
Full Stack Software Engineer 5 – Game Developer Tools
Netflix
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: New Jersey • United States
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Salary
💰 $388,000 - $558,000 per year
About the role
- Build tools and platforms helping game developers build, debug, and ship games for Netflix members
- Focus on developer-facing tools and workflows that game teams rely on every day
- Own intuitive UIs, flows, and integrations backed by robust APIs and services
- Collaborate closely with game developers to shape product direction
- Manage features end to end—from data model and API design through UI and instrumentation
Requirements
- 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
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 to be used for vacation, holidays, and sick paid time off
- Flexible time off for salaried employees
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
full stack developmentReactTypeScriptJavaScriptNode.jsJavaPythonGraphQLAPI designUI implementation
Soft Skills
collaborationfeedback gatheringUX iterationend-to-end ownershipattention to stabilityusability focusmeasuring impact