Understanding Netflix's Architecture

intermediate 1 min read updated 19 Mar 2026 backend › microservices

This collection explores the inner workings of Netflix, revealing the complex system design and engineering principles that power its global streaming service. Delve into its microservices architecture, cloud infrastructure, and strategies for extreme scalability and resilience. Understand how millions of users are served seamlessly around the clock.

Chapters

  1. 01 Netflix Architecture: Strategic Trade-offs for System Design 11m
  2. 02 Authentication, Authorization, and Identity Management 10m
  3. 03 Content Ingestion and Encoding Pipeline 9m
  4. 04 Netflix Data Strategies: Storage, Databases, Caching 11m
  5. 05 Global Infrastructure: Leveraging AWS and Open Connect CDN 11m
  6. 06 Microservices Foundation: Service Discovery and Orchestration 13m
  7. 07 How Netflix Builds Scalable and Resilient Systems 9m
  8. 08 Observability, Monitoring, and Security 12m
  9. 09 Personalization & Recommendations: The Brain Behind Your Feed 11m
  10. 10 Hystrix, Circuit Breakers & Chaos Engineering for Resilience 10m
  11. 11 Scaling Netflix: Elasticity, Load Balancing, and Autoscaling 10m
  12. 12 The User's Journey: A High-Level Request Flow 10m