Technical Director, GenAI - Games

Overview

We're seeking a passionate engineering leader to spearhead the technical vision and application of Gen AI across our games organization. This role will drive GenAI initiatives across the Games organization, ranging from core infrastructure to giving teams GenAI superpowers to supporting entirely novel gameplay experiences for our members.

• Drive the overall engineering strategy for GenAI in Games.
• Support Gen AI across our portfolio and studios, both in the creation of new experiences and improving our workflows and pipelines.
• Lead an organization of engineers, technical designers, and technical artists to experiment and innovate on game-aligned collaborations and exploratory bets.
• Engage with game teams to develop prototype features and AI-native gameplay mechanics, ensuring technical viability.
• Partner with external researchers, developers, and companies that are pioneering work in the Gen AI space.
• Stay on the forefront of AI research and emerging tools, separating hype from high-leverage opportunities that align with our development and player goals.
• Collaborate with our engineering and platform teams to build robust solutions and scale core capabilities (e.g., model inference, fine-tuning pipelines, data infrastructure, etc).

• Games industry experience, demonstrating a comprehensive understanding of the end-to-end game development lifecycle, from concept to live operations.
• Deep understanding of the Gen AI ecosystem – open models, data requirements, infrastructure and tooling, safety frameworks, and the trade-offs between hosted and in-house solutions.
• Proven experience leveraging AI/ML in a product environment, with at least the last 2–3 years leading or significantly contributing to Generative AI initiatives (LLMs, diffusion, multimodal systems).
• Familiarity with AI/ML fundamentals, including core concepts, common ML problems and algorithms, and the end-to-end ML lifecycle (data collection, model training, deployment, monitoring).
• Comfortable navigating from research prototypes to production-ready systems in a fast-paced, cross-functional setting, in partnership with engineering and AI research teams and game studios.
• Deep understanding of game development, player experience, and live operations to create meaningful, impactful player experiences with AI/ML.

The compensation structure consists solely of an annual salary; the range for this role is $ - $1,.

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.

We are an equal-opportunity employer and celebrate diversity, recognizing that diversity 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.