Netflix is seeking a Head of Gen AI to lead the strategy and application of Generative AI across its games organization, aiming to create meaningful, novel, and scalable experiences for players by leveraging cutting-edge AI.
Requirements
- Proven experience leveraging AI/ML in a product environment, with at least the last 2-3 years leading or significantly contributing to Generative AI initiatives (LLMs, diffusion, multimodal systems).
- Familiarity with AI/ML fundamentals, including core concepts, common ML problems and algorithms, and the end-to-end ML lifecycle (data collection, model training, deployment, monitoring).
- Understanding of AI/ML data and infrastructure needs, enabling you to critically assess AI/ML proposals and solutions, identify practical applications, consult researchers, and spot potential pitfalls.
- Deep understanding of the Gen AI ecosystem – open models, data requirements, infrastructure and tooling, safety frameworks, and the trade-offs between hosted and in-house solutions.
- Comfortable navigating from research prototypes to production-ready systems in a fast-paced, cross-functional setting, in partnership with engineering and AI research teams and game studios.
Responsibilities
- Define and lead the Gen AI strategy across Netflix Games, helping to shape foundational infrastructure to player-facing features.
- Identify and evaluate opportunities to apply Gen AI across our portfolio and studios both in the creation of new experiences and improving our workflows and pipelines.
- Engage with game teams to develop prototype features and AI-native gameplay mechanics, ensuring technical viability and product-market fit.
- Partner with external researchers, developers, and companies pioneering work within the Gen AI
- Stay on the forefront of AI research and emerging tools, separating hype from high-leverage opportunities that align with our development and player goals.
- Collaborate with our engineering and platform teams to build robust solutions and scale core capabilities (e.g., model inference, fine-tuning pipelines, data infrastructure, etc).
- Build relationships with external developers, startups, and research groups at the forefront of Gen AI, identifying where their innovations can meaningfully accelerate or complement our internal efforts.
Other
- 10+ years of experience in the games industry, demonstrating a comprehensive understanding of the end-to-end game development lifecycle, from concept to live operations.
- You should be passionate about games and the future of interactive entertainment, with direct involvement in shipping multiple titles.
- Strong product instincts and a player-first mindset – you know when and how Gen AI adds real value to the experience.
- Excellent communicator with the ability to translate between technical complexity and creative potential, inspiring both engineers and designers.
- Track record of building high-performing, lean teams who can deliver impact in a rapidly evolving domain.
