Manager, Software Engineering, Web Platform

Unity; Montreal; On-site; USD 135,000 - 204,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading gaming platform as an Engineering Manager, where you'll lead the Web Platform team to optimize Unity's runtime performance across browsers. This role combines technical leadership with people management, focusing on attracting and developing top engineering talent.

Qualifications

• Proven experience managing high-performance software engineering teams.
• A methodical approach to prioritizing and validating solutions.

Responsibilities

• Organize and oversee research, investigation, measurement, and implementation tasks.
• Define and drive the technical strategy for the team.
• Support and mentor your team members as they advance in their careers.

Skills

C++

C#

JavaScript

Optimization

Job description

The opportunity

Advances in desktop and mobile web browsers have created a revival of gaming in the browser. When a user clicks a link, or scans a QR code, they expect a near-instant experience. While advancements in consumer hardware and ever-increasing network speeds will enhance this experience over time, they are not enough! We must thoroughly optimize the download of game assets and the initialization of the Unity WebAssembly runtime.

As an Engineering Manager, you’ll lead our Web Platform team to elevate the performance of Unity’s runtime across desktop and mobile browsers. Your team is responsible for refining the web-platform-specific code and build processes that bring the Unity runtime to these browsers. Collaborating closely with our platform partners, you will measure and implement runtime performance and load-time optimizations

This role blends technical leadership with people management. You’ll be responsible for attracting, developing, and retaining top engineering talent. If you excel at shaping software that millions love and use, and enjoy leading the engineers who create and maintain it, this is the perfect opportunity for you!

What you'll be doing

• Organize and oversee research, investigation, measurement, and implementation tasks.
• Define and drive the technical strategy for the team.
• Collaborate with core Unity engineering and graphics teams to enhance performance.
• Communicate your team’s vision and progress to internal and external stakeholders.
• Support and mentor your team members as they advance in their careers.

What we're looking for

• Proven experience managing high-performance software engineering teams.
• A passion for developing innovative optimization solutions.
• A methodical approach to prioritizing and validating solutions.
• Expertise in software engineering with familiarity in C++, C#, and JavaScript.

You might also have

• Knowledge of current web standards (WebGL, WebGPU, Web Workers, Emscripten, WebAssembly) and browser compatibility.
• Experience with real-time 3D projects or games.
• Proficiency in Agile development methodologies and experience leading distributed teams.

Additional information

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

Life at Unity

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.

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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. 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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Gross pay salary

$135,800 — $203,600 USD