Netflix

Full Stack Software Engineer 5 – Game Developer Tools

Netflix

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: New JerseyUnited 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