Senior Software Engineer, AI Authoring

Overview

At Unity, we"re shaping the future of real‑time 3D technology by building AI to transform how games are created and experienced. From intelligent authoring tools to new ways of interacting with content, we"re engineering the next generation of pipelines that make 3D game development faster, more immersive, and more efficient.

Responsibilities

• Partner closely with product, design, and other engineering teams to influence the product roadmap.
• Contribute to technical strategy and architectural decisions for Unity AI and backend platforms, balancing short‑term delivery with long‑term product health.
• Design and implement sustainable, scalable solutions for Unity AI products, pushing the boundaries of the Unity Editor with cutting‑edge AI agent technologies.
• Improve the reliability, performance, observability, security, and cost‑efficiency of our backend systems, and support investigations into issues like performance regressions and network latency through strong observability and monitoring.
• Run technical spikes with developers to address application infrastructure needs on Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud.
• Build and mature the infrastructure and processes for promoting application code from development to production, writing high‑quality, maintainable infrastructure‑as‑code and Helm deployments, and defining best practices for Terraform Cloud, Helm, and Kubernetes.

Qualifications

• Experience building and shipping complex, user‑facing software products at scale.
• Experience delivering and supporting cloud backend services using Terraform, Kubernetes, Helm, and CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Argo, GitHub Actions).
• Hands‑on experience with Microsoft Azure or Google Cloud Platform.
• Proven track record in observability, including monitoring, logging, alerting, and debugging tools such as Grafana to ensure system reliability and performance.
• Strong grasp of software delivery best practices and network security, paired with a quality‑first mindset.
• Ability to translate business and user needs into technical solutions.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with a proven ability to align stakeholders across disciplines and organizations.
• Proficient in English for professional verbal and written communication with colleagues and partners worldwide.

Preferred Experience

• Exposure to ML infrastructure or LLM inference deployment.
• Backend service development experience, including API design.
• Familiarity with networking, caching, real‑time data pipelines, and relational databases such as PostgreSQL.
• Familiarity with languages such as C#/.NET, Python, or Go.
• Familiarity with Unity or similar 3D engines.

Additional Information

• Relocation support is not available for this position.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health, life, and disability insurance
• Commute subsidy
• Employee stock ownership
• Competitive retirement/pension plans
• Generous vacation and personal days
• Support for new parents through leave and family‑care programs
• Office food snacks
• Mental Health and Wellbeing programs and support
• Employee Resource Groups
• Global Employee Assistance Program
• Training and development programs
• Volunteering and donation matching program

Salary

• Range: $165,600 – $262,900 USD (actual pay may vary based on location, experience, and other job‑related factors)

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.