Security Software Engineer (L6), Platform Security

At Netflix, our mission is to entertain the world. Together, we are writing the next episode - pushing the boundaries of storytelling, global fandom and making the unimaginable a reality. We are a dream team obsessed with the uncomfortable excitement of discovering what happens when you merge creativity, intuition and cutting-edge technology. Come be a part of what’s next.

About the Team

We design, build, and operate the foundational identity and authentication layer for Netflix’s cloud infrastructure. We deliver paved-path services that enable Netflix to scale securely and with velocity, serving as the root of trust for agentic, machine and workload identities. Our scope includes managing core infrastructure like identity provisioning, secret management, mTLS, and secure SSH access. We believe in making the secure path the easy path, delivering resilient, highly available primitives that allow Netflix engineering teams to build securely by default without friction.
 

The Platform Security team is a well-established and cohesive group, providing the support you need to do your best work. We strive to create a positive and supportive work environment that values psychological safety and collaboration over individual achievement. The Netflix culture determines who we hire, how we work together, and how we make decisions. It will inspire you to bring your best every day and to find new ways to make us all better.
 

What You’ll Do

• Help innovate within the domain of agentic identity as we build out a platform offering to enable various GenAI use cases.

• Serve as one of the technical 'North Stars' on the team and advocate for changes, advancements, and innovation within our domain in order to meet business needs.

• Design, build, and maintain critical identity and authentication services 

• Develop features and enhancements related to agentic identity, workload identity, mTLS, and authentication token issuance.

• Collaborate closely with cross-functional partners to deliver secure, reliable, and developer-friendly solutions.

• Participate in our on-call rotation, supporting high-availability services that are critical to Netflix’s security posture.

About You

• Distinguished Technical Leader who identifies and solves highly complex, open-ended problems, driving significant business and technical impact and defining the longer-term technical strategy for identity and authentication at Netflix.

• Advanced proficiency in Java, with extensive experience designing and building scalable, resilient, and secure distributed systems.

• Deep expertise within the security domain, particularly in workload identity, cryptography, or Public Key Infrastructure (PKI). You are considered a thought leader who can directly solve problems that most engineers cannot.

• Connects security and business needs to define the guiding principles for the domain, and you effectively collaborate and influence cross-functionally to drive the adoption of those principles and your technical roadmaps.

• Demonstrates excellent judgment in making complex trade-off decisions, distilling ambiguous problems into elegant, secure-by-default solutions.

• A mentor and collaborator with a team-oriented mindset who tailors communication for a given audience.

Bonus Points For

• Experience in cryptography, secure distributed systems, authentication, or secure hardware

• Familiarity with Go, Python, React, and other languages

• Knowledge of Amazon Web Services

• Experience with full-stack development

If you are passionate about building foundational services that abstract away complexity and enable a secure-by-default environment for engineering teams at scale, and want to help shape the future of agentic and machine identity at Netflix we would love to hear from you!

 

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 $530,000.00 - $920,000.00. This com