The Games Platform team is on a mission to delight members by empowering game developers to do the best work of their lives, bridging Netflix's unique superpowers and technologies to the vibrant, complex world of gaming. As a member of the Games Platform Quality team, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the test infrastructure and quality strategy for a platform that powers games across TV, mobile, and cloud, built on a heterogeneous ecosystem of game engines, embedded devices, and shared platform services.
Who You AreA highly technical senior test engineer with deep experience in CI/CD pipeline design, test automation infrastructure, and tooling for games or platform engineering with experience owning or significantly contributing to infrastructure design.
Experienced automating test workflows on embedded or consumer electronics devices such as smart TVs and streaming sticks, with familiarity in mobile and web testing technologies.
Proficient in TypeScript or JavaScript. Familiarity with graphics APIs such as WebGL, WebGPU or WebAssembly is a strong plus.
Has experience working with game engines such as Unity3D or Unreal, with understanding of their lifecycle models and failure signatures to design platform-level tests.
Understands game performance metrics relevant to game streaming such as fps, frame cadence, render fidelity, etc. to design meaningful measurements, establish device-aware baselines, and identify regressions.
Experienced with real device orchestration or device farm infrastructure for running automated tests across a heterogeneous device matrix.
A product testing expert, skilled at systematically identifying issues, root cause analysis, and partnering with developers to drive resolution.
Thrives in ambiguous environments, adapts quickly to new information, and drives consistently toward resolution.
A self-starter who proactively questions the status quo and drives process improvements to enhance efficiency in testing, debugging, and release cycles.
Exceptional collaborator with a proven ability to bridge communication between cross-functional teams, driving alignment between manual QA and core engineering.
Familiar with using LLM/AI based tools for test generation, designing and building frameworks.
What you will doDefine and champion the overall testing strategy and quality roadmap for a team in Games Platform, establishing what good looks like across performance, reliability, and certification.
Own the test and certification infrastructure for a team in Games Platform, integrating with shared tooling across the broader TV platform to ensure comprehensive coverage.
Define and establish game performance baselines across a range of devices
Build and maintain CI pipelines that catch regressions before they reach game teams
Validate platform behavior across multiple game engines and device targets ensuring the platform handles each engine correctly across its full lifecycle.
Partner closely with platform engineering, SDK, and game studio teams to debug issues, identify root causes, and drive resolution across the full end-to-end flow of the product.
Bonus SkillsExperience working with game engine packaging or build systems.
Exposure to multiple game engine ecosystems such as Unreal,Unity, Defold, PixiJS, or Rive.
Experience building or contributing to certification or compliance pipelines
Familiarity with performance dashboards and telemetry pipelines.
Generally, our compensation structure consists solely of an annual salary; we do not have bonuses. You choose each year how much of your compensation you want in salary versus stock options. To determine your personal top of market compensation, we rely on market indicators and consider your specific job family, background, skills, and experience to determine your compensation in the market range. The range for this role is $266,000.00 - $442,000.00. This compensation range will vary based on location.
Netflix provides comprehensive benefits including Health Plans, Mental Health support, a 401(k) Retirement Plan with employer match, Stock Option Program, Disability Programs, Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts, Family-forming benefits, and Life and Serious Injury Benefits. We also offer paid leave of absence programs. Full-time hourly employees accrue 35 days annually for paid time off to be used for vacation, holidays, and sick paid time off. Full-time salaried employees are immediately entitled to flexible time off. See more details about our Benefits here.
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Job is open for no less than 7 days and will be removed when the position is filled.
