Netflix programming language

As per developers at Netflix, Python is used through the “full content lifecycle,” from security tools to its recommendation algorithms, and its proprietary content distribution network (CDN) Open Connect . Most of the network devices at Netflix are managed by Python-based applications.

On the information security front, Netflix uses Python for security automation , risk classification, auto-remediation, and vulnerability identification. Python is even behind Netflix’s Security Monkey tool, as well as a project called Prism, which helps identify vulnerabilities in source code.30 Nis 2019

Netflix uses a variety of open-source software in its backend, including Java, MySQL, Gluster, Apache Tomcat, Hive, Chukwa, Cassandra and Hadoop .