Senior Native Editor Platform Engineer (C++)

Unity; United States; Remote; USD 130,000 - 196,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive health, life, and short/

Commuter subsidy

Employee stock ownership

Competitive retirement plans

Generous vacation and personal days

Parental leave and family-care support

On-site snacks

Mental Health and Wellbeing programs

Employee Resource Groups

Global Employee Assistance Program

Training and development programs

Volunteering and donation matching

Job summary

Unity is seeking an experienced software engineer to help build the native foundation of the Unity Editor across Windows, macOS, and Linux. You will apply modern C++ and native platform APIs to create cross‑platform API abstractions and keep the Editor ahead of OS changes.

You will collaborate with senior engineers, plan with Product Managers, and contribute to new authoring experiences while maintaining a rock‑solid platform and supporting users and partners worldwide.

Qualifications

• Proven modern C++ development skills.
• Experience with Win32, Cocoa (Objective-C) or GTK.
• The proven ability to foster and maintain cross-team partnerships with worldwide teams.
• Native debugger experience to root-cause and solve difficult platform issues.
• A passion for maintaining a rock-solid foundation while also moving the Unity Editor platform forward.
• C# development experience
• Postmortem debugging experience (Windows dump files, macOS/Linux core dumps)
• Refactoring legacy codebases
• Experience working with and authoring Docker container images

Responsibilities

• Collaborating daily with a team of senior engineers with extensive platform development experience.
• From design to delivery, develop cross-platform API abstractions on Windows, macOS and Linux with a focus on native code.
• Keep the Unity Editor up to date on target operating systems by implementing support for new OS features and adapting to current OS design guidelines.
• Support our existing users and partners by maintaining and improving our existing codebase.
• Contribute to our team roadmap by working with Product Managers and partner teams worldwide to plan and deliver new authoring experiences for the Unity Editor.

Tools

Docker

Job description

Unity is seeking an experienced software engineer to help build the native foundation of the Unity Editor across Windows, macOS, and Linux. You will apply modern C++ and native platform APIs to create cross‑platform API abstractions and keep the Editor ahead of OS changes.

You will collaborate with senior engineers, plan with Product Managers, and contribute to new authoring experiences while maintaining a rock‑solid platform and supporting users and partners worldwide.