Web UI Engineer 5 - Netflix Game Controller

About the Role

At Netflix, our mission is to entertain the world. The Games Controller team is responsible for the Netflix Game Controller platform: the mobile and web experience that powers “instant play anywhere” across TV and other devices, as well as the tools and SDKs that enable game teams to build on top of it. We’re evolving from a single-purpose input app into a broader gaming destination and hub that supports rich cross-device interactions.

We seek a senior WebUI engineer to help shape this platform and build novel, high-quality experiences in the Netflix Game Controller. This high-impact role spans game and platform teams to define the right interaction patterns and platform primitives for their experiences. You’ll work across highly visible product experiences and core web platform infrastructure, caring deeply about performance, quality, accessibility, and long-term extensibility.

What You Will Do

• Collaborate cross-functionally with product, design, and engineering partners to build delightful, accessible, and reusable WebUI surfaces that both players and internal teams rely on.
• Work closely with game and platform teams to define the right interaction patterns and platform primitives for their experiences.
• Architect maintainable, performant Web client code with documentation, patterns, components, and tooling that make the Netflix Game Controller a robust, extensible platform.
• Help drive client code consistency and simplicity to accelerate A/B experimentation velocity and maintain high product quality.
• Architect code for testability and write automated tests to help uphold product quality on a high-commit-volume code base.
• Keep a pulse on cutting-edge Web technologies and software engineering practices, and modernize the code base to accelerate innovation velocity while upholding high product quality.

Who You Are

• A product-oriented developer who is passionate about building intuitive and seamless user experiences.
• A strong front-end Web UI developer who is comfortable contributing to technologies outside of the direct Web domain.
• Exceptional coding skills; can navigate different languages and technology stacks.
• Prior experience building a web-based platform, enabling other teams to contribute to the larger platform.
• A Javascript expert with experience working with Typescript, React, and Mobile Webviews.
• Self-starter comfortable with identifying opportunities and driving forward-looking technical roadmaps.
• Effective at developing strong relationships with cross-functional teams through clear communication.
• Adapt quickly to new information, switch context when needed, and constantly drive to resolution.
• Bias heavily towards action and prioritizes rapid iteration over building for scale if needed.
• Strive to elevate the knowledge and skills of yourself and others in a way that fosters an inclusive, collaborative environment.

Nice-to-Have Qualifications

• Familiarity with Mobile development using Kotlin and Swift.
• Familiarity with back-end technologies (Java, Go, etc.).
• Understanding of client/server communication and can comfortably debug issues related to HTTP, TCP, DNS. Familiarity with WebRTC.

Compensation & Benefits

• Compensation Structure: Consists solely of an annual salary; no bonuses. You choose each year how much of your compensation you want in salary versus stock options.
• Comprehensive Benefits: Health Plans, Mental Health support, a 401(k) Retirement Plan with employer match, Stock Option Program, Disability Programs, Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts.
• Additional Benefits: Family-forming benefits, and Life and Serious Injury Benefits.
• Paid Time Off: Full-time salaried employees are immediately entitled to flexible time off. Hourly employees accrue 35 days annually.

Culture & Inclusion

Netflix is a unique culture and environment. We believe safe spaces where everyone can be their authentic selves is the key to a successful team so we welcome and embrace all identities, cultures, and backgrounds. We are an equal-opportunity employer and celebrate diversity, recognizing that diversity builds stronger teams. We do not discriminate on any protected basis.