Sr. Backend Software Engineer
Sr. Backend Software Engineer
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Job Description
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.
Were looking for an engineer to help drive the modernization of services that are at the foundation of everything we do. Youll 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 youll 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 Unitys 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 were looking for
- Bachelors 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: $148370 - $158370/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 1000 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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Employment Type
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