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Demystifying Interviewing for Backend Engineers @ Netflix

The Netflix TechBlog

Some of the areas for which we are actively seeking backend engineers include Streaming & Gaming Technologies, Product Innovation, Infrastructure, and Studio Technologies. Passion for large data sets, APIs, access & identity management, or delivering backend systems that enable mobile and cloud gaming is a big plus.

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A Survey of Causal Inference Applications at Netflix

The Netflix TechBlog

At Netflix, we want to entertain the world through creating engaging content and helping members discover the titles they will love. We covered a wide range of topics including difference-in-difference estimation, double machine learning, Bayesian AB testing, and causal inference in recommender systems among many others.

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What is chaos engineering?

Dynatrace

In 2009, the purveyor of online videos migrated to AWS cloud infrastructure to deliver its entertainment to a growing audience. It created more uncertainty than the load balancing issues the entertainment firm saw in its data centers. Accelerates innovation. How does chaos engineering work? Increases resiliency and reliability.

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My (Seemingly) Random Walk to Netflix

The Netflix TechBlog

That person grew up dreaming of working in the entertainment industry. Upon graduation, they received an offer from Netflix to become an analytics engineer, and pursue their lifelong dream of orchestrating the beautiful synergy of analytics and entertainment. Pretty straightforward, right?!

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What is an A/B Test?

The Netflix TechBlog

Martin Tingley with Wenjing Zheng , Simon Ejdemyr , Stephanie Lane , and Colin McFarland This is the second post in a multi-part series on how Netflix uses A/B tests to inform decisions and continuously innovate on our products. See here for Part 1: Decision Making at Netflix. There’s a lot of statistics involved as well?—?how

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Rising Tide Rents and Robber Baron Rents

O'Reilly

Patents—exclusive, government-granted rights intended to encourage innovation—protect pharmaceutical companies from competition and allow them to charge high prices. They are a price that we pay for a rising tide of innovation. What Is Economic Rent? For example, consider drug pricing. But not all rents represent abuse of power.

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Native Frame Rate Playback

The Netflix TechBlog

by Akshay Garg , Roger Quero Introduction Maximizing immersion for our members is an important goal for the Netflix product and engineering teams to keep our members entertained and fully engaged in our content.