Netflix is seeking a Games Developer Tools Engineer 5 to join their team, focusing on building tools and platforms for game developers. The role involves full-stack development, emphasizing developer experience and end-to-end ownership of features, from API design to UI implementation.

• 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.
• 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.

• Own intuitive UIs, flows, and integrations backed by robust APIs and services.
• Work closely with game developers to shape product direction.
• Take features from vague idea to design, implementation, rollout, and long-term support.
• Design for observability and diagnostics to make triaging and debugging issues easier.
• Communicate clearly with technical and non-technical partners.

• Employees at Netflix are often offered flexible, people-first benefits—unlimited time away, generous parental leave, global family-forming support, mental-health programs (mindfulness, free counseling/coaching), and health coverage tailored by country. Financially, Netflix pays at personal top-of-market and lets employees choose their mix of cash vs. fully-vested 10-year stock options, alongside donation and volunteer matching. Convenience perks can include trust-based travel/expense policies, relocation support, and “Work, Not Drive” rideshare flexibility.