Live Streaming Software Engineer

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November 23

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Netflix

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B2C • eCommerce • Media

Netflix is a global streaming service that offers a wide variety of award-winning television shows, movies, anime, documentaries, and more on thousands of internet-connected devices. It allows users to watch instantly and provides original content produced by Netflix itself, catering to diverse tastes. As a pioneer in original programming since its first series in 2013, Netflix aims to entertain audiences worldwide through immersive storytelling and innovative technology.

- employees

Founded 1997

👥 B2C

🛍️ eCommerce

📱 Media

💰 $20M Post-IPO Equity on 2022-01

📋 Description

• Help design, build, and maintain scalable audio, video, and text processing workflows for live streaming. • Play a key role in improving the reliability and efficiency of live event infrastructure. • Work across both engineering and operations to deliver high-quality streams at scale. • Build infrastructure, tools, and real-time monitoring systems to support live video delivery and operational visibility. • Automate quality control and alerting mechanisms to detect and resolve streaming issues rapidly. • Partner closely with the Live Broadcast Operations team to improve operational efficiency and stream reliability. • Provide engineering support during live events to ensure broadcast quality. • Adapt to flexible working hours aligned with live event schedules.

🎯 Requirements

• 4+ years of professional experience building scalable backend systems. • 3+ years of experience with live streaming workflows and infrastructure. • Proficient in Java; experience with Go, Python, JavaScript, or Rust is a plus. • Experience with scripting and automation tools. • Deep knowledge of digital video fundamentals, compression (AVC, HEVC, DD+, Atmos, HDR), distribution formats (MPEG-TS, HLS, DASH), and signaling (SCTE-35, ESNI). • Familiarity with video transport protocols such as RTP, RTMP, SRT, UDP, Zixi, and RIST. • Experience with container formats such as MP4 (ISOBMFF) and CMAF, including segmenting, muxing, and stream packaging for live and on-demand delivery. • Understanding of advertisement insertion workflows and DRM (Fairplay, PlayReady, Widevine). • Strong debugging, analytical, and problem-solving skills. • Nice-to-have: Experience with encoding ladders, video compression tuning, and quality optimization. • Proficiency with AWS, Linux/Windows CLI, and open-source multimedia frameworks (e.g., FFmpeg, GStreamer).

🏖️ Benefits

• Inclusion is a Netflix value and we strive to host a meaningful interview experience for all candidates.