Senior Software Engineer, Platform Services Abstraction in London

A successful developer in this role will be one who has the desire to investigate and understand how similar features are implemented across various platforms, then use that knowledge to design unified APIs that can be used across platforms. This will require deep cooperation with teammates as well as the willingness to build relationships with technical teams across Unity. We strive for an environment in which the best ideas win by encouraging and respecting the input of all team members, taking into account different communication styles and experiences.

What you'll be doing:

• Crafting unified APIs that implement features of various target platforms in a single, unified and testable way.
• Contributing the implementations of these APIs to the Unity codebase, including unit tests.
• Advocate for the unification of disparate platform implementations into simple abstractions across Unity.
• Deliver a stable quality product that the team is proud of by exemplifying robust API design methodologies along with high-quality C# and C++ coding practices.
• Refactoring existing code to be more efficient and maintainable, responding to user feedback and solving user issues with the codebase.

What we're looking for:

• Knowledge of native development on at least one platform, preferable console, with adaptability to add more platforms to your expertise.
• Empathy for the unique challenges game developers face building and maintaining rich experiences over multiple platforms.
• Experience contributing to cross-team projects from initiation to completion.
• Experience in C# and developing Unity-based games and extending the Unity editor.
• Experience working with a small to medium size team.

You might also have:

• Knowledge of writing native plugins for Unity and/or experience with API design and asynchronous coding paradigms.
• Experience in development for multiple game consoles, mobile or desktop platforms and shipping cross-platform titles that also use platform-specific features when appropriate.
• Long term code ownership mentality by being diligent with documentation on thought processes, decisions made and code API.

Additional information:

• Relocation support is not available for this position.
• Work visa/immigration sponsorship 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.

Please note: Benefits eligibility, specific offerings, and coverage vary based on the country and employment status.

Life at Unity:

Unity [NYSE: U] is the world’s leading game engine, powering play for more than 3 billion consumers each month. The top mobile games in the world, the most played PC indie titles, the most innovative console games, and virtually all of the top XR and Web Games are developed, deployed, and grown in Unity. Unity also enables teams across industries like automotive, manufacturing, and healthcare to design, simulate, and collaborate in 3D — closing the gap between ideas and reality.

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.

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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.