Senior Frontend Developer

1 Month ago • 4-8 Years • Frontend Development

Job Summary

Job Description

As a Senior Frontend Developer at Next Games, you'll be a key contributor to new game initiatives. You'll build gameplay features and systems focusing on UI-centric gaming experiences, maintain code quality, take ownership of tasks, collaborate with stakeholders, and resolve performance issues. You'll work from the Helsinki office or remotely with a hybrid team, seeing projects from development to release and beyond. The ideal candidate highly values project completion, process improvement, and responsiveness to player/stakeholder concerns, balancing innovation with release schedules.
Must have:
  • Build gameplay features and systems
  • Maintain code quality
  • Take ownership of features and tasks
  • Collaborate with stakeholders
  • Resolve performance issues
  • Strong knowledge of TypeScript
  • Experience in web front-end development
  • Understanding of mobile software platforms (iOS, Android)

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.

Next Games, a Netflix Game Studio, is a Helsinki-based studio dedicated to crafting fans-first interactive experiences that combine the stories from popular movies and shows with engaging game mechanics. Our values, Caring, Courage, and Curiosity, drive our commitment to our players and each other, with a focus on fun gameplay free from the constraints of free-to-play. 

We celebrate diversity, with dozens of nationalities and a third of our team identifying as women or non-binary. We don't seek culture fit, but rather the unique contributions each individual brings to enrich our culture. If you're passionate about creating innovative mobile games in a diverse, supportive environment, we're eager to hear from you!

The Role

As a Senior Frontend Developer, you are a crucial contributor to one of our new game initiatives. As an expert in frontend engineering, you deliver complex features with high-quality, extendable, and stable code. You’ll work from our Helsinki office or your Helsinki home with a team that has a hybrid working style.

The ideal developer for this role highly values seeing a project through from the start of development into release and onward through live development. They are driven to improve team processes, reactive to the concerns of players and stakeholders across the organization, and able to balance innovation risks and opportunities against release schedules and ambitious project scope.

Responsibilities

  • Build gameplay features and systems, with a focus on UI-centric gaming experiences
  • Fix issues and maintain the quality of the codebase
  • Take ownership over features and tasks
  • Provide input on technical matters
  • Collaborate with other stakeholders on game ideas, design, gameplay, and features
  • Resolve performance and stability issues
  • Create and maintain relevant technical documentation

Preferred Skills and Experience

  • Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Math, or Engineering 
  • Experience in web front-end development
  • Understanding of mobile software platforms (iOS, Android)
  • Experience in professional, team-based software development with shipped product(s)  and having worked on a live product
  • Strong knowledge of TypeScript 
  • Excellent problem-solving skills
  • Proactive, self-starter mentality and a can-do attitude
  • Good communication skills and proficiency in English

The Team

We are prioritizing flexibility and innovation on a new tech stack that will allow us to use dynamic content to meet the needs of a broad audience. Our team comes from a wide range of backgrounds and experiences, and has a fun and open dynamic. 

Does this sound good to you? Then apply today! 

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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