Systems Software Engineer L4

Netflix is one of the world's leading entertainment services, with 283 million paid memberships in over 190 countries enjoying TV series, films and games across a wide variety of genres and languages. Members can play, pause and resume watching as much as they want, anytime, anywhere, and can change their plans at any time.

Open Connect (OC)  is a critical group within Netflix that builds and manages a content delivery network (CDN) that delivers all of Netflix’s streaming video. In addition to streaming video, we work on projects within Netflix that leverage physical infrastructure, such as our Cloud Games initiative. According to a 2023 Sandvine report, data delivered by Open Connect accounts for approximately 15% of all downstream traffic volume across the entire internet. All of this traffic is delivered by our edge cache servers. 

A small team of talented software engineers develop and maintain the operating system that runs the content caches and the cloud gaming platform. Because of the important role of these servers, it is critical that they be both efficient and secure.

We are looking for a highly motivated Systems Software Engineer to enhance and maintain the edge server appliances used for cloud gaming and streaming video. In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

• Develop and maintain OpenBMC and Linuxboot firmware, aligning closely with upstream and backporting necessary fixes.

• Identify and work with cross functional partners to root cause and provide resolution to HW/SW issues. 

• Design and develop system tools and utilities to facilitate efficient debugging of new hardware components. This includes tools for facilitating testing new drives, debugging hardware issues in the server fleet.

• Collaborate with internal stakeholders and vendors to integrate and optimize new hardware systems.

• Improve the testing processes for new features to ensure robustness and reliable performance.

This role offers a chance to make a significant impact on a critical area of business.  We provide the freedom to execute, learn and pivot, and the responsibility to be self directed, collaborative and insightful. You can read more about Netflix culture.

Qualifications:

• 3+ years of experience writing, debugging and managing embedded systems software stack. 

• Experience in automating debugging processes for software and firmware stacks to enhance efficiency and accuracy. 

• Enjoys delving into hardware specs and solving complex technical problems.

• Proven track record in debugging Linux/FreeBSD kernel issues and resolving complex hardware/software interactions.

• Demonstrated experience in debugging issues during board bring up and integrating new hardware systems.

• Proficiency in C/C++.

You will be successful in this role if you:

• Are a self-starter, curious and not afraid to ask questions when in doubt.

• Are a quick learner and excited about learning new technologies

• Advocate thoughtful collaboration, take pride in your work and enjoy taking full ownership of projects from conception to production

Nice to have:

• Proficiency in developing and maintaining OpenBMC firmware stack with strong understanding of upstream alignment and backporting necessary fixes.

• Experience with LinuxBoot.

• Expertise with either u-root or TianoCore. 

• Proven track record with kernel development.

• Expertise in successfully implementing TPMs/HSMs, trusted execution environments, and other hardware features for real world applications.

• Expertise in developing or applying operating system execution environments such as containers or virtual machines for automation and security.

• Proficiency in Golang, Python.

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