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[Remote] Software Engineer 4 - Media Encoding Pipelines

๐ŸŒ Remote ยท United States ๐Ÿ’ผ Full-time

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Netflix is an entertainment and streaming company focused on delivering innovative experiences to members and studio customers. The Software Engineer 4 will develop scalable, cloud-based media encoding pipelines supporting workflow orchestration, metadata publishing, task prioritization, and catalog management across streaming and other media services.

Responsibilities

  • The mission of Encoding Technologies is to deliver the best A/V experiences to our members and our studio customers via media innovations
  • A critical component for achieving this goal is highly scalable, cloud-based encoding pipelines that support generating media assets in various formats and quality levels and propagating media metadata associated with these assets across the surrounding ecosystem
  • The Media Encoding Pipelines team focuses on developing such infrastructure to support workflow orchestration, metadata publishing, task prioritization, and catalog management
  • In recent years, our scope has expanded from supporting the on-demand streaming service to ads, free-to-air broadcast television, video podcasts, and more

Skills

  • 2+ years of working experience
  • Proficient in Java and OO design principles
  • Experience in designing and developing large-scale distributed systems
  • Experience with cloud computing platforms such as Amazon AWS
  • Experience in media encoding system development is a plus

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 152 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.
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