[Remote] Software Engineer 5 – Agent Platform, AI Platform

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Netflix is a leading entertainment company focused on innovation and storytelling. They are seeking a Software Engineer 5 for the Agent Platform team, responsible for designing and building AI agent infrastructure and ensuring its reliability and observability at scale.ResponsibilitiesDesign, build, and operate the Agent SDK and MCP Gateway that Netflix engineers use to build, deploy, and run AI agents in productionBuild agents and agent infrastructure across the full lifecycle — plan/act/observe loops, tool and MCP integrations, deployment, and day-2 operationsMake evaluation a first-class part of the platform: build the tracing, eval suites, and quality signals that let teams measure agents, catch regressions, and iterate to make them betterOwn reliability, observability, and guardrails for non-deterministic systems running at very high scaleLead cross-functional initiatives with ML scientists, data scientists, product managers, and other AI Platform teamsRapidly iterate with users to improve the developer experience while establishing durable foundational capabilitiesSkills8+ years of software engineering experience with a track record of delivering quality resultsHands-on experience building, deploying, operating, AND evaluating LLM agents in production — not just chat-completion apps or prototypesExperience with one or more agent frameworks/SDKs (Strands, OpenAI Agents SDK, Anthropic Claude Agent SDK, LangGraph, pydantic-ai, CrewAI, Google ADK) and with tool/function calling and MCPExperience with LLM/agent evaluation and observability — building eval suites, tracing, and quality measurement, then iterating on results (Braintrust, LangSmith, W&B, or equivalent)Strong experience building SDKs and APIs for internal or external developersStrong fundamentals in building and operating scalable, observable, fault-tolerant distributed systemsProficiency in Python (and Python packaging tooling) plus one of Java, Go, C/C++, Rust, or ZigExperience with large-scale build, release, CI/CD, and observability methodsFamiliarity with our stack — Temporal, FastAPI, PostgreSQL, Kubernetes — is a plusBenefitsHealth PlansMental Health supportA 401(k) Retirement Plan with employer matchStock Option ProgramDisability ProgramsHealth Savings and Flexible Spending AccountsFamily-forming benefitsLife and Serious Injury BenefitsPaid leave of absence programsFull-time hourly employees accrue 35 days annually for paid time off to be used for vacation, holidays, and sick paid time offFull-time salaried employees are immediately entitled to flexible time offCompany OverviewNetflix is an online streaming platform that enables users to watch TV shows and movies. It was founded in 1997, and is headquartered in Los Gatos, California, USA, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is https://www.netflix.com.Company H1B SponsorshipNetflix has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 65 in 2026, 310 in 2025, 309 in 2024, 191 in 2023, 261 in 2022, 268 in 2021, 225 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.