Software Engineer in Test 5 - Games Platform Quality

Netflix is a company dedicated to entertaining the world, and they are seeking a Senior Software Engineer in Test for their Games Platform Quality team. This role involves shaping the test infrastructure and quality strategy for a platform that empowers game developers and ensures high-quality gaming experiences across various devices.

Responsibilities:

• Define 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

Requirements:

• A 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 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
• Experience 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