Senior Backend Engineer - Real-Time Ads Platform (Remote)

Unity

United States

Remote

USD 109,000 - 164,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Unity is seeking a Staff Backend Developer to join the Ads team, building real-time, high-scale systems powering Unity’s global advertising platform. You will design and optimize distributed services and APIs for fast, reliable ad delivery, while improving observability and performance across the backend stack.

In this remote-first role, you’ll collaborate with engineers, product managers, and data teams to drive new monetization features for game developers worldwide, and help modernize the

Qualifications

Experience building backend services at scale.
Proficiency in Golang and relational databases (e.g., MySQL).
Familiarity with cloud infrastructure and observability tools (Kubernetes, Ray).
Understanding of API design, distributed systems, and system reliability.
Strong collaboration and communication skills in a remote-first team environment.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Backend at scale

Golang

MySQL

Kubernetes

API design

Distributed systems

Tools

Cloud infra

Observability tools

Job description

In this remote-first role, you’ll collaborate with engineers, product managers, and data teams to drive new monetization features for game developers worldwide, and help modernize the

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