Senior Game Engineer, GenAI – Games

Netflix

Senior Game Engineer at Netflix leveraging Generative AI to enhance interactive storytelling and player experiences. Collaborating with Game Designers to prototype and ship innovative gameplay.

Posted 4/17/2026full-timeLos Angeles • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $280,000 - $400,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

PythonUnityUnreal Engine

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Work with Game Designers to prototype and ship AI-augmented gameplay
Implement GenAI features that enhance player experience
Architect how GenAI integrates into core game systems for performance
Develop logic layer ensuring content remains on-theme and balanced
Use GenAI to accelerate rapid gameplay iteration and playtesting
Debug complex interactions where AI meets game logic

Requirements

What you’ll need

5+ years of professional experience in game development
Deep understanding of game architecture, player controllers, and real-time systems
Proven experience using LLMs or Diffusion models to solve specific product problems
Understanding of how a change in an AI's "personality" or "generation parameters" affects game balance
Expert-level C++ or C# (Unity/Unreal) and a grasp of Python for tooling and data pipelines
Passion for "impossible" design challenges and belief in GenAI as key to new genres of play.

Benefits

Comp & perks

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 for full-time hourly employees
Flexible time off for full-time salaried employees

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Hard Skills & Tools

game developmentgame architectureplayer controllersreal-time systemsLLMsDiffusion modelsC++C#UnityUnreal

Soft Skills

problem solvingcreativitycollaborationpassion for design challenges