time role

    [Remote] Professional Services Consultant

    Work from home Full-time role

    [Remote] Senior Product Manager - Marketing & Media Analytics

    Work from home Full-time role

    [Remote] US Account Executive

    Work from home Full-time role

    [Remote] Senior Consultant - Epic Ambulatory Clinicals Analyst - Remote

    Work from home Full-time role

    [Remote] Account Executive (Enterprise)

    Work from home Full-time role

    [Remote] Epic Senior Consultant - Quality Reporting & Value-Based Care

    Work from home Full-time role

    [Remote] Senior Product Line Manager - UPS Products

    Work from home Full-time role

    [Remote] Senior Software Engineer - Distributed Systems, Fanatics Markets

    Work from home Full-time role

    [Remote] Senior Account Executive, SaaS Sales (Remote - US)

    Work from home Full-time role

    Senior Industrial Engineer - Remote Operations

    Work from home Full-time role

    Experienced Data Entry Specialist – Remote Opportunity with arenaflex

    Work from home Full-time role

    Experienced Remote Customer Service Representative – Delivering Exceptional Arenaflex Experiences from the Comfort of Your Own Home

    Work from home Full-time role

    Experienced Junior Data Entry and Administrative Assistant – Dynamic Office Support Role at arenaflex

    Work from home Full-time role

    Contract/Consultant Biostatistician (remote)

    Work from home Full-time role

    [Remote] Principal Software Engineer - Full Stack

    Work from home Full-time role

    Experienced Remote Data Entry Specialist - Thriving Virtual Work Environment at arenaflex

    Work from home Full-time role

    Remote Occupational Therapy - CT

    Work from home Full-time role

    Analyst - Enterprise Agentic Search Content

    Work from home Full-time role

    Unlock Your Potential: Remote Data Entry Specialist - Entry-Level Opportunity at arenaflex

    Work from home Full-time role