Los Angeles, California
Joshua Vernon
Senior Software Engineer at Netflix
I design, build, and scale distributed microservice architectures and ML-integrated platforms that support global content production.
Previously Amazon, Atlassian and more.
About
How I work
I lead large cross-functional and cross-organizational initiatives, design scalable systems that span service boundaries and domains, build high-quality frontend architecture (typically server-side rendered), and create the engineering processes, documentation, and patterns teams adopt.
I’m known for being highly collaborative and a strong communicator who is open, energetic, and easy to work with. Whether leading projects, mentoring teammates, or speaking in engineering forums, I enjoy sharing knowledge and building trust across teams.
Previously, I held engineering roles at Amazon, Atlassian, Huddle, WAV, and Network Ten.
Experience
Where I’ve built
Senior Software Engineer · Netflix
Feb 2021 – Present
Los Angeles, CA
In the Netflix Studio org, I architect and deliver large-scale distributed systems, ML infrastructure, and full-stack platforms that power global content production at scale.
- Led model evaluation, training, and deployment for ML systems used in screenplay classification, with a focus on multilingual accuracy, staging validation, and business-aligned metrics.
- Built a federated ML service platform using GraphQL (DGS) with dynamic schema generation, enabling real-time, batch, and serverless execution across teams and use cases.
- Developed backend services for a screenplay data platform, enhancing ingestion, tagging, and enrichment of creative assets used throughout the studio pipeline.
- Java
- Python
- Spring Boot
- React
- GraphQL (DGS)
- PostgreSQL
- CockroachDB
- Cassandra
- Elasticsearch
- AWS
- GCP
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- Hazelcast
- Metaflow
- Conductor
- gRPC
Software Engineer II · Amazon
Sep 2019 – Feb 2021
Irvine, CA
- Built React/Next.js server-side rendered frontends and Java backend microservices for the Alexa, Kindle, Fire TV, Twitch and other digital goods detail pages on amazon.com.
- Built Java microservices for entitlement persistence, fulfilment, sharing, and querying, including large migrations from legacy entitlement stores and COPPA/GDPR-compliant deletion.
- Created widely adopted internal tooling, including the most-used internal remote collaboration whiteboard, organisation-wide script sharing, and automatic document generation.
- React
- Next.js
- Java
- AWS
Software Engineer II · Atlassian
Jan 2018 – Sep 2019
Sydney, Australia
Worked on Jira Service Desk on the Ecosystem team, helping third-party vendors integrate with Jira Service Desk and the Atlassian product suite.
- React
- Java
- Node
- Spring
- AWS
- Datadog
- Splunk
Software Engineer · Huddle Insurance
Feb 2017 – Jan 2018
Sydney, Australia
Planned, designed, built, and maintained a fintech insurance startup’s platform across the frontend, backend, and third-party integrations.
- AngularJS
- Python
- Django
- PostgreSQL
Software Engineering Intern · We Are Visionists (WAV)
Dec 2016 – Feb 2017
Sydney, Australia
Built web products at a digital growth agency and startup incubator.
- JavaScript
- PHP
- WordPress
- Shopify
Genius · Apple
Nov 2011 – Mar 2017
Sydney, Australia
Repaired and troubleshot Apple devices, with a focus on restoring customer relationships through equal parts knowledge and empathy. Also ran one-to-one training and group workshops.
University Tutor · StudentVIP
2014 – 2017
Sydney, Australia
Software Engineering Intern · Network Ten
Jun 2016 – Aug 2016
Sydney, Australia
Engineered software for the live site and apps, created automated functional tests, and produced UML diagrams of the entire infrastructure, across web live streaming, audio and video players, and video ad insertion on multiple browsers and devices.
- Sitecore
- JavaScript
- Howler.js
- Brightcove
- Jira
- Confluence
- Bitbucket Server
Education
Studied
2014 – 2017
University of Sydney
Bachelor of Science, double major in Computer Science and Information Systems
2017
University of California, Los Angeles
Study abroad, Computer Science and Information Systems
2009 – 2011
TAFE NSW
Advanced Diploma of Music Performance
Off the clock
Music & travel
Outside of tech, I write, record, and produce progressive rock and metal. I sing, play guitar (and other instruments), and engineer my own music from an un-tidy little home studio.
Pictured: Warsaw, Poland.