Software Engineer 6 - Games Engineering

1 Month ago • 15 Years + • Game Engine • $230,000 PA - $960,000 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

Netflix's Games Engineering team seeks a Software Engineer 6 to maintain, build, and deploy updates for their game platform and SDK. Responsibilities include general game engine work and debugging, developing and maintaining build systems across major game engines, extending and customizing game engine features, and collaborating with various teams (Content, Transmedia, Product, etc.) to develop holistic solutions. The role involves identifying and solving complex problems, formulating technical roadmaps, and providing technical leadership and mentorship. The ideal candidate will be a generalist with extensive experience in Unreal, Unity, and Defold game engines and build pipelines, possessing expertise in C++ and C#.
Must have:
  • 15+ years game dev experience
  • Generalist game engine expertise
  • Unreal, Unity, Defold experience
  • C++ & C# proficiency
  • Build system development & maintenance
  • Problem-solving & technical leadership
Good to have:
  • JS, Java, Python, Lua, Golang, Clojure
  • DevOps experience
  • Cloud gaming & WebRTC knowledge
  • Open-source contributions
  • Custom hardware experience
Perks:
  • Comprehensive health plans
  • Mental health support
  • 401(k) retirement plan
  • Stock option program
  • Disability programs
  • Flexible time off
  • Paid leave of absence

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.

The Team

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 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 the games platform composed of the member experience, the developer experience, and all gameplay services that bring them together.

The Role

Netflix has its game platform and SDK for mobile and cloud games that use standard game engines. The role is to maintain, add to, build, and deploy updates. As a Software Engineer L6, 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, formulate technical roadmaps for teams,  and provide executive-level technical leadership and mentorship to peers, stakeholders, and partners.

The right candidate will be a generalist with experience in Unreal, Unity, Defold game engines and build pipelines. A deep understanding of platform abstraction and build targets.

Responsibilities

  • General game engine work and debugging. You’ll be merging in new code, looking for issues, and solving them.

  • Develop and maintain build systems across all major game engines and environments.

  • Extend and customize game engine features. 

  • Be a part of Games Engineering staff to help shape organizational, partner, and technical strategy.

  • Dive deep and understand problems across the significant investments within Netflix Games, from the internal studios, transmedia, external studios, product, and engineering teams.

  • Collaborate with ICs in other organizations (Content, Transmedia, Product, XD, Data & Insights, Internal Game Studios) to advocate for holistic solutions to balance Gaming and Netflix concerns.

Qualifications

  • At least 15+ years of game development experience with projects shipped utilizing R&D outcomes.

  • A generalist engineer with experience in multiple areas like rendering, audio, networking, core, gameplay, AI, and general game code/engine experience.

  • Convey complex design concepts to stakeholders, driving conversations and decisions through written and/or verbal communication.

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

  • Have a proven track record in designing, building, and operating experimental systems that highlight and communicate the cool factor of sometimes esoteric technical stacks.

  • Comfortable working in Unreal Engine, Unity3D, & Defold game engines. Preferably with shipped commercial projects.

  • Primary languages should be C++ & C#.

  • Expert-level source control experience with either Perforce &/or GitHub.

Bonus Skills

  • Languages: JS, Java, Python, Lua, Golang, Clojure

  • DevOps for large applications, including performance tuning, optimization, deployment management, and capacity planning.

  • Experience working with cloud gaming platforms and WebRTC technologies.

  • Engage and contribute to open source communities.

  • Comfortable working across multiple gaming platforms, including web, mobile, and console. Bonus points if you have experience working with custom hardware experiences. 

  • Expertise in developing or applying operating system execution environments, such as containers, virtual machines.

  • Are strongly motivated to learn new domains and expand your current scope.

  • Are curious about discovering innovative ways to solve problems.

  • Are self-driven and highly motivated to deliver critical-tiered solutions.

  • Strong understanding of lightweight production/team process

  • Advocate thoughtful collaboration, take pride in your work and enjoy taking full ownership of projects from conception to production.

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 $230,000 - $960,000.

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 details about our Benefits here.

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.

Job is open for no less than 7 days and will be removed when the position is filled.

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