Software Engineer (L5) - Games Systems Engineering

Bring your passion for games and backend systems to help us achieve our next big objective, to reinvent video games on a global scale. Netflix fundamentally changed how the world watches television, with over 240 million members enjoying award-winning TV series, documentaries, and feature films.  Join our team to help pioneer a next-generation video game platform that caters to a diverse, global member base.
About Player Data
Our goal is to empower game developers to seamlessly integrate and launch their greatest hits on the Netflix Game Developer platform. This role involves building and enhancing our product capabilities to deliver an unparalleled gaming experience, incorporating features like cloud saves, leaderboards, and achievements. A successful candidate will manage the full software development lifecycle, collaborating on product definition, development, deployment, and ongoing operations, with an emphasis on scalability to meet the demands of a worldwide audience.

In this role, success is:

• Leveraging 3-5 years of games platform experience to influence outcomes
• Taking ownership to deliver high-quality solutions in ambiguous environments
• Collaborating with senior engineers to influence product and architecture decisions
• Building and extending distributed systems to support new product features
• Operating complex services and troubleshooting cross-functional problems
• Designing highly scalable stateful services leveraging distributed datastores

We seek to grow inclusive and diverse teams that will enhance our perspectives, skill sets, and behaviors. We highly encourage you to apply if your background will complement us, even if your experience doesn't precisely match the job description. Your skills and passion will stand out—and set you apart—especially if your career has taken some extraordinary twists and turns.
At Netflix, we carefully consider a wide range of compensation factors to determine your personal top of market. We rely on market indicators to determine compensation and consider your specific job, skills, and experience to get it right. These considerations can cause your compensation to vary and will also be dependent on your location. 
The overall market range for roles in this area of Netflix is typically $300,000 - $700,000. This market range is based on total compensation (vs. only base salary), which is in line with our compensation philosophy. Netflix is a unique culture and environment. Learn more here.