Job Description
Netflix is one of the world's leading entertainment services with 278 million paid memberships in over 190 countries enjoying TV series, films and games across a wide variety of genres and languages. Members can play, pause and resume watching as much as they want, anytime, anywhere, and can change their plans at any time.
The Role We're looking for a highly-skilled Senior Technical Narrative Designer to help us build a brand-new AAA multi-platform game. This is a unique opportunity to deliver an innovative and narratively rich experience for one of Netflix's first generation of internally developed original games.
We're a team with big ambitions and an obsession with creating memorable game moments that leave players telling their own stories for years to come. We seek new teammates who care deeply about the experiences they create and the people they make them with, who are biased towards action and energized by the learning that comes with bold experimentation at an agile pace.
As a part of Netflix, we strive to hire the best and value integrity, excellence, respect, inclusion, and collaboration. Now is an amazing time to join Netflix as we seek to entertain the world. We have over 230 million paid members in over 190 countries, and we won't stop there. If this sounds like a dream opportunity, we would love to hear from you.
Responsibilities: - Collaborate with our Creative Director on the narrative vision for our game, balancing innovation with production constraints.
- Drive the cross-discipline effort to spec, build, debug, and tune all narrative systems, working especially closely with design and engineering colleagues.
- Develop narrative prototypes to test new storytelling techniques and mechanics.
- Implement robust, maintainable content and features in Unreal/Blueprint.
- Proactively seek out workflow and tool improvements.
- Integrate narrative elements with gameplay mechanics, ensuring seamless storytelling within a multiplayer experience.
Requirements: - 5+ years experience as a Technical Narrative Designer.
- 1+ shipped games in UE4/5 as a technical designer, engineer, or technical artist.
- Experience shipping high-quality multiplayer games.
- Expertise with Unreal Engine, especially Blueprint and Sequencer.
- Significant programming ability with C++, C#, Python, Lua, and/or Blueprint.
- Growth mindset and passion for solving complex problems with other people.
- Hunger to learn new skills, serve players, and deliver a world-class experience.
Location - Los Angeles Preferred/Remote
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 $90,000 - $600,000.
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 detail about our Benefits here.
We are an equal-opportunity employer and celebrate diversity, recognizing that diversity of thought and background builds stronger teams. We approach diversity and inclusion seriously and thoughtfully. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, ancestry, national origin, caste, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, age, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic makeup, marital status, or military service.
Job is open for no less than 7 days and will be removed when the position is filled.
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