Netflix

Streaming

Netflix

Global streaming platform with chaos engineering and microservices architecture

Employees:12,000+

Revenue:$31.6B

Founded:1997

HQ:Los Gatos, CA

Ticker:NFLX

Key Metrics

Users230M+ subscribers

Requests1B+ API calls/day

Uptime99.99%

Latency<100ms globally

Hours Streamed Daily1B+

Content Library15,000+ titles

Microservices1,000+

Tech Stack

React

Java

Cassandra

AWS

Open Connect CDN

Spinnaker

Apache Kafka

Metaflow

System Architecture

Microservices with Chaos Engineering

Netflix Microservices Architecture

Chaos Engineering & Global CDN

Global Users (230M+)

Web, Mobile, TV

CDN Layer

AWS CloudFront CDN

Edge Caching, Content Delivery

API Gateway

Zuul API Gateway

Java, Netty, Routing

Microservices Layer

User Service

Java, Spring Boot

Content Service

Java, gRPC

Recommendation

Python, ML

Billing Service

Java

Data Layer

Cassandra

NoSQL, Distributed

MySQL

RDBMS

ElasticSearch

Chaos Monkey - Continuous Resilience Testing

Fault Injection, Resilience

REST/gRPCRead/Write

Key Components

Open Connect CDN

Netflix's custom CDN deployed within ISP networks worldwide

FreeBSD

nginx

Custom Hardware

Zuul API Gateway

Edge service that provides dynamic routing, monitoring, and security

Java

Netty

RxJava

Metaflow ML Platform

Open-source framework for building and managing ML workflows

Python

AWS

Kubernetes

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Sources

https://netflixtechblog.com https://netflix.github.io https://ir.netflix.net https://openconnect.netflix.com

Last updated: 2024-12-01