Senior Game Engineer - Next Games

3 Months ago • 4-8 Years • Game Design

Job Summary

Job Description

As a Senior Game Engineer at Next Games, you'll be a key contributor to new game initiatives. Responsibilities include building gameplay features and systems (with a UI focus), maintaining code quality, owning features and tasks, providing technical input, collaborating with stakeholders, resolving performance issues, and creating documentation. The ideal candidate has experience with web front-end development, mobile platforms (iOS, Android), and live product development, strong TypeScript skills, and excellent problem-solving abilities. The role involves working from the Helsinki office or home in a hybrid work style, seeing projects through from conception to release and beyond.
Must have:
  • Build gameplay features & systems
  • Maintain code quality
  • Own features & tasks
  • Collaborate with stakeholders
  • Resolve performance issues
  • TypeScript expertise
  • Mobile platform experience
Good to have:
  • Experience in web front-end development

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.

Senior Game Engineer

Who We Are

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 game engineer, you are a crucial contributor to one of our new game initiatives. As an expert in game engineering, you deliver complex game 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 engineer 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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