Software Engineer 5— Platform Modernization Engineering

About the Team

The Platform Modernization Engineering (PME) — Migrations team exists to accelerate Netflix's ability to evolve its infrastructure by driving safe, scalable migrations across the stack. We reduce engineering toil, eliminate technical debt, and enable teams to move forward with confidence as Netflix's technology continues to evolve at pace.

We are not a feature delivery team. We are a revenue protector and accelerator — through our work we enable faster feature delivery, innovation, and security protection across the entire engineering organization.

Netflix operates one of the most sophisticated and high-scale engineering platforms in the world. Keeping that platform on the leading edge requires continuous, intentional modernization. The Paved Path — our curated set of recommended, well-supported infrastructure standards — is constantly advancing as Netflix pushes into new technical territory. Our team exists to bring the fleet along with it: setting clear baselines, accelerating adoption across thousands of services, and protecting that progress from erosion over time. We affect both engineering culture and engineering quality at scale.

We operate in pods (3–6 month cycles), partnering closely with the most strategically critical initiatives across Infrastructure Engineering. We build the automation and tooling that lets us execute these at a scale and speed no manual effort could match, including AI-assisted code modification pipelines and fleet-wide orchestration systems.

About the Role

We are looking for an experienced L5 Software Engineer who thrives at the intersection of large-scale systems, automation, and cross-functional influence. You will design and build the tooling and automation that powers fleet-wide migration campaigns, partner directly with platform and product teams to de-risk complex infrastructure changes, and help define what excellent Paved Path adoption looks like in practice at Netflix.

This is a high-autonomy, high-impact role. You will own migration projects end-to-end — from scoping and technical design through automated execution, quality validation, and completion. You'll also build durable tooling that outlasts any single campaign.