Software Engineer - Games Engineering

April 9

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Netflix is a global streaming service that offers a wide variety of award-winning television shows, movies, anime, documentaries, and more on thousands of internet-connected devices. It allows users to watch instantly and provides original content produced by Netflix itself, catering to diverse tastes. As a pioneer in original programming since its first series in 2013, Netflix aims to entertain audiences worldwide through immersive storytelling and innovative technology.

Revolutionizing the way people watch TV shows and movies!

10,000+ employees

Founded 1997

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🛍️ eCommerce

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📋 Description

• Maintain, add to, build, and deploy updates for Netflix's game platform and SDK. • Identify and solve highly complex problems across the entire company. • Provide executive-level technical leadership and mentorship to peers and stakeholders. • General game engine work and debugging—merging new code and solving issues. • Develop and maintain build systems across all major game engines and environments. • Extend and customize game engine features. • Shape organizational, partner, and technical strategy for Games Engineering. • Collaborate with internal studios and external teams for holistic solutions.

🎯 Requirements

• 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.

🏖️ Benefits

• Health Plans • Mental Health support • 401(k) Retirement Plan with employer match • Stock Option Program • Disability Programs • Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts • Family-forming benefits • Life and Serious Injury Benefits • Paid leave of absence programs • 35 days annually for paid time off for full-time hourly employees • Flexible time off for full-time salaried employees