Distributed Systems Engineer L4, GenAI Platform
Description For Distributed Systems Engineer L4, GenAI Platform
Netflix's Platform Engineering organization is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for their GenAI Platform team within the Data Platform. This role focuses on boosting the productivity of Netflix's data science and engineering community by building a developer platform for GenAI applications. The position involves working with LLM models, creating high-level abstraction APIs for RAG, and developing tools for prompt engineering and LLM operations.
The role is part of Netflix's broader mission to maximize data value throughout the organization by improving productivity and innovation. The Data Platform enables Netflix to scale effectively by providing highly performant, secure, compliant, and flexible data infrastructure. The team's culture emphasizes diversity and inclusion, with team members from various countries and educational backgrounds.
As a Distributed Systems Engineer, you'll be responsible for designing and building APIs for language models, developing frameworks for GenAI applications, and maintaining integrations with the Netflix data platform. The position requires strong experience in distributed systems, GenAI technologies, and software development fundamentals.
The compensation package is highly competitive, ranging from $170,000 to $720,000, with the flexibility to choose between salary and stock options. Netflix offers comprehensive benefits including health plans, mental health support, retirement benefits, and generous paid time off policies. The company's unique culture values inclusion, diversity, and equal opportunity, making it an attractive workplace for talented engineers looking to make an impact in the entertainment industry.
Responsibilities For Distributed Systems Engineer L4, GenAI Platform
- Design, build, and deploy APIs to access third-party large language models and internal fine-tuned ML models
- Develop frameworks and components for building GenAI applications
- Develop and maintain integrations between third-party products and the Netflix data platform solutions
- Collaborate with other engineers, product managers, and technical program managers across teams
- Solve real business needs at scale by applying software engineering and analytical problem-solving skills
- Rapidly iterate with users to improve product experiences while establishing foundational capabilities
Requirements For Distributed Systems Engineer L4, GenAI Platform
- 4+ years of software engineering experience with a successful track record of delivering quality results
- Strong interest and experience with the latest GenAI stack (LLMs, RAG, Agents/Tools)
- Strong experience building SDKs and APIs for internal or external products
- Strong software design and development fundamentals, with experience in building and operating scalable, observable, fault-tolerant, distributed systems
- Proficiency in Java, GRPC, Python, Python package management tooling, and GraphQL
- Experience in large-scale build, release, continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD), and observability methods
- Experience designing, building, and deploying ML applications
Benefits For Distributed Systems Engineer L4, GenAI Platform
- Health Plans
- Mental Health support
- 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
- 35 days annually for paid time off (hourly employees)
- Flexible time off (salaried employees)
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