Sr. Backend Software Engineer

2 Months ago • 3 Years + • Backend Development • $148,370 PA - $158,370 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

The Sr. Backend Software Engineer will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining service APIs within a microservice architecture. This role involves ensuring service scalability, writing high-quality code, interacting with large datasets, and debugging customer issues. The engineer will collaborate with a global team, modernize software services, and contribute to the overall reliability and performance of Unity's products. The role requires a strong understanding of software development, database management, and API design. The candidate will also be expected to break down a legacy monolith into a suite of microservices.
Must have:
  • 3 years of software development experience.
  • Experience with Java, Golang, or C++.
  • Experience with Mongo, MySQL, BigQ, or PostgreSQL.
  • Experience developing, testing, and deploying software applications.
  • Experience with HTTP, JSON, and RESTful API design.
Good to have:
  • Experience breaking apart a legacy monolith.
  • Experience with OAuth2, SSO, and secure access control.
  • Experience with TypeScript, Javascript, or ReactJS.
Perks:
  • Standard company benefits.

Job Details

The opportunity
Unity powers over half of all games and over two thirds of all VR and AR products. We believe the world is a better place with more creators in it, and we do that by putting the most powerful creative tools in the hands of millions of developers and artists.

We’re looking for an engineer to help drive the modernization of services that are at the foundation of everything we do. You’ll build and migrate scale systems while minimizing customer impact, enable users to take full advantage of the next generation of Unity products, and collaborate with the global team to create reliable, high performance services. Your passion for quality and love of learning in a blameless environment will shape and grow team practices and culture.

What you'll be doing

  • Design, develop and maintain our service APIs.
  • Work on a complex microservice architecture to develop new features.
  • Ensure service scalability through effective code and data storage design.
  • Design, implement, test, and maintain Unity’s services that are capable of handling real-time and batch processing of thousands of requests and daily events.
  • Write high-quality code that supports existing and future functionality of the product.
  • Interact with high amount of data and debug complicated customer issues.
  • Build and migrate scalable software systems while maximizing customer impact.
  • Collaborate with the global team to create reliable, high performance software services.
  • Separate systems into condensed suites.
  • Drive modernization of software services.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field, and three (3) years of related work experience.
  • Must have three (3) years of experience with/in: Software development using at least one of the following compiled and statically typed languages: Java, Golang, or C++; Databases including at least one of: Mongo, MySQL, BigQ, PostgreSQL; Developing, and testing and deploying software applications; and HTTP, JSON and RESTful API design.
  • Must have two (2) years of experience with/in: Breaking apart a legacy monolith into a suite of microservices; Developing and researching authentication systems using OAuth2, SSO, and secure access control; and At least one of the following: TypeScript, Javascript, ReactJS.
  • International relocation support is not available for this position.
  • Work visa/immigration sponsorship is not available for this position.
  • 40 hrs/week, Mon-Fri, 8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Salary: $148,370 - $158,370/yr. Standard company benefits.
  • Telecommuting permitted on a hybrid schedule as determined by the employer.

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.

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 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.

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.

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Gross pay salary
$148,370$158,370 USD

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