Staff Software Developer at Unity Technologies

San Francisco, California, United States -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

21 Dec, 25

Salary

236800.0

Posted On

22 Sep, 25

Experience

5 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Backend Services, Golang, Relational Databases, MySQL, Cloud Infrastructure, Observability Tools, Kubernetes, API Design, Distributed Systems, System Reliability, Collaboration, Communication Skills

Industry

Software Development

Description

The opportunity Unity is looking for a Senior Software Developer to join our Vector Ads team, where we build the real-time systems that power Unity’s global advertising platform. This is a high-scale, low-latency environment — processing billions of requests daily to deliver fast, relevant ads to players around the world. You’ll help build the core services behind ad delivery, bidding, reporting, and analytics. This is a great opportunity for an engineer who’s excited to work on performance-critical systems, collaborate across teams, and grow in a fast-paced environment. What you'll be doing Design, build, and maintain backend services and APIs that support ad delivery 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 What we're looking for Experience building backend services at scale Proficiency in Golang,and relational databases (e.g., MySQL) Familiarity with cloud infrastructure and observability tools (Kubernetes, Ray, etc.) Understanding of API design, distributed systems, and system reliability Strong collaboration and communication skills in a remote-first team environment You might also have Experience in ad tech, programmatic advertising, or real-time bidding systems Background with infrastructure-as-code (e.g., Terraform) Familiarity with networking, caching, or real-time data pipelines Additional information Relocation support is not available for this position. Life at Unity We offer a wide range of benefits designed to support employees' well-being and work-life balance. You can read more about them on our career page. Unity [NYSE: U] is the leading platform to create and grow games and interactive experiences. Creators, ranging from game developers to artists, architects, automotive designers, infrastructure experts, filmmakers, and more, use Unity to bring their imaginations to life across multiple platforms, from mobile, PC, and console, to spatial computing. As of the third quarter of 2024, more than 70% of the top 1,000 mobile games were made with Unity, and in 2024, Made with Unity applications had an average of 3.7 billion downloads per month. For more information, please visit Unity. Unity is a proud equal opportunity employer. We are committed to fostering an inclusive, innovative environment and celebrate our employees across age, race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, disability, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or any other protected status in accordance with applicable law. Our differences are strengths that enable us to support the growing and evolving needs of our customers, partners, and collaborators. If you have a disability that means there are preparations or accommodations we can make to help ensure you have a comfortable and positive interview experience, please fill out this form to let us know. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. This position requires the incumbent to have a sufficient knowledge of English to have professional verbal and written exchanges in this language since the performance of the duties related to this position requires frequent and regular communication with colleagues and partners located worldwide and whose common language is English. Headhunters and recruitment agencies may not submit resumes/CVs through this Web site or directly to managers. Unity does not accept unsolicited headhunter and agency resumes. Unity will not pay fees to any third-party agency or company that does not have a signed agreement with Unity. Your privacy is important to us. Please take a moment to review our Prospect Privacy Policy and Applicant Privacy Policy. Should you have any concerns about your privacy, please contact us at DPO@unity.com. #SEN #LI-ED1 *Note: Certain locations require a good faith disclosure of the base salary range for the role. The actual salary for the successful candidate may differ based on location, experience, and other job-related factors. Gross pay salary $157,800—$236,800 USD

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Responsibilities

Design, build, and maintain backend services and APIs that support ad delivery. Collaborate with engineers, product managers, and data teams to deliver new features and improve performance of backend systems.