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Netflix, Inc

Netflix revolutionizes the way people watch TV shows and moviesWith more than 26 million streaming members in the United States, Canada, Latin America, the United Kingdom and Ireland, Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) is the world's leading internet subscription service for enjoying movies and TV programs. For about US$7.99 a month, Netflix members can instantly watch movies and TV programs streamed over the internet to PCs, Macs and TVs. Among the large and expanding base of devices streaming fro... Read More

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Senior SDK Partner Engineer

The Company and Product Strategy:

Instant streaming is a core part of Netflix's strategy for the future. Our first product to support instant streaming to TVs was launched in May 2008 and is now available on over 100 products. Our partnerships include many of the world’s top consumer electronics brands and more partnership announcements coming soon. The Netflix Device Platform makes this possible.

About the role:

In order to help partner companies add the Netflix instant streaming service quickly to their device, we work together very closely with the engineering teams at these partner companies to quickly overcome any and all engineering challenges. As part of a small team of experienced engineers, you will assist partner engineers who are using our platform to develop new products. You will guide them through the process of porting our SDK to their platform. The functionality of our SDK includes streaming and playback, dynamic UI, security and partner specific adaptation for new types of devices. You will need to have broad technical knowledge and understanding in all of these areas to be successful in this role. You’ll apply your experience in software development to a wide variety of technical challenges to achieve the goal of helping our partners bring their products to market on time with the highest quality.

Required skills and attributes:

- You love helping partners to build great products using your skills with our platform.
- You love pointing to products on the shelf (and in the homes of your friends) and saying "I worked on that!"
- You know what's important when releasing software to partners – ideally, you have worked as software developer working both at the producing as well the consuming end of an SDK.
- You're comfortable with proactive outward communication and technical leadership.
- You enjoy working side by side with partners on tough problems.
- You can tell when a problem is going to come up again, and you take the time to document the solution, once and for all.
- You are an experienced C++ programmer.
- Have a deep understanding and appreciation for the complexities of embedded software develop.
- You are experienced in multithreaded logic.
- You know how to create and debug code on multiple platforms.
- Ideally, you have a deep background in one or more of: embedded system development, Linux system-level programming, TCP/IP networking, audio/video playback, software security and UI programming.
- 5+ years of relevant experience.
- Fluency in Japanese, Chinese and/or Korean a big plus