Sr. Software Developer, Backend Data

Unity Technologies; Canada; Remote; CAD 125,000 - 188,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading tech company in Canada is seeking a Senior Software Developer to join their Vector Ads team. This role involves designing and maintaining backend services that support high-scale ad delivery systems. Candidates should have proven experience with backend services at scale, proficiency in Golang, and familiarity with cloud infrastructure tools like Kubernetes. This opportunity is perfect for engineers passionate about performance-critical systems in a fast-paced environment.

Benefits

Wide range of well-being benefits

Work-life balance support

Qualifications

• Experience with scalable backend services.
• Knowledge of real-time bidding systems appreciated.
• Ability to communicate in English for collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain backend services and APIs.
• Collaborate across teams to deliver new features.
• Improve performance and observability of systems.

Skills

Proven experience building backend services at scale

Proficiency in Golang

Proficiency in relational databases (e.g., MySQL)

Familiarity with cloud infrastructure (Kubernetes, Ray)

Understanding of API design and distributed systems

Tools

Kubernetes

Terraform

Spark

Flink

Job description

ALERT: Unity has received reports of scams where individuals purporting to be Unity HR representatives conduct bogus employment interviews via email or text, and then request payment as a condition for receiving an offer of employment. Please be aware that Unity does not conduct interviews by email or text, and will never request payment as a condition for applying for a position or receiving an offer of employment. These scam operators may also ask for your personal information (name, address, birthdate, social security number, etc.) which you should not provide to them. If you have been a target of such a scam, you should report it by contacting the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (see this FTC posting for further details) the office of your state Attorney General, or the government agency responsible for investigating matters such as this where you reside this FTC posting for further details) the office of your state Attorney General, or the government agency responsible for investigating matters such as this where you reside.

The opportunity

Unity is looking for a Senior Software Developer to join our Vector Ads team, where we build the real-time systems that power Unity’s global advertising platform. This is a high-scale, low-latency environment — processing billions of requests daily to deliver fast, relevant ads to players around the world.

You’ll help build the core services behind ad delivery, bidding, reporting, and analytics. This is a great opportunity for an engineer who’s excited to work on performance-critical systems, collaborate across teams, and grow in a fast-paced environment.

What you\'ll be doing

• Design, build, and maintain backend services and APIs that support ad delivery
• Work on scalable, high-availability systems used across Unity’s ads ecosystem
• Collaborate with engineers, product managers, and data teams to deliver new features
• Improve performance, observability, and cost-efficiency of backend systems
• Contribute to architectural decisions and technical direction of the platform

What we\'re looking for

• Proven experience building backend services at scale
• Proficiency in Golang, and relational databases (e.g., MySQL)
• Familiarity with cloud infrastructure and observability tools (Kubernetes, Ray, etc.)
• Spark & Flink experience
• Understanding of API design, distributed systems, and system reliability

You might also have

• Experience in ad tech, programmatic advertising, or real-time bidding systems
• Background with infrastructure-as-code (e.g., Terraform)
• Familiarity with networking, caching, or real-time data pipelines

Additional information

• Relocation support 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 Unity.

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.

Head-hunters and recruitment agencies may not submit resumes/CVs through this Web site 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.

Your privacy is important to us. Please take a moment to review our Prospect Privacy Policy and Applicant Privacy Policy. Should you have any concerns about your privacy, please contact us at [e-mail].

#SEN #LI-ED1

Note: Certain locations require a good faith disclosure of the base salary range for the role. The actual salary for the successful candidate may differ based on location, experience, and other job-related factors.

Gross base salary $125,300—$187,900 CAD