Senior Software Developer

The opportunity

The Data Platform and Governance team at Unity manages a comprehensive range of data infrastructure, systems, and tools—covering every stage of the data lifecycle, from ingestion and storage to processing and data product creation through a data mesh inspired architecture. The team is also responsible for the governance to better support data discovery, lineage and access management across Ads business.

We’re seeking a talented Senior Software Developer to join our team. In this role, you’ll collaborate with engineers, product specialists, and data experts to research, prototype, and develop robust data applications powering critical data governance use cases in Ads business.

What you'll be doing

• Design, build, and maintain real-time systems that power critical functionality across Unity’s data stack.
• Work closely with internal stakeholders, including product teams, infra engineers, and other stakeholders, to understand needs and deliver impactful solutions.
• Drive improvements in system observability, reliability, and performance, applying best practices in monitoring, alerting, and on-call readiness.
• Review code, mentor teammates, and contribute to architectural discussions, helping the team scale engineering excellence.
• Participate in roadmap planning and cross-functional projects, helping shape the future of Unity’s next-generation data platform and governance.

What we're looking for

• Proficiency in Python, Go, or Java, with a track record of writing clean, production-ready code.
• Experience designing and building streaming and batch data pipelines that are performant and reliable.
• Solid understanding of observability best practices, including setting up monitoring, alerting, and logging (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, PagerDuty).
• Familiarity with cloud infrastructure and orchestration tools such as Kubernetes, Terraform, Airflow and GCP.
• Experience in automating CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions or similar technologies.

You might also have

• Experience with streaming technologies like Apache Flink, Kafka, or similar.
• Knowledge of configuring and maintaining MCP servers to facilitate seamless communication between AI agents and internal applications.
• Comfort working across multiple time zones and cross-functional teams, aligning on shared interfaces and infrastructure.
• Interest in contributing to open-source projects or building internal frameworks for broader adoption.
• A strong belief in collaborative engineering, shared ownership, and building systems as a team sport.

Additional information

• International relocation support is not available for this position.

Life at Unity

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

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