Frontend Engineer, Media Infra Systems & Observability - L4

Netflix Netflix · Big Tech · Los Gatos, CA +1 · Engineering

Frontend Engineer role focused on building scalable cloud-based infrastructure systems for media asset generation and an observability layer to enhance operational excellence and developer productivity within the Live & Encoding Technologies organization at Netflix. The role involves developing infrastructure for workflow orchestration, A/B testing, and observability tooling.

What you'd actually do

  1. Develop scalable cloud-based infrastructure systems to support generating media assets of various formats and quality levels.
  2. Build a world-class observability layer that enhances operational excellence and serves as a multiplier for developer productivity.
  3. Develop infrastructure to support workflow orchestration, enable A/B testing, and build observability tooling.
  4. Collaborate with deep domain experts to grasp and translate complex systems and workflows into intuitive and useful UIs.
  5. Take full ownership of projects from conception to production.

Skills

Required

  • React
  • TypeScript
  • GraphQL
  • front-end fundamentals
  • data-heavy UIs
  • developer enablement
  • operational excellence
  • collaboration with domain experts
  • project ownership

Nice to have

  • Java backend systems
  • media encoding system space

What the JD emphasized

  • Strong front-end fundamentals: React, TypeScript, GraphQL
  • Experience building data-heavy UIs - dashboards, operational tools, or developer portals
  • Ability to work directly with engineering partners to define requirements
  • Comfortable reading and debugging backend systems even if you're not the one building them