- You have deep knowledge of DRM systems and content protection handling for streaming media, with extensive experience in client-server security protocols and adaptive streaming technologies such as MPEG-DASH, HTML5 MSE, and EME.
- You have 8+ years of software development experience, with expertise in streaming media playback and content protection technologies. Experience with live streaming or Dynamic Ad Insertion (DAI) is a plus.
- You have architected content security and player solutions to complex problems in the streaming space and carried them from design through production rollout.
- You are an expert in TypeScript, Node.js and proficient in C++. You set the bar for code quality and maintainability on your team.
- You have a solid understanding of networking protocols HTTP, TCP, UDP and WebSockets and transport security mechanisms.
- You have designed experiments, analyzed the data, and used it to improve streaming quality and to influence decisions beyond your own team.
- You have shipped software at scale and developed software for Smart TVs, set-top boxes, or streaming sticks.
- You have grown and mentored other engineers, and peers seek you out for design feedback and technical judgment.
- You go deeper to find root causes, and you can reason through client, network, and backend interactions in a domain where playback failures are often hard to reproduce.
- You communicate complex technical issues clearly to engineers, product managers, data science partners, and leadership, and you build collaboration across team boundaries.
- You are curious, self-motivated, selfless, and seek other perspectives to improve your ideas.
Generally, our compensation structure consists solely of an annual salary; we do not have bonuses. You choose each year how much of your compensation you want in salary versus stock options. To determine your personal top of market compensation, we rely on market indicators and consider your specific job family, background, skills, and experience to determine your compensation in the market range. The range for this role is $388,000.00 - $558,000.00.
Netflix provides comprehensive benefits including 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, and Life and Serious Injury Benefits. We also offer 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. See more details about our Benefits here.
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