Lead Unity Game Developer & Tech Lead

ApplyMint; Madison (WI); On-site; USD 63,000 - 77,000; Full time

Job summary

University of Wisconsin–Madison Field Day Lab is seeking a Lead Developer who blends strong software engineering with technical leadership. This role is roughly 70% hands-on development and 30% leadership, mentoring, and coordination across educational game projects.

The Lab creates educational games and digital tools for teaching and learning, collaborating with educators and researchers to design interactive experiences that blend game-based learning with academic research.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 7 years of professional software development experience, including games/interactive apps.
• Expertise with Unity and game development principles.
• Proficient in C#; experience with JavaScript and Python; adaptable to new languages.
• Experience independently developing game prototypes from concept to implementation.
• Ability to read, understand, and refactor code efficiently.
• Experience translating goals into technical implementation plans and solutions.
• Experience leading technical decision-making for complex software projects.
• Demonstrated leadership mentoring and coaching for software developers.
• Experience breaking large projects into workstreams, estimating effort, and guiding teams to timely completion.
• Ability to collaborate with designers, artists, producers, researchers, and educators.

Responsibilities

• Prepares program documentation and training requirements.
• Maintains and troubleshoots applications, systems, or websites.
• Implements data structure and systems performance strategies.
• Reviews design specifications, codes new applications, and enhances existing ones.
• Develops or modifies technical specs for low-complexity projects using disciplined practices.
• Tests and debugs programs and prepares systems test data.

Skills

Unity

C#

JavaScript

Python

Leadership

Mentoring

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Software Eng

Job description

University of Wisconsin–Madison Field Day Lab is seeking a Lead Developer who blends strong software engineering with technical leadership. This role is roughly 70% hands-on development and 30% leadership, mentoring, and coordination across educational game projects.

The Lab creates educational games and digital tools for teaching and learning, collaborating with educators and researchers to design interactive experiences that blend game-based learning with academic research.