Netflix is looking to solve the business problem of creating a wholly new, bespoke transmedia gaming experience, built natively for Netflix’s cloud-gaming platform, to enhance their entertainment services and engage their over 300 million members in new ways.
Requirements
- Has 10+ years of experience developing and launching high-fidelity games, with recent hands-on experience in Unity (Unreal a plus).
- Brings deep technical expertise across architecture, gameplay systems, content pipelines, artist workflows, and backend services.
- Is familiar with contemporary web technologies (Javascript, React, etc.) and cloud environments (AWS, GCP, etc.).
- Has experience supporting live service games through development, launch, and post-launch operations.
- Has hands-on experience with systems, tools, gameplay/UI, content pipelines, rendering, performance optimization, build/release management, cross-platform development (including Linux), and technical design documentation.
Responsibilities
- Own all technical aspects of the project, from architecture and system design to development processes and technical documentation.
- Ensure the project’s technical direction is scalable, sustainable, and aligned with our creative vision.
- Oversee technical execution across prototype, production, and live ops.
- Set and uphold the bar for code quality, performance, and reliability.
- Champion the integration of Netflix’s cloud-gaming platform technologies, ensuring our team is a front-runner for innovation within Netflix.
- Continuously refine development processes, tools, and pipelines for optimal efficiency and scalability.
- Serve as the final escalation point for all engineering-related challenges, troubleshooting and resolving issues to keep the team moving forward.
Other
- Lead by example, fostering a collaborative, inclusive, and high-performance culture within the engineering team and across the studio.
- Demonstrates a proven ability to build, lead, and scale engineering teams across disciplines, and to collaborate effectively with non-technical leaders.
- Possesses exceptional communication skills, able to build trust and alignment across teams and stakeholders.
- Is self-motivated, curious, and eager to pitch in wherever needed, even outside their core responsibilities.
- Thrives in fast-paced, evolving environments, navigating change with maturity, empathy, and a bias for action.
