Software Engineer, Node.Js Platform

Job Description

Software Engineer (L5), Node.js Platform

We are the Node.js Platform team, and we are champions for UI (front-end) teams at Netflix. Our mission is to empower them to easily create applications, services, and libraries. We help them focus on innovation by reducing the complexity of building and operating software. We shepherd and evolve the Node.js vision at Netflix.

Developer experience runs in our DNA and influences every facet of our work. Our team provides a Node.js Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) that enables engineers to easily develop and deploy code that meets Netflix's availability, observability, and reliability needs. We also provide an Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) platform that allows engineers to easily and quickly configure domains, routes, and deploy UI code to production. These two mission-critical offerings work together to power Netflix.com, the API services consumed by Netflix devices, and an ecosystem of web applications that support our content production. Both are complete end-to-end offerings that take teams from zero to production.
Our technologies are used by hundreds of engineers. We believe in delivering developer happiness throughout the software development experience. We define our success by our ability to accelerate productivity across Netflix engineering.

This role is focused on elevating the developer experience for our engineering teams using Node.js. The surface area is broad and includes library and framework development, development tooling, production diagnostics and debugging, operations, and developer engagement and developer support.

The team anchors on the human-facing elements of technology. These elements are emphasized in our Culture Memo and are applied in our day-to-day work across the software development lifecycle. Code is a very small slice of this team's impact.

About this Role
• Deeply understand how developers use Node.js at Netflix to create the optimal solutions and abstractions for their use cases, and to help drive and evolve recommended practices
• Collaborate with teams internally and in the Node.js community to shepherd and evolve the Node.js vision at Netflix (aka ''The Paved Road'')
• Provide and integrate the libraries, frameworks, and workflows that enable developers to build their Node.js software within the Netflix cloud ecosystem
• Build, optimize, scale, and operate our PaaS infrastructure for production
• Continuously improve operational excellence through a culture of learning and proactive investments in reliability and resiliency and operational
• Ensure full observability and real-time analytics into the state of Node.js services;
• Define and improve the dependency management, packaging, and publishing story for Node.js
• Identify and address patterns in the application runtime that make it harder for developers to productively build and maintain their software
• Address complex architectural problems with simple, intuitive designs
• Drive adoption of new technology into existing complex systems

Excelling In This Role
• You collaborate effectively with a variety of stakeholder groups: customers, partners, and the external Node.js community
• You build and maintain strong relationships across stakeholder groups
• You create clarity and drive alignment across stakeholder groups on technical and non-technical initiatives
• You are a curious and proactive learner that seeks to minimize assumptions and seeks to deeply understand before writing code or taking action
• You thrive in an ambiguous environment and can self-manage and self-prioritize your time, energy, and resources
• You are a storyteller and can weave a narrative by joining the Netflix ecosystem with the external ecosystem

At Netflix, we carefully consider a wide range of compensation factors to determine your personal top of market. We rely on market indicators to determine compensation and consider your specific job, skills, and experience to get it right. These considerations can cause your compensation to vary and will also be dependent on your location.

The overall market range for roles in this area of Netflix is typically $300,000 - $900,000.

This market range is based on total compensation (vs. only base salary), which is in line with our compensation philosophy. Netflix is a unique culture and environment. Learn more here.

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