Staff Software Engineer, Gaming AI

Unity; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 200,000 - 261,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive health, life, and long/短

Employee stock ownership

Generous vacation and personal days

Commute subsidy

Training and development programs

Job summary

Unity is looking for a Staff Software Engineer to lead cloud services for its next-gen game creation platform. You will drive major cloud features, design scalable architectures, and work across frontend, backend, and DevOps.

Strong experience with cloud systems and AI tooling is required, with a passion for game development and collaboration with AI and data teams. Based in Mountain View, CA, this full-time role offers an opportunity to influence Unity's AI direction and scale complex

Qualifications

• Experience delivering scalable cloud services and features.
• Familiar with cloud service patterns and architecture.
• Proven ability to design performant front-end and cloud-enabled systems.
• Experience using AI developer tools in daily work.
• Ability to drive technical direction and align with leadership.
• Interest in game development with AI

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver cloud-based services for a next-gen game creation platform.
• Build front-end features as part of performant full-stack systems.
• Optimize cloud services for scalability and performance.
• Apply cloud design patterns to cloud applications.
• Use AI tools like Claude Code in daily engineering work.
• Conduct DevOps work: CI/CD pipelines, monitoring, maintenance.
• Set technical direction within the team and align with leadership.
• Collaborate with the AI, infrastructure, and data teams.

Skills

GCP

K8s/KCL

Cloud architecture

Full-stack design

AI developer tools

Tools

Claude Code

Job description

The opportunity

Unity is building the next generation game creation platform, changing how games will be built over the next five years. Join us and help create a product that will enable game developers to bring their ideas to life in an entirely new way.

As a Staff Software Engineer on our gaming AI team, you will be responsible for leading the delivery of cloud services and features that power this platform. This is new and challenging work at the center of Unity's AI direction.

What You'll Be Doing

• Designing and delivering cloud-based services and cloud features for the next generation game creation platform
• Building front-end features as part of performant full-stack systems
• Optimizing cloud services for scalability and performance
• Applying cloud service design patterns and architecture experience to cloud applications
• Using agentic AI tools (such as Claude Code) as a core part of your daily engineering work
• DevOps work: CI/CD pipelines, monitoring, database maintenance.
• Driving technical direction within the team and building alignment with leadership
• Collaborating with the AI, infrastructure, and data teams

What We're Looking For

• Familiar with GCP services, optionally familiar with Azure.
• Familiar with K8s / KCL
• Strong interest in game development with AI
• Experience delivering scalable cloud services and cloud-based features
• Understanding of cloud service design patterns and architecture experience with cloud applications
• Experience designing performant full-stack systems, including frontend / cloud services / devops
• Expertise in using AI developer tools (such as Claude Code) in your daily work, and a dedication to building your career path with these tools
• Ability to drive technical direction within a team and align with leadership on strategic vision

You might also have

• Game development experience, or a passion for gaming
• Knowledge of cloud infrastructure

Gross Annual Salary: $200,400 - $260,500

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.

Benefits

• 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

Life at Unity

Unity [NYSE: U] is the world’s leading game engine, powering play for more than 3 billion consumers each month. The top mobile games in the world, the most played PC indie titles, the most innovative console games, and virtually all of the top XR and Web Games are developed, deployed, and grown in Unity. Unity also enables teams across industries like automotive, manufacturing, and healthcare to design, simulate, and collaborate in 3D — closing the gap between ideas and reality. For more information, please visit www.unity.com.

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.

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. This posting is intended to fill an existing vacancy, and we are committed to providing applicants with updates throughout the hiring process in accordance with applicable law.