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Unity · 14 hours ago

Staff Software Engineer, User Understanding

Unity is looking for a Staff Software Developer to join their Vector Ads team, focusing on building core services that enhance gamer understanding and optimize ad experiences. The role involves designing and maintaining backend services in a high-scale environment, collaborating with various teams to deliver new features and improve system performance.

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Responsibilities

Design, build, and maintain backend services and APls that support ad delivery and gamer understanding
Work on scalable, high-availability systems used across Unity's ads ecosystem
Collaborate with engineers, product managers, and data teams to deliver new features
Improve performance, observability, and cost-efficiency of backend systems
Contribute to architectural decisions and technical direction of the platform

Qualification

Backend services at scaleGolangGoogle CloudAPI designDistributed systemsSystem reliabilityCloud infrastructureObservability toolsAd tech experienceInfrastructure-as-codeNetworkingCachingGraph databaseReal-time data pipelines

Required

Experience building backend services at scale
Proficiency in Golang and Google Cloud
Familiarity with cloud infrastructure and observability tools (Kubernetes, Ray, etc.)
Understanding of API design, distributed systems, and system reliability

Preferred

Experience in ad tech, programmatic advertising, or real-time bidding systems
Background with infrastructure-as-code (e.g., Terraform)
Familiarity with networking, caching, graph database, or real-time data pipelines

Benefits

Comprehensive health, life, and disability insurance
Commute subsidy
Employee stock ownership
Competitive retirement/pension plans
Generous vacation and personal days
Support for new parents through leave and family-care programs
Office food snacks
Mental Health and Wellbeing programs and support
Employee Resource Groups
Global Employee Assistance Program
Training and development programs
Volunteering and donation matching program

Company

Unity [NYSE: U] offers a suite of tools to create, market, and grow games and interactive experiences across all major platforms from mobile, PC, and console, to extended reality.

H1B Sponsorship

Unity has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (53)
2024 (55)
2023 (39)
2022 (81)
2021 (62)
2020 (78)

Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage

Leadership Team

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Jim Whitehurst
Chief Executive Officer
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John Riccitiello
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