Senior Software Developer – Adaptive Performance

Unity Technologies; København; On-site; DKK 405,000 - 608,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Stock options

Retirement plan

Paid vacation

Parental leave

Job summary

Unity Technologies in Copenhagen’s Adaptive Performance team seeks a Senior Software Developer who thrives on solving complex performance challenges. You will work across Unity, native platform code, graphics, and device-specific tech to shape the next generation of Adaptive Performance.

You’ll investigate CPU, GPU, memory, and thermal issues, design and implement Adaptive Performance features, profile workloads, and mentor teammates while collaborating with platform partners and customers.

Qualifications

• Strong software development experience with C# and C++, including large and unfamiliar codebases.
• Deep understanding of CPU, GPU, memory, threading, and managed and native runtime performance.
• Hands-on experience with profiling and diagnostic tools, such as Unity Profiler, Xcode Instruments, Perfetto, or equivalent.
• Strong debugging and analytical skills, with the ability to own complex and technically ambiguous problems.
• Effective communication and collaboration skills, with a willingness to mentor others and share technical knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Investigate CPU, GPU, memory, thermal, and runtime performance issues across Unity and supported platforms.
• Design and develop Adaptive Performance features that improve runtime stability, efficiency, and developer insights.
• Profile applications and engine workloads to identify bottlenecks and turn performance data into actionable solutions.
• Collaborate with Unity teams, platform holders, hardware partners, OEMs, and customers.
• Contribute to technical design, implementation, testing, code reviews, mentoring, and AI-assisted performance workflows.

Skills

C#

C++

Profiling tools

Debugging

Mentoring

Tools

Unity Profiler

Xcode Instruments

Perfetto

Job description

Unity Technologies in Copenhagen’s Adaptive Performance team seeks a Senior Software Developer who thrives on solving complex performance challenges. You will work across Unity, native platform code, graphics, and device-specific tech to shape the next generation of Adaptive Performance.

You’ll investigate CPU, GPU, memory, and thermal issues, design and implement Adaptive Performance features, profile workloads, and mentor teammates while collaborating with platform partners and customers.