Engineering Manager, Mobile Games SDK

Job Description

About Us
On the Games SDK team, we are passionate about bringing a new kind of ✨joy✨ to hundreds of millions of Netflix members around the world, whether they're traveling to a remote location or at home with family. Our members already enjoy TV series, documentaries, and feature films across a wide variety of genres and languages. With the launch of mobile games, they can also play a collection of Netflix curated and produced games.

As a leader of the Netflix Games SDK team, you will enable game developers to integrate their games into the Netflix service on Unity, Android, and iOS platforms. In the process, you will help create an immersive environment for Netflix members to discover and play games..

People who excel on our team are self-motivated and passionate about business and technology innovation. We believe a big part of our ability to drive global growth comes from fostering inclusion and building diversity within our team.

We are looking for an experienced engineering manager to lead the Mobile Games SDK team and drive strategy for the SDK product across Android and iOS.

About the role
• Lead a team of Android and iOS engineers who value inclusion, transparency, autonomy, and humility.
• Using your experience with the mobile app landscape and development cycle, improve execution and quality of SDK releases.
• Work closely with the Games Product team to build and execute on the games product roadmap
• Collaborate, build alignment, and develop strong relationships with engineering partners across client, server, and productivity teams.
• Develop and extend the strategy for managing the complexities associated with delivering a cross-platform mobile SDK with multiple interfaces.
• Empower, challenge, and coach team members to grow their impact as individual technical leaders by providing them with context and continuous feedback.

What sets you apart
• You understand the life cycle for APIs on client SDKs for mobile devices and use that understanding to inform release strategy.
• You bring experience with a range of techniques for ensuring software quality and can lead the team in continuous efforts to improve software robustness and flexibility.
• You are a human-centric leader who centers empathy and welcomes feedback.
• You have exceptional written and verbal communication skills; able to actively listen, adapt to different styles, establish best practices for a hybrid-remote work environment.
• You foster an inclusive team culture that enables team members of all backgrounds to succeed and thrive.

Why Netflix?
• Collaborate every day with a team that values selflessness, inclusion, and integrity
• Make your impact expanding the product offerings of a company that is loved by hundreds of millions around the world
• Remote friendly with a flexible work environment
• Strong parental leave policy and family forming benefits

Location of Work
• For this role, we are considering candidates who are willing to relocate to Los Gatos, California, as well as fully remote candidates working within the U.S with occasional visits to Netflix offices in Los Gatos and Los Angeles.

At Netflix, we carefully consider a wide range of compensation factors to determine your personal top of market. We rely on market indicators to determine compensation and consider your specific job, skills, and experience to get it right. These considerations can cause your compensation to vary and will also be dependent on your location.

The overall market range for roles in this area of Netflix is typically $180,000 - $900,000.

This market range is based on total compensation (vs. only base salary), which is in line with our compensation philosophy. Netflix is a unique culture and environment. Learn more here.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-gwz04p-18-223-125-219-42 in your application.