At Unity, we are re-inventing the way massive multiplayer online (MMO) games and immersive experiences are developed, launched, and operated. In Multiplayer Suite, we focus on building highly scalable, distributed, realtime services that enable creators to confidently craft, launch, and operate new and engaging online experiences. We proudly provide online solutions for matchmaking, lobby, relay, voice, and hybrid multi-cloud game server hosting for some of the world’s biggest games. At our core, we are passionate about bringing people together, and enabling game creators to build living experiences for their players!
We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer who shares our passion for games and building scalable services. As a key member of the team, your role will include developing and growing multiplayer services and features in the next generation of core gaming services like lobby, social, player-safety, and game server hosting. We are breaking new ground in bringing powerful, enterprise-grade multiplayer capabilities to every creator.
What you’ll be doing
- Architect, design, and lead the technical development of core products and features and alignment with partner teams
- Write high-quality code that supports existing and future functionality of products
- Provide mentorship and technical guidance to team members
- Work to ensure high-quality engineering principles are adopted and practiced by the team
- Operate within a distributed team and collaborate with colleagues both local and remote
What we’re looking for
- Prior software development experience using Golang
- Ability to clearly communicate your ideas and solutions and discuss them with the team and stakeholders
- Ability to design and reason about service interactions across distributed systems, including communication patterns, versioning strategies, technical tradeoffs, protocols, database technologies, and reliability
- Experience working with databases and building platform services, eventually consistent service patterns, and/or event-driven architectures
- Quality-driven approach
You might also have
- Experience working within an Agile environment (SCRUM/KanBan/XP)
- An understanding of container and orchestration technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes, and/or Nomad
- Experience working with databases and building platform services, eventually consistent service patterns, and/or event-driven architectures
Life at Unity
Unity (NYSE: U) is the world’s leading platform for creating and operating real-time 3D (RT3D) content. Creators, ranging from game developers to artists, architects, automotive designers, filmmakers, and others, use Unity to make their imaginations come to life. Unity’s platform provides a comprehensive set of software solutions to create, run and monetize interactive, real-time 2D and 3D content for mobile phones, tablets, PCs, consoles, and augmented and virtual reality devices.
The company’s 1,800+ person research and development team keeps Unity at the forefront of development by working alongside partners to ensure optimized support for the latest releases and platforms. Apps developed by Unity creators were downloaded more than five billion times per month in 2020.
