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Staff Software Engineer, Core Engine

Unity (NYSE: U) is the world’s leading platform for creating and operating real-time 3D (RT3D) content.

Unity

Employee count: 5000+

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Staff Software Engineer, Core Engine responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining low-level systems for the Unity runtime. Collaborate with teams across rendering, physics, animation, scripting, and platform engineering to ensure core engine meets evolving needs of real-time 3D content creation.

Requirements

  • Extensive experience in systems programming, with deep expertise in C++
  • Proven experience building and shipping low-level engine or runtime systems at scale
  • Strong understanding of computer architecture, memory hierarchies, cache behavior, and CPU/GPU interaction
  • Experience with multithreaded programming
  • Familiarity with multiple platforms (Windows, macOS, Linux, consoles, mobile) and their toolchains
  • Track record of leading cross-team technical initiatives and influencing engineering direction
  • Excellent debugging and profiling skills
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills

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

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Job type

Full Time

Experience level

Senior

Location requirements

Hiring timezones

United Kingdom +/- 0 hours

About Unity

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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 have been downloaded more than five billion times per month in 2020.

Empowering real-time creativity

At Unity, we believe the world is a better place with more creators in it. This philosophy is the beating heart of our company.

Join us to be at the forefront of innovation, as we drive exciting technological advancements in gaming, entertainment, film, automotive, architecture, engineering, construction, and more – all made possible by the most widely-used real-time 3D development platform.

17 years ago, three people created Unity. Today, we are a company of more than 5,000 individuals, all committed to helping creators around the world achieve their dreams.

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Unity

Company size

5000+ employees

Founded in

2004

Chief executive officer

John Riccitiello

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