Netflix is one of the world's leading entertainment services, with over 300 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.
Who We Are
From games on TV to mobile and web, Next Games is a Netflix first-party studio that develops approachable games to entertain a diverse, global audience.
We design games that Netflix members can enjoy every day as part of their subscription. Our games released on Netflix to date include TV games Boggle Party, Pictionary Game Night, Party Crashers: Fool Your Friends, and Underwatermelon, as well as Netflix Puzzled, available on mobile devices and on tudum.com.
We proudly combine our Finnish game development culture with Netflix's global entertainment culture, embracing the strengths of both and empowering our talented and diverse teams to deliver their best work yet.
The Role
As a Senior Game Engineer, you are a crucial contributor to one of our most successful cloud games. As an expert in game engineering, you deliver complex game features while writing high-quality, extendable, and stable code. You’ll oversee technical aspects of the game project, provide examples and guidance to others, and collaborate with other developers and stakeholders in the studio and in the company.
We have a hybrid way of working, so you will have flexibility working between our office in Helsinki and your home office in Finland
For this role, we are looking for an engineer with experience across the full project lifecycle, who is comfortable joining a live, evolving product. They are driven to improve processes in the team, are responsive to the concerns of players and stakeholders across the organization, and are able to balance innovation risks and opportunities against release schedules and an ambitious project scope.
Responsibilities
- Build gameplay features and systems
- Take ownership over features and tasks
- Provide input on technical matters
- Fix issues and maintain the quality of the codebase
- Collaborate with other stakeholders on game ideas, design, gameplay, and features
- Resolve performance and stability issues
- Create and maintain relevant technical documentation
- Guide and mentor other engineers, share best practices, and help raise the technical bar across teams.
Skills and Experience
- Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Math, or Engineering
- Professional experience in game development using Unity3D, Unreal or another game engine
- Experience in professional, team-based software development with shipped product(s) and having worked on a live product
- Strong knowledge of C#
- Experience in web development, frameworks and command of JavaScript / TypeScript preferrable
- Excellent problem solving skills
- Proactive, self starter mentality and a can-do attitude
- Good communication skills and proficiency in English
The Team
We are a lean and agile team and are part of a first-party studio that values world-class fidelity and a positive failure culture. You will have the opportunity to build word class gameplay, define ways of working and standards, all while working on groundbreaking projects for a global audience.
We aim high here at Next Games and will ask you to do the same. In exchange, you’ll be part of a team that is great to work with, dedicated, and passionate about what we do.
We look for what each person brings to our collective skillset, culture, and values to make them richer. Will you be the person to make us better?
Inclusion 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.