What do Netflix engineers actually do?

Amazon
blababa

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Dec 31, 2021 40 Comments

Netflix looks to be a fully finished product. All the complexity is handled by AWS since the service is fully cloud powered. People have Netflix for newly released shows not for the engineering features… makes you wonder what their engineers actually do? I feel Netflix can be effectively run by consultants from WITCH when they need to add a feature. I can’t think of a single thing in the history of Netflix where I was like “wow that’s an amazing feature built by brilliant engineers!”

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  • Netflix
    bekindyo

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    bekindyo
    Good question. Getting stuff to work on a thousand different TV models takes a surprising amount of work. For every new feature released there are probably ten that are tested. Infrastructure etc is always being upgraded behind the scenes. And while some of the product is customer facing, there are plenty of products that are inside facing. E.g. tools for TV show production.
    Dec 31, 2021 6
    • Walmart
      pvefiqydvh

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      pvefiqydvh
      what OP was saying is that, its just not that big enough for FAANG complexity, Amazon prime video one division of Amazon does the same job as an entire company

      I belive it exists in FAANG cause we need an 'N' to make it FAANG
      Dec 31, 2021
    • PayPal
      mRw08

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      mRw08
      Wow Walmart? Have you ever used Netflix and Amazon Prime? One is shite, and it isn't Netflix.

      Netflix does streaming so well, every studio followed suite, and Bezos threw more feces at the wall to see if it sticks.
      Jan 5
  • New / IT
    shoshnebut

    New IT

    shoshnebut
    They’re all working on manipulating the algorithm to ensure left-leaning content is shown first and ensuring that the “Black Voices” section has quality movies. Like every other big-tech company.
    Dec 31, 2021 7
    • New / IT
      shoshnebut

      New IT

      shoshnebut
      @FAANG-PM, first of all, I was joking, and second of all, they are far from the only people who play the victim. It goes both ways, and I feel that’s pretty obvious, no?
      Dec 31, 2021
    • Netflix
      bekindyo

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      bekindyo
      I worked on the algorithm. I guarantee you this doesn't happen and you post is a flat out lie. I don't know why you are spreading lies. 🤷‍♂️
      Jan 6
  • Meta
    hwhfb

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    hwhfb
    I've often wondered this myself, though I would lose OP's dismissive tone. Netflix's product suite is maybe easier to wrap your head around than the rest of FAANG; seems like a much more focused set of problems to be solved. Would love to hear some genuine answers from Netflix employees.
    Dec 31, 2021 0
  • Amazon
    gFAy52

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    gFAy52
    Lol what?
    Dec 31, 2021 0
  • Amazon / Eng
    testing?

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    testing?
    I really hope you're trolling. You know they built region failover mechanisms on top of AWS for various stateful services? You know how hard that is? Their CDN also needs itsration and ops.. Same with various data infra projects.

    Thats infra, as a product they have to develop services for content acquisition, content development, reccomendation engines, etc. Which uses said infra
    Dec 31, 2021 0