The Netflix TechBlog

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Engineers from across the company came together to share best practices on everything from Data Processing Patterns to Building Reliable Data Pipelines. The result was a series of talks which we are now sharing with the rest of the Data Engineering community! Learn more about how batch and streaming data pipelines are built at Netflix.

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Dynatrace

APRIL 29, 2021

Whilst our traditional Dynatrace website predominantly showcases Dynatrace content and product information for visitors, the idea behind the creation of our new Engineering website – engineering.dynatrace.com – was to set up a space to feature the results of our research and innovation efforts and aims to be a site made by engineers for engineers.

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DZone

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

In my role as an engineering manager, I know making the leap from an individual contributor (IC) to engineering manager (EM) is not a promotion. What you do as an engineering manager versus what you do as a developer is fundamentally different. One group who is transitioning into engineering management.

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DZone

MARCH 14, 2023

Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) is a systematic and data-driven approach to improving the reliability, scalability, and efficiency of systems. It combines principles of software engineering, operations, and quality assurance to ensure that systems meet performance goals and business objectives.

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Dynatrace

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

In response to this shift, platform engineering is growing in popularity. The practice of platform engineering has evolved alongside the increasing complexity of cloud environments. The result is a cloud-native approach to software delivery. Why is platform engineering important?

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Dynatrace

MARCH 6, 2024

As organizations look to expand DevOps maturity, improve operational efficiency, and increase developer velocity, they are embracing platform engineering as a key driver. Platform engineering: Build for self-service Self-service deployment is a key attribute of platform engineering. “It makes them more productive.

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DZone

JANUARY 19, 2024

In the dynamic world of online services, the concept of site reliability engineering (SRE) has risen as a pivotal discipline, ensuring that large-scale systems maintain their performance and reliability.

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Dynatrace

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

What is site reliability engineering? Site reliability engineering (SRE) is the practice of applying software engineering principles to operations and infrastructure processes to help organizations create highly reliable and scalable software systems. Dynatrace news. SRE focuses on automation.

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Abstracta

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

The optimization of performance testing can contribute to achieving sustainable software engineering. The post Sustainable Software Engineering Through Performance Testing appeared first on Abstracta Software Testing Services. Why is the digital carbon footprint getting bigger every day?

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Dynatrace

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Platform engineering is on the rise. According to leading analyst firm Gartner, “80% of software engineering organizations will establish platform teams as internal providers of reusable services, components, and tools for application delivery…” by 2026.

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The Netflix TechBlog

JUNE 20, 2024

A summary of sessions at the first Data Engineering Open Forum at Netflix on April 18th, 2024 The Data Engineering Open Forum at Netflix on April 18th, 2024. At Netflix, we aspire to entertain the world, and our data engineering teams play a crucial role in this mission by enabling data-driven decision-making at scale.

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The Netflix TechBlog

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

By Karen Casella, Director of Engineering, Access & Identity Management Have you ever experienced one of the following scenarios while looking for your next role? Most backend engineering teams follow a process very similar to what is shown below. If so, we invite you to begin the interview process.

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The Netflix TechBlog

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Data Engineers of Netflix?—?Interview Interview with Pallavi Phadnis This post is part of our “ Data Engineers of Netflix ” series, where our very own data engineers talk about their journeys to Data Engineering @ Netflix. Pallavi Phadnis is a Senior Software Engineer at Netflix.

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Sutter's Mill

JUNE 7, 2024

Also in April, I was interviewed by Jordi Mon Companys for Software Engineering Daily, and that interview was just published on the SE Daily podcast. government recently released a report calling on the technical community to proactively reduce the attack surface area of software infrastructure.

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Dynatrace

MAY 23, 2024

Stream processing One approach to such a challenging scenario is stream processing, a computing paradigm and software architectural style for data-intensive software systems that emerged to cope with requirements for near real-time processing of massive amounts of data. We designed experimental scenarios inspired by chaos engineering.

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Dynatrace

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

When it comes to platform engineering, not only does observability play a vital role in the success of organizations’ transformation journeys—it’s key to successful platform engineering initiatives. The various presenters in this session aligned platform engineering use cases with the software development lifecycle.

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Addy Osmani

DECEMBER 3, 2022

First principles thinking can be helpful for solving complex problems because it allows you to break down a problem into its core elements and then systematically build up a solution from there.

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Dynatrace

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Site reliability engineering (SRE) has become increasingly important to organizations looking to keep up with the rapid pace of digital transformation. Effective site reliability engineering requires enterprise-wide transformation Without a unified understanding of SRE practices, organizational silos can quickly form between departments.

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The Morning Paper

JULY 7, 2019

Software engineering for machine learning: a case study Amershi et al., More specifically, we’ll be looking at the results of an internal study with over 500 participants designed to figure out how product development and software engineering is changing at Microsoft with the rise of AI and ML. ICSE’19.

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DZone

OCTOBER 1, 2024

In recent years, observability has re-emerged as a critical aspect of DevOps and software engineering in general, driven by the growing complexity and scale of modern, cloud-native applications.

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DZone

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Our industry is in the early days of an explosion in software using LLMs, as well as (separately, but relatedly) a revolution in how engineers write and run code, thanks to generative AI.

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Dynatrace

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Site reliability engineering (SRE) is the practice of applying software engineering principles to operations and infrastructure processes to help organizations create highly reliable and scalable software systems. ” According to Google, “SRE is what you get when you treat operations as a software problem.”

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Strategic Tech

MARCH 16, 2021

There are a few qualities that differentiate average from high performing software engineering organisations. In my experience, the culture is better and the results are better in orgs where engineers and architects obsess over the design of code and architecture. Regularly spending time with domain experts is important.

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DZone

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

Over the past decade, DevOps has emerged as a new tech culture and career that marries the rapid iteration desired by software development with the rock-solid stability of the infrastructure operations team. As of August 2019, there are currently over 50,000 LinkedIn DevOps job listings in the United States alone.

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The Netflix TechBlog

JUNE 1, 2021

Data Engineers of Netflix?—?Interview Interview with Dhevi Rajendran Dhevi Rajendran This post is part of our “Data Engineers of Netflix” interview series, where our very own data engineers talk about their journeys to Data Engineering @ Netflix. The culture was also something that piqued my interest.

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DZone

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

Software engineering team scalability is equally important. Software Engineering Team Scalability. We can say that system scalability is about supporting a linear rate of growth in system resource requirements given that code running inside the system is unchanged.

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DZone

AUGUST 4, 2021

Take one look at LinkedIn right now, and you’ll notice some of the most in-demand jobs include application developers and software engineers. After a deeper dive, you’ll find many companies across multiple industries are looking for site reliability engineers or SREs.

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DZone

JUNE 20, 2024

In the world of software engineering, where complex systems are the norm, ensuring reliability and resilience is paramount. Enter chaos engineering — a revolutionary approach that intentionally introduces controlled chaos into systems to proactively identify and address potential weaknesses. What Is Chaos Engineering?

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The Netflix TechBlog

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Growth Engineering at Netflix?—?Automated In the Growth Engineering team, we refer to this as the top of the signup funnel. For more background on the signup funnel and Growth Engineering’s role in the signup funnel, please read our initial post on the topic: Growth Engineering at Netflix? Growth Engineering at Netflix?—?Automated

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The Netflix TechBlog

AUGUST 11, 2020

These methods can provide rich information for decision making, such as in experimentation platforms (“XP”) or in algorithmic policy engines. We want to amplify the effectiveness of our researchers by providing them software that can estimate causal effects models efficiently, and can integrate causal effects into large engineering systems.

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Dynatrace

JUNE 2, 2022

Site reliability engineering (SRE) continues to gain popularity as organizations embrace hybrid cloud strategies and IT automation at scale. By applying software engineering principles to operations and infrastructure practices, SRE enables organizations to streamline and automate IT processes. Dynatrace news.

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DZone

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Software engineers didn’t need to understand the database, and even if they owned it, it was just a single component of the system. Guaranteeing software quality was much easier because the deployment happened rarely, and things could be captured on time via automated tests.

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DZone

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Much like how an electrical circuit breaker prevents an overload by stopping the flow of electricity when excessive current is detected, the Circuit Breaker pattern in software engineering stops the flow of requests to a service when the number of failures exceeds a predefined threshold.

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DZone

AUGUST 30, 2021

Identifying defects and troubleshooting for their root cause is one of the important but painful tasks in software engineering and essential to maintaining good quality software.

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Addy Osmani

MAY 16, 2022

Lessons learned from 10 years at Google

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DZone

MARCH 9, 2023

In this article, I will summarize the key concepts of “green software” and explain how software engineers can help reduce carbon emissions. I will also talk about the Green Software Foundation hackathon, Carbon Hack, and its winners.

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The Netflix TechBlog

JUNE 1, 2021

Data Engineers of Netflix?—?Interview Interview with Samuel Setegne Samuel Setegne This post is part of our “Data Engineers of Netflix” interview series, where our very own data engineers talk about their journeys to Data Engineering @ Netflix. What drew you to Netflix?

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