What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Online Services Engineer, Games Studio (Blue) position at Netflix?
Netflix is one of the world’s leading entertainment services with 278 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 Role
We’re looking for a creative, highly-skilled Senior Online Services Engineer to help us build a brand-new, AAA, multi-platform game.
The engineer in this position will partner closely with the design team to deliver a memorable player experience coinciding with play of the game. The role will require providing technical and developmental expertise into all design considerations of the game and will be responsible for the feature development and operation of live services deployed around the globe.
We envision this role as the beginning of a new services engineering team growing with a new AAA game studio. This role will involve technical leadership and mentorship of other online services engineers as the studio grows and expands. Successful candidates for the position will need to demonstrate a history of delivering reliable, customer facing services at scale as well as a history of technical innovation, leadership, and teamwork. They will have a bias towards action and be energized by the learnings that come with bold experimentation at an agile pace.
We're building the foundation for a small, yet ambitious, team of creators. As a team, we deeply care about the experiences we create, and more importantly who we're creating them with. As a part of Netflix, we strive to hire the best and value integrity, excellence, respect, inclusion, and collaboration. Now is an amazing time to join Netflix as we seek to entertain the world. We have over 200 million paid members in over 190 countries, and we won’t stop there.
Building, testing, deploying, and operating Services, APIs, and Tooling that support the player experience for our game
Architecting solutions to ambiguous problems and changing game design needs
Engaging with game designers and developers to deliver game and meta-game features and adjusting to considered player feedback
Understanding and solving distributed system problems that arise from deployments at a global scale
Participating in code reviews and design discussions with other distributed services engineers on the team
Recent and proficient experience with an object oriented language - Java, C , C#, or similar
7 years experience building & operating highly reliable distributed systems in a cloud environment at scale
Familiarity with available open source technologies common to cloud development
Passion for technology, pragmatic thinking, ability to jump into an ambiguous area and break down complex problems
Experience working in the gaming industry is a plus, but not a requirement for this position.
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 $90,000 - $600,000.
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 () .
We are an equal-opportunity employer and celebrate diversity, recognizing that diversity of thought and background 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.
Salary : $90,000 - $600,000
