Software Engineer, L5 – JavaScript Platform

Netflix

. Define and evolve internal CLIs and SDKs for browser, backend, and library JavaScript software .

Posted 9/17/2026full-timeRemote • United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $388,000 - $558,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in designing and operating CI/CD workflows, improving developer tooling, and evolving internal CLIs and SDKs for JavaScript software. Proven ability to enhance platform observability and performance while collaborating across teams to deliver high-quality engineering solutions.

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CI/CD Workflow DesignJavaScript Application DevelopmentPlatform Interface EvolutionDeveloper Tooling ImprovementInfrastructure Integration

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Hard Skills

CI/CD SystemsBuild PipelinesArtifact ManagementIncremental BuildsObservabilityPerformance OptimizationJavaScript SoftwareMonoreposLocal Development ToolingTechnical Design Feedback

Soft Skills

Cross-Team CollaborationNegotiationProblem-SolvingCustomer Support BalancingTechnical Ambiguity Resolution

Industry Keywords

Deployment IntegrationsShared InfrastructureEngineering QualityCode FeedbackTechnical Debt Reduction

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Define and evolve internal CLIs and SDKs for browser, backend, and library JavaScript software
Partner with JavaScript software teams to create cleaner, more independent platform interfaces
Own the core application development platform, CI/CD workflows, supporting services, and libraries
Improve platform observability and performance while protecting business-critical infrastructure
Drive the monorepo and local development experience across software categories
Own infrastructure and deployment integrations with Netflix’s broader deployment ecosystem
Support JavaScript developers and elevate their daily software-building and shipping experience
Provide technical design and code feedback that raises engineering quality across the team

Requirements

What you’ll need

Experience designing and operating CI/CD and release systems at real scale, including build pipelines, caching and incremental builds, artifact management, and deploy safety
Experience supporting engineers who build on a platform and improving developer tooling ergonomics
Ability to define and evolve interfaces, including internal CLIs and SDKs
Ability to partner across teams, align on shared interfaces, negotiate boundaries, and unblock work
Ability to design for extensibility while balancing practicality
Ability to balance immediate customer support needs with longer-term technical debt reduction and feature delivery
Record of turning technical ambiguity into clear requirements
Rigor in validating changes to shared infrastructure before release
Ability to raise engineering quality through patterns, interfaces, design feedback, and code feedback
Experience with JavaScript software, application development platforms, CI/CD workflows, infrastructure, deployment integrations, monorepos, local development tooling, observability, and performance optimization

Benefits

Comp & perks

Stock Option Program
Health Plans
Mental Health support
401(k) Retirement Plan with employer match
Disability Programs
Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts
Family-forming benefits
Life and Serious Injury Benefits
Paid leave of absence programs
Flexible time off for full-time salaried employees