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Distributed Systems Engineer roles sit squarely within H-1B visa specialty occupation criteria, requiring at least a bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, or a directly related field. Large tech employers, cloud infrastructure companies, and fintech firms file LCAs for this role regularly, making it one of the more sponsor-accessible titles in the H-1B market.
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Get Access To All JobsAt Netflix, our mission is to entertain the world. Together, we are writing the next episode - pushing the boundaries of storytelling, global fandom and making the unimaginable a reality. We are a dream team obsessed with the uncomfortable excitement of discovering what happens when you merge creativity, intuition and cutting-edge technology. Come be a part of what’s next.
Who We Are
Every Netflix membership, from the moment someone signs up to every plan change, renewal, and cancellation flows through our platform. The Membership & Monetization Platform (MMP) team owns the commerce backbone of Netflix: the Tier 0 services that manage subscription state, pricing, and plan availability for ~330 million members across 190+ countries, handling millions of requests per second.
We're a team of engineers who care deeply about correctness at scale, building systems where getting it wrong means real revenue impact. Our platform is the foundation for Netflix's biggest commercial bets, from Ads and Games to Live Streaming.
What You Will Work On
You will be in a leadership role. You will work beyond your own team, driving impact for the org as a whole by shaping longer-term technical strategy, driving cross-functional roadmaps, and scaling your own impact through others.
You'll work across the full spectrum, from product-facing features that directly impact acquisition and retention, to the platform infrastructure that makes them possible at Netflix scale.
You'll partner with product managers, designers, and data scientists to build commerce experiences that drive growth. Recent examples: our systems enabled the password-sharing crackdown, helped launch the Ads-supported plan, and enabled new features for premium members.
On the platform side, you'll tackle distributed systems challenges: race conditions, consistency guarantees and throughput optimization. You’ll evolve our infrastructure to keep pace with Netflix's expanding commerce surface (Ads, Games, Live Streaming). You'll also be part of the on-call rotation for these Tier 0 services, owning production reliability end-to-end.
We're Eager to Talk to You If:
- You have 15+ years of experience building resilient, high-scale, low-latency distributed systems in production.
- You've dealt with hard correctness problems: race conditions, eventual consistency, distributed transactions.
- You have a platform mindset: You can take vague business directives and translate them into scalable and maintainable solutions.
- You thrive in cross-functional environments and communicate complex technical trade-offs clearly to non-engineering partners.
- You drive broader strategic impact, delivering beyond your immediate team to shape technical roadmaps and solve cross-functional problems.
- You scale your impact through coaching, mentoring, and developing other engineers, elevating technical standards across the organization.
- You take a leadership role on your projects: gathering requirements and driving design, execution and delivery.
Some nice to haves:
- Working experience with {Java || Kotlin || C# || Scala}, ElasticSearch, Kafka, Hive or AWS.
- Experience with Presto and/or Spark SQL, Apache Flink.
- Proficient with gRPC, GraphQL, or RESTful API design and implementation.
- Experience with SQL & NoSQL multi-region data stores such as Cassandra, Amazon Aurora, Memcached.
- Comfortable with production on-call responsibilities and incident response for Tier 0 services.
- Bachelor's degree (or higher) in Computer Science or a related field.
Does this sound like something you'd like to do? Awesome! We'd love to hear from you.
Generally, our compensation structure consists solely of an annual salary; we do not have bonuses. You choose each year how much of your compensation you want in salary versus stock options. To determine your personal top of market compensation, we rely on market indicators and consider your specific job family, background, skills, and experience to determine your compensation in the market range. The range for this role is $499,000.00 - $900,000.00.
Netflix provides comprehensive benefits including Health Plans, Mental Health support, a 401(k) Retirement Plan with employer match, Stock Option Program, Disability Programs, Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts, Family-forming benefits, and Life and Serious Injury Benefits. We also offer paid leave of absence programs. Full-time hourly employees accrue 35 days annually for paid time off to be used for vacation, holidays, and sick paid time off. Full-time salaried employees are immediately entitled to flexible time off. See more details about our Benefits here.
Netflix is a unique culture and environment. Learn more here.
Inclusion is a Netflix value and we strive to host a meaningful interview experience for all candidates. If you want an accommodation/adjustment for a disability or any other reason during the hiring process, please send a request to your recruiting partner.
We are an equal-opportunity employer and celebrate diversity, recognizing that diversity builds stronger teams. We approach diversity and inclusion seriously and thoughtfully. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, ancestry, national origin, caste, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, age, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic makeup, marital status, or military service.
At Netflix, our mission is to entertain the world. Together, we are writing the next episode - pushing the boundaries of storytelling, global fandom and making the unimaginable a reality. We are a dream team obsessed with the uncomfortable excitement of discovering what happens when you merge creativity, intuition and cutting-edge technology. Come be a part of what’s next.
Who We Are
Every Netflix membership, from the moment someone signs up to every plan change, renewal, and cancellation flows through our platform. The Membership & Monetization Platform (MMP) team owns the commerce backbone of Netflix: the Tier 0 services that manage subscription state, pricing, and plan availability for ~330 million members across 190+ countries, handling millions of requests per second.
We're a team of engineers who care deeply about correctness at scale, building systems where getting it wrong means real revenue impact. Our platform is the foundation for Netflix's biggest commercial bets, from Ads and Games to Live Streaming.
What You Will Work On
You will be in a leadership role. You will work beyond your own team, driving impact for the org as a whole by shaping longer-term technical strategy, driving cross-functional roadmaps, and scaling your own impact through others.
You'll work across the full spectrum, from product-facing features that directly impact acquisition and retention, to the platform infrastructure that makes them possible at Netflix scale.
You'll partner with product managers, designers, and data scientists to build commerce experiences that drive growth. Recent examples: our systems enabled the password-sharing crackdown, helped launch the Ads-supported plan, and enabled new features for premium members.
On the platform side, you'll tackle distributed systems challenges: race conditions, consistency guarantees and throughput optimization. You’ll evolve our infrastructure to keep pace with Netflix's expanding commerce surface (Ads, Games, Live Streaming). You'll also be part of the on-call rotation for these Tier 0 services, owning production reliability end-to-end.
We're Eager to Talk to You If:
- You have 15+ years of experience building resilient, high-scale, low-latency distributed systems in production.
- You've dealt with hard correctness problems: race conditions, eventual consistency, distributed transactions.
- You have a platform mindset: You can take vague business directives and translate them into scalable and maintainable solutions.
- You thrive in cross-functional environments and communicate complex technical trade-offs clearly to non-engineering partners.
- You drive broader strategic impact, delivering beyond your immediate team to shape technical roadmaps and solve cross-functional problems.
- You scale your impact through coaching, mentoring, and developing other engineers, elevating technical standards across the organization.
- You take a leadership role on your projects: gathering requirements and driving design, execution and delivery.
Some nice to haves:
- Working experience with {Java || Kotlin || C# || Scala}, ElasticSearch, Kafka, Hive or AWS.
- Experience with Presto and/or Spark SQL, Apache Flink.
- Proficient with gRPC, GraphQL, or RESTful API design and implementation.
- Experience with SQL & NoSQL multi-region data stores such as Cassandra, Amazon Aurora, Memcached.
- Comfortable with production on-call responsibilities and incident response for Tier 0 services.
- Bachelor's degree (or higher) in Computer Science or a related field.
Does this sound like something you'd like to do? Awesome! We'd love to hear from you.
Generally, our compensation structure consists solely of an annual salary; we do not have bonuses. You choose each year how much of your compensation you want in salary versus stock options. To determine your personal top of market compensation, we rely on market indicators and consider your specific job family, background, skills, and experience to determine your compensation in the market range. The range for this role is $499,000.00 - $900,000.00.
Netflix provides comprehensive benefits including Health Plans, Mental Health support, a 401(k) Retirement Plan with employer match, Stock Option Program, Disability Programs, Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts, Family-forming benefits, and Life and Serious Injury Benefits. We also offer paid leave of absence programs. Full-time hourly employees accrue 35 days annually for paid time off to be used for vacation, holidays, and sick paid time off. Full-time salaried employees are immediately entitled to flexible time off. See more details about our Benefits here.
Netflix is a unique culture and environment. Learn more here.
Inclusion is a Netflix value and we strive to host a meaningful interview experience for all candidates. If you want an accommodation/adjustment for a disability or any other reason during the hiring process, please send a request to your recruiting partner.
We are an equal-opportunity employer and celebrate diversity, recognizing that diversity builds stronger teams. We approach diversity and inclusion seriously and thoughtfully. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, ancestry, national origin, caste, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, age, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic makeup, marital status, or military service.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding H-1B Visa Sponsorship as a Distributed Systems Engineer
Align your degree to the role
USCIS evaluates whether your specific degree field directly supports the job duties. A computer science or software engineering degree maps cleanly, but an unrelated STEM degree may require a credential evaluation letter explaining the connection to distributed systems work.
Filter employers by LCA filing history
Use Migrate Mate to search verified DOL Labor Condition Application filings for Distributed Systems Engineer roles. This shows you which companies have already completed the employer-side compliance step, not just which ones claim to sponsor.
Target E-Verify enrolled employers early
STEM OPT extensions and H-1B cap-gap status both require your employer to be enrolled in E-Verify. Confirm enrollment before accepting an offer to avoid authorization gaps during the transition from OPT to H-1B status.
Benchmark your wage against the prevailing rate
Run your target job title and metro area through the OFLC Wage Search before negotiating. Your offered salary must meet the DOL prevailing wage for the role's SOC code, and distributed systems positions often map to higher wage levels in major tech markets.
Get your credentials evaluated before interviewing
If your degree is from outside the U.S., a NACES-member credential evaluation documenting U.S. equivalency speeds up the LCA and I-129 stages. Employers filing H-1B petitions need this before USCIS can confirm specialty occupation eligibility.
Clarify petition timing during the offer stage
H-1B cap filings open in March for an October 1 start. If you're interviewing in summer or fall, ask whether the employer will file in the next registration window or hold the role. Cap-exempt employers at universities or nonprofit research labs can file any time.
H-1B Visa Distributed Systems Engineer: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Distributed Systems Engineer role qualify for H-1B sponsorship?
Yes. Distributed systems engineering meets the H-1B specialty occupation definition because the role typically requires at least a bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, or a closely related field. The O*NET profile for software developers and systems engineers supports this classification. Employers confirm the requirement through the LCA filing, which documents the job duties and minimum degree requirement.
Which types of employers sponsor H-1B visas for this role?
Cloud infrastructure companies, large-scale tech platforms, financial technology firms, and enterprise software companies are frequent sponsors for distributed systems roles. Cap-exempt employers, including research universities and affiliated nonprofits, can file H-1B petitions outside the annual lottery window. Browse Migrate Mate to see which companies have active LCA filings for this specific job title.
How does the H-1B lottery affect my job search as a distributed systems engineer?
Cap-subject H-1B petitions are subject to an annual lottery with registration in March and an October 1 start date. If you're on OPT when you're selected, cap-gap rules extend your work authorization through September 30. Cap-exempt employers at qualifying research institutions and nonprofits aren't subject to the lottery, so targeting those organizations can eliminate timing uncertainty.
What does the LCA process mean for distributed systems roles specifically?
Your employer files a Labor Condition Application with the DOL before submitting your H-1B petition to USCIS. For distributed systems engineers, the LCA certifies that your offered wage meets or exceeds the prevailing wage for the role's SOC code in your work location. Roles in high-cost metros like San Francisco or Seattle typically fall under higher DOL wage levels, which the employer must commit to in writing.
Can I switch employers after my H-1B is approved for a distributed systems role?
Yes, H-1B portability under AC21 lets you change employers while a new I-129 petition is pending, as long as you've had H-1B status for at least 180 days and the new role is in the same or a similar occupational classification. Distributed systems roles generally port well across tech employers because the SOC code and specialty occupation basis remain consistent. USCIS reviews the new petition independently.