Netflix is seeking a software technical lead for the Open Connect team, responsible for evolving the automated CI/CD and validation infrastructure for edge appliances. This role involves ensuring the fleet's security, reliability, and performance through strong automation and testing, while collaborating with various teams to drive technical solutions.

• 10+ years software engineering experience, including ownership of CI/CD systems and architecting large scale test automation.
• Strong coding ability in Python, Rust, and/or Go, with comfort writing shell scripts.
• Deep hands-on experience with Linux and/or FreeBSD in systems contexts.
• Strong ability to design, build, and operate cloud services that support CI/CD and test automation.
• Experience designing automated test frameworks for reliability, performance, and integration testing.
• Proven ability to provide technical leadership across teams.
• Experience with modern CI systems and build and release pipelines such as GitHub Actions or Jenkins.
• Strong debugging skills across distributed systems and low-level systems boundaries.

• Own and build scalable testing infrastructure and end-to-end automated validation for edge appliances.
• Improve failure triage with AI-assisted tooling.
• Lead and mentor engineers building and maintaining test automation.
• Partner with OS, security, hardware, and application teams for validation.
• Debug complex regressions across hardware/firmware/OS boundaries.
• Build dashboards and alerting for regression detection and release readiness.

• Employees at Netflix are often offered flexible, people-first benefits—unlimited time away, generous parental leave, global family-forming support, mental-health programs (mindfulness, free counseling/coaching), and health coverage tailored by country. Financially, Netflix pays at personal top-of-market and lets employees choose their mix of cash vs. fully-vested 10-year stock options, alongside donation and volunteer matching. Convenience perks can include trust-based travel/expense policies, relocation support, and “Work, Not Drive” rideshare flexibility.