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Senior Software Engineer

Unity
San Francisco, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 1/6/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 2/10/2026
The opportunity

Unity is expanding its platform support to new classes of devices as well as ecosystems based on other 3D engines. To that end, we’re establishing a new team, Platform Iteration, within the Platform organization. This team will evolve the architecture of simulation and play mode in the editor, and build innovative features using Unity’s groundbreaking communication protocol, PolySpatial.

We're seeking engineers with extensive experience in game engine architecture and proficiency with a range of 3D technologies. Our primary development languages are C# and C .

As a Senior Engineer on this team, you'll play a crucial role in delivering key features and helping to define our architecture. You'll collaborate with engineering and design teams across Unity and interact directly with our users. If you're eager to integrate diverse technical domains and influence the future of spatial computing, this is a great opportunity for you!

What You'll Be Doing

  • Writing fast and maintainable code in C# and C
  • Implementing PolySpatial support for Unity engine features
  • Helping to bring up new platforms and integrate with virtual ecosystems
  • Collaborating with engineering and design teams across Unity


What We're Looking For

  • A proven track record using C# and C , and a passion for performance
  • Technical experience across a range of technologies, such as graphics, netcode, authoring tools, animation, physics, script interpreters, and compilers, and expert knowledge of at least one of them
  • Experience developing game engine cores, middleware, or creating games
  • Experience with profiling and debugging tools


You might also have

  • Experience using Unity or other game engines/content creation software
  • The ability to assimilate the details of unfamiliar technical areas
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Experience with existing XR/AR/VR technologies


Additional Information

  • International relocation support is not available for this position
  • Work visa/immigration sponsorship is not available for this position


Life at Unity

We offer a wide range of benefits designed to support employees' well-being and work-life balance. You can read more about them on our career page.

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 www.unity.com.

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 you have a disability that means 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.

Headhunters and recruitment agencies may not submit resumes/CVs through this website or directly to managers. Unity does not accept unsolicited headhunter and agency resumes. Unity will not pay fees to any third-party agency or company that does not have a signed agreement with Unity.

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Salary : $153,400 - $230,300

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