Staff AI-Native Backend Engineer (Gaming Platform)

Unity Technologies; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 218,000 - 283,000; Full time

Job summary

Unity Technologies is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to lead AI-driven backend systems and evaluation frameworks for Unity AI. You’ll define metrics, build autonomous diagnostics, and shape how AI affects gaming LiveOps at scale.

You will set direction for engineering teams, drive automation, and partner with product and design to craft robust, scalable platforms. This role demands hands-on leadership in AI tooling and infrastructure at Unity.

Qualifications

Responsibilities

• Own how this team builds software with AI.
• Define what we measure and rebuild observability so it explains itself.
• Make diagnosis agentic, and decide how far that should go.
• Own the infrastructure side of evaluation, collaborating with the QE lead.
• Decide what AI does for gaming LiveOps.
• Make agentic systems affordable.
• Set technical direction for Unity AI’s backend platforms.
• Raise the engineers around you.

Job description

Unity Technologies is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to lead AI-driven backend systems and evaluation frameworks for Unity AI. You’ll define metrics, build autonomous diagnostics, and shape how AI affects gaming LiveOps at scale.

You will set direction for engineering teams, drive automation, and partner with product and design to craft robust, scalable platforms. This role demands hands-on leadership in AI tooling and infrastructure at Unity.