Netflix is one of the world's leading entertainment services, with 283 million paid memberships in over 190 countries enjoying TV series, films and games across a wide variety of genres and languages. Members can play, pause and resume watching as much as they want, anytime, anywhere, and can change their plans at any time.
We’re looking for a Live Streaming Software Engineer to join our Live Streaming Pipeline team, where you’ll help design, build, and maintain scalable audio, video, and text processing workflows for live streaming. You’ll play a key role in improving the reliability and efficiency of our live event infrastructure, working across both engineering and operations to deliver high-quality streams at scale.
Responsibilities
Design, develop, and maintain media encoding pipelines and live streaming workflows for both cloud and on-premise environments.
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.
Qualifications
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).
Familiarity with contribution hardware and signal processing in baseband or ST 2110 workflows.
Inclusion is a Netflix value and we strive to host a meaningful interview experience for all candidates. If you want an accommodation/adjustment for a disability or any other reason during the hiring process, please send a request to your recruiting partner.
We are an equal-opportunity employer and celebrate diversity, recognizing that diversity builds stronger teams. We approach diversity and inclusion seriously and thoughtfully. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, ancestry, national origin, caste, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, age, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic makeup, marital status, or military service.
Job is open for no less than 7 days and will be removed when the position is filled.
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