Netflix · 4 weeks ago
Full Stack Software Engineer (L5) - Game Developer Tools
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level
$100K/yr - $720K/yr
6+ years expNetflix 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. As a Games Developer Tools Engineer (L5), you will build tools and platforms that help game developers create and deliver great games for Netflix members.
Digital EntertainmentMedia and EntertainmentTVVideo Streaming
Responsibilities
You will be a full-stack engineer focused on developer‑facing tools and workflows that game teams rely on every day
You’ll bring a strong product and frontend mindset, owning intuitive UIs, flows, and integrations backed by robust APIs and services
You thrive on developer experience and game development workflows, working closely with game developers to shape product direction and owning features end to end—from data model and API design through UI and instrumentation
Qualification
Required
6+ years of full stack development experience building and operating production systems
Modern frontend experience, ideally with React and TypeScript
Backend experience with at least one of: JavaScript/TypeScript (Node.js), Java, Python, plus familiarity with GraphQL or similar API technologies
End‑to‑end ownership of features: data models and persistence, API/service design, UI implementation, and instrumentation (metrics, logs, traces)
Developer‑facing tooling experience (e.g., developer portals, dashboards, configuration consoles, debugging tools, or editors)
UX iteration with technical users: gathering feedback from developers, shipping improvements, and measuring impact
API design and integration experience, including clean, versioned APIs used by web UIs, CLIs, game engines, or services
Operationally thoughtful running live tools/services: observability, production debugging, and attention to stability, usability, and backwards compatibility
Preferred
Developer insights & performance tooling: building or integrating UIs for metrics/logs/traces and making complex technical data actionable for engineers
Game engine & runtime awareness: familiarity with Unity and/or Unreal (editor extensions, in‑engine tools, plugins, build/content pipelines, runtime instrumentation) and how content flows from engine → build → runtime
Desktop app experience: building and shipping Electron (or similar) apps, including auto‑update, packaging, offline behavior, and OS integration
Multi‑tenant / multi‑title systems: exposure to auth, authorization, and isolation across multiple games, titles, or tenants
External/partner‑facing tools: experience building tools used beyond a single internal team
Interest or experience in games: gaming industry, game dev tooling, or game production workflows
Company
Netflix
Netflix is an online streaming platform that enables users to watch TV shows and movies.
10001+ employees
H1B Sponsorship
Netflix has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not
guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your
reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
Distribution of Different Job Fields Receiving Sponsorship
Represents job field similar to this job
Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (310)
2024 (309)
2023 (191)
2022 (261)
2021 (268)
2020 (225)
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$63.91BKey Investors
Wells FargoTCVGroupe Arnault
2025-12-05Post Ipo Debt· $59B
2024-08-01Post Ipo Debt· $1.8B
2018-05-05Post Ipo Debt· $2.67M
Leadership Team
Gregory Peters
Co-CEO
Ted Sarandos
Co-CEO
Recent News
2026-01-09
Company data provided by crunchbase