At a Glance
- Tasks: Optimise Unity games for performance and lead console porting efforts.
- Company: CayPlay Studios, a remote-first team passionate about gaming.
- Benefits: 100% remote work, competitive salary, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Be part of a collaborative environment with a focus on innovation.
- Why this job: Join a dynamic team and make a real impact on exciting game titles.
- Qualifications: Senior Unity experience, strong C# skills, and a passion for problem-solving.
The predicted salary is between 54000 - 66000 £ per year.
To apply please email your resume to
Cay Play Studios is looking for a senior Unity engineer to join our team full-time and take ownership of performance optimization and console porting across our games.
This role will work alongside our existing team on one of our current console titles, helping us continue to improve the port and bring it up to the standard we expect. You’ll also help us establish the internal workflows and technical foundation needed to approach console development earlier and more directly on future titles, reducing our reliance on external partners.
This is a highly hands-on technical role. You’ll be expected to dig into unfamiliar problems, identify the real cause of performance issues, implement practical solutions, and help establish the systems and best practices we use for console development going forward.
This is a 100% remote, full-time position.
Responsibilities
- Profile and optimize Unity projects across CPU, GPU, rendering, memory, loading, and physics.
- Investigate performance bottlenecks, identify root causes, and propose practical solutions.
- Work with URP, SRP Batcher, GPU Instancing, batching, shaders, lighting, post-processing, LODs, and other rendering optimization techniques.
- Analyze and reduce memory usage, including textures, meshes, allocations, asset lifetime, and loading/unloading behavior.
- Investigate frame spikes, stutters, GC pressure, expensive physics, and other runtime performance issues.
- Help prepare and optimize the project for console releases.
- Contribute to optimization guidelines, performance budgets, and best practices for future projects.
Requirements
- Senior-level professional experience with Unity.
- Strong hands-on experience profiling and optimizing Unity games.
- Strong C# knowledge
- At least one shipped Unity game, with direct involvement in performance optimization.
- Strong understanding of CPU, GPU, rendering, and memory performance in
Unity.
- Experience with Unity Profiler, Frame Debugger, Memory Profiler, and similar profiling/debugging tools.
- Ability to independently investigate unfamiliar performance issues and find their root cause.
- Strong practical problem-solving skills and willingness to dig deep into technical issues.
- (Bonus) Experience personally handling or leading a Unity console port
- (Bonus) Experience profiling and optimizing directly on target console hardware
- (Bonus) Experience implementing gameplay systems and features in Unity
Senior Unity Engineer – Performance & Console Porting in Birmingham employer: CayPlay
CayPlay Studios is an exceptional employer for those seeking to make a significant impact in the gaming industry. With a fully remote work environment, we foster a collaborative and innovative culture that encourages personal growth and technical excellence. Our commitment to employee development, coupled with the opportunity to work on cutting-edge console titles, makes us an attractive choice for talented individuals looking to advance their careers in game development.
