Staff Software Engineer, Feature Platform

Unity South APAC (SEA, ANZ, IND Subcont.); Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 192,600 - 288,800; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive health, life, and disability insurance

Commute subsidy

Employee stock ownership

Generous vacation and personal days

Mental Health and Wellbeing programs

Training and development programs

Job summary

Unity South APAC is looking for a Staff Software Engineer to develop the infrastructure for their advertising platform. This role involves creating scalable data pipeline systems, managing complex data flows, and collaborating with multiple teams to ensure performance and reliability.

The ideal candidate will have strong experience in distributed systems, Python, and cloud-native environments. The position includes a comprehensive benefits package and a gross salary range of $192,600—$288,800, depending on experience.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in building large-scale distributed systems.
• Hands-on experience with cloud-native tech and orchestration tools.
• Strong ownership mindset focusing on long-term maintainability.

Responsibilities

• Design scalable data pipeline systems for ads optimization.
• Own offline data flows with a focus on accuracy and compliance.
• Contribute to Feature Store platform for high-throughput serving.

Skills

Distributed systems design

ETL/ELT pipeline development

Performance tuning

Cloud-native environments

Go programming

Tools

Python

Java

SQL

Spark

Flink

Kubernetes

Job description

The Opportunity

At Unity, we're building a world‑class advertising platform that operates at a massive global scale. The Ads team powers the systems that connect advertisers with creators and players, driving performance, reliability, and growth across our ecosystem.

As a Staff Software Engineer on the Feature Platform team, you'll play a critical role in building the infrastructure that powers machine learning, experimentation, and optimization across our ads ecosystem. You'll design and operate the systems that transform high‑volume event data into production‑grade feature datasets used for bidding, attribution, and ranking — working at the intersection of distributed systems, platform engineering, and ML infrastructure.

This role goes beyond data processing. You'll own the full software lifecycle of pipeline systems — from architecture and implementation through to reliability, observability, and performance at scale — collaborating closely with ML, backend, and product teams to build durable, high‑quality infrastructure that supports both offline training workflows and online feature serving.

This role is ideal for someone who enjoys owning complex systems end‑to‑end, thinking deeply about correctness and scalability, and building software that other engineering teams depend on.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Design, build, and operate scalable, production‑grade data pipeline systems and curated feature datasets powering ads optimization and ML
• Own end‑to‑end offline data flows from raw event ingestion to feature‑ready datasets, with strong emphasis on correctness, reproducibility, and SLA compliance
• Develop and maintain large‑scale batch and streaming systems (Python / Java / SQL) with a strong focus on performance, cost‑efficiency, and reliability
• Build and contribute to our Feature Store platform, including integration with the high‑throughput online serving layer (Go‑based services)
• Translate complex product and monetization logic into well‑engineered, extensible systems serving analytics and machine learning use cases
• Drive improvements in observability, testing frameworks, and quality standards across the platform
• Lead architectural decisions and engineering best practices within the Feature Platform team

What We’re Looking For

• Strong software engineering fundamentals with deep experience designing and operating large‑scale distributed systems in production
• Hands‑on experience building production‑grade ETL/ELT pipelines using Python, Java, SQL, or similar technologies
• Experience with distributed processing frameworks such as Spark or Flink in both batch and streaming modes, including performance tuning and parallel computation
• Understanding of how offline data systems integrate with online serving layers — feature stores, low‑latency APIs, and real‑time systems
• Experience with cloud‑native environments, containerized systems, Kubernetes, and workflow orchestration tools
• Strong ownership mindset — focused on correctness, observability, and long‑term maintainability
• Experience with Go is a plus, particularly for collaboration on high‑throughput feature serving services

You Might Also Have

• Experience with ML infrastructure, feature stores, or model training pipelines
• Background in ads, attribution, or monetization systems
• Familiarity with experimentation and metrics infrastructure
• Exposure to high‑scale backend or platform engineering

Additional Information

• Relocation support is not available for this position

Benefits

At Unity, we want our team members to thrive. We offer a wide range of benefits designed to support well‑being and work‑life balance.

Please note: Benefits eligibility, specific offerings, and coverage vary based on the country and employment status.

• Comprehensive health, life, and disability insurance
• Commute subsidy
• Employee stock ownership
• Competitive retirement/pension plans
• Generous vacation and personal days
• Support for new parents through leave and family‑care programs
• Office food snacks
• Mental Health and Wellbeing programs and support
• Employee Resource Groups
• Global Employee Assistance Program
• Training and development programs
• Volunteering and donation matching program

Salary

Note: This range reflects the anticipated base salary for this position. Beyond base salary, this role may be eligible for equity awards and participation in our company incentive plans (such as annual discretionary bonuses or sales commissions). The final offer amount will depend on several factors, including geographic location and the candidate’s relevant experience, professional background, and skill set. Gross pay salary $192,600—$288,800 USD

Language Requirements

This position requires the incumbent to have a sufficient knowledge of English to have professional verbal and written exchanges in this language since the performance of the duties related to this position requires frequent and regular communication with colleagues and partners located worldwide and whose common language is English.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Unity is a proud equal opportunity employer. We are committed to fostering an inclusive, innovative environment and celebrate our employees across age, race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, disability, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or any other protected status in accordance with applicable law. Our differences are strengths that enable us to support the growing and evolving needs of our customers, partners, and collaborators. If you have a disability that means there are preparations or accommodations we can make to help ensure you have a comfortable and positive interview experience, please fill out this form to let us know.