Principal Engineer, Games Experience Engineering

1 Month ago • 13 Years + • Research & Development • $240,000 PA - $1,200,000 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

Netflix seeks a Principal Engineer for its Games Experience Engineering team. This senior individual contributor role focuses on developing large-scale game platform features for members, developers, and internal teams. Responsibilities include leading development, collaborating with cross-functional teams, driving architectural designs, and mentoring others. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in game development, system architecture, and leadership, with proven success in setting technical direction and influencing cross-functional teams. The role requires expertise in client and server-side development and strong communication skills.
Must have:
  • Lead large-scale game platform development
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams
  • Drive architectural designs
  • Mentor junior engineers
  • 13+ years software development experience
  • 8+ years experience in system architecture and design
  • Expert knowledge of client/server development
Perks:
  • Comprehensive benefits including Health Plans, Mental Health support, 401(k) Retirement Plan, Stock Option Program, Disability Programs, Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts, Family-forming benefits, and Life and Serious Injury Benefits
  • Paid time off
  • Flexible time off (for salaried employees)

Job Details

Netflix is one of the world's leading entertainment services, with 283 million paid memberships in over 190 countries enjoying TV series, films and games across a wide variety of genres and languages. Members can play, pause and resume watching as much as they want, anytime, anywhere, and can change their plans at any time.

Principal Engineer, Games Experience Engineering

At Netflix, we are reinventing the way people are entertained by both enabling and innovating how visual storytelling is produced, discovered and enjoyed. Netflix provides a platform for stories from different places and different perspectives to reach, connect, and inspire millions of people all over the world.

In addition to great shows and movies, our membership also includes exclusive access to a growing portfolio of high-quality games. The Games Experience Engineering Organization is creating a new role to better support our Games business in releasing mobile and cloud games to thrill our members. Games Experience Engineering  is responsible for building out the games platform which is composed of the member experience, the developer experience, and all of the game play services that bring them together.  

As a Principal Engineer, you will be on the senior most individual contributor level at Netflix working across the initiatives outlined above. In this role you will identify and solve highly complex problems that impact the entire company, understand systems and practices  and formulate technical roadmaps for teams,  and provide executive-level technical leadership and mentorship to peers, stakeholders, and partners. 

Responsibilities 

  • Lead the development of large-scale game platform features to provide best-in-class experiences for our members, developers, and internal platform teams.

  • Work closely with product managers, UX designers, technical program managers and partner teams to decompose complex problems into simple, reusable solutions.

  • Dive deep to completely understand problems on a variety of platforms while collaborating with cross functional teams to provide both strategic and tactical oversight.

  • Drive end-to-end architectural designs that balance memberbenefit, cost, and resilience. 

  • Partner with other Directors of Technology to solve our hardest technical challenges and have material impact on the business. 

  • Assist in the career development of others, actively mentoring individuals and the community on advanced technical issues while helping managers guide the career growth of their team members.

Qualifications 

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field 

  • 13+ years of professional software development experience 

  • 8+ years of experience contributing to the architecture and design (architecture, design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and current systems

  • Proven track record in developing, designing, and supporting systems used by games, for example live services and social platforms.

  • Deeply technical with proven success in setting the technical direction for engineering projects, making architectural decisions, and influencing cross-functional teams

  • Expert knowledge of client and server side development.

  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present complex technical information in a clear and concise manner to executives and non-technical leaders

  • Able to work with senior leadership to develop a long-term technical strategy and map business goals to appropriate technology investments.

About Netflix

is unique, and we tend to live by our values, allowing you to do your best work and grow. 

Our compensation structure consists solely of an annual salary; we do not have bonuses. You choose each year how much of your compensation you want in salary versus stock options. To determine your personal top of market compensation, we rely on market indicators and consider your specific job family, background, skills, and experience to determine your compensation in the market range. The range for this role is $240,000 - $1,200,000.

Netflix provides comprehensive benefits including Health Plans, Mental Health support, a 401(k) Retirement Plan with employer match, Stock Option Program, Disability Programs, Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts, Family-forming benefits, and Life and Serious Injury Benefits. We also offer paid leave of absence programs.  Full-time hourly employees accrue 35 days annually for paid time off to be used for vacation, holidays, and sick paid time off. Full-time salaried employees are immediately entitled to flexible time off. See more detail about our Benefits .

We are an equal-opportunity employer and celebrate diversity, recognizing that diversity of thought and background builds stronger teams. We approach diversity and inclusion seriously and thoughtfully. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, ancestry, national origin, caste, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, age, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic makeup, marital status, or military service.

is a Netflix value and we strive to host a meaningful interview experience for all candidates. If you want an accommodation/adjustment for a disability or any other reason during the hiring process, please send a request to your recruiting partner.

We are an equal-opportunity employer and celebrate diversity, recognizing that diversity builds stronger teams. We approach diversity and inclusion seriously and thoughtfully. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, ancestry, national origin, caste, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, age, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic makeup, marital status, or military service.

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