Unity Developer

Shopping Excellence Corp; Durham (NC); On-site; USD 102,000 - 139,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mentorship

Flexible schedule

Growth opportunities

Job summary

Shopping Excellence Corp is seeking a Unity Developer for a contract role in Durham, NC. The position pays $102,000 - $139,000 and emphasizes ownership over busywork, mentorship, flexibility, and real growth opportunities.

The role focuses on translating business requirements into technical tasks, building tooling to boost developer velocity, shipping an Express.js rewrite, and ensuring reliability by profiling Nginx memory usage and patching dependencies to prevent incidents.

Qualifications

• Experience translating business requirements into technical specs or tasks.
• Ability to build tooling that improves developer productivity and velocity.
• Familiarity with Kubernetes, Express.js, and related tooling.
• Understanding NC technology regulations and compliance considerations.

Responsibilities

• Translate business requirements into technical specifications and tasks.
• Build internal tooling to improve developer productivity and velocity.
• Ship the Express.js rewrite to reduce technical debt.
• Profile Nginx memory usage and fix leaks affecting Durham nodes.
• Keep dependencies patched to prevent CVEs and outages.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Calm under pressure

NC regulations knowledge

Flexibility

Pattern recognition

Tools

Kubernetes

Express.js

Job description

We need someone who reads stack traces the way other people read headlines, and we're calling that someone an Unity Developer. A contract Unity Developer role that values ownership over busywork, pays $102,000 - $139,000, and invests in your long-term growth.

Key Responsibilities

• Translate quietly-ambitious business requirements into technical specifications and tasks
• Build internal tooling that improves developer productivity and velocity
• Ship the Express.js supportive rewrite that pays down years of Shopping Excellence Corp technical debt
• Profile Nginx memory use and chase down the leaks crashing Durham nodes
• Keep Shopping Excellence Corp's Agile dependencies patched before the CVEs become incidents

What You'll Bring

• Practical command of Kubernetes, with bonus points for Interpersonal Skills
• Calm under the nimble chaos a senior role tends to generate
• Knowledge of NC-specific regulations relevant to technology work
• Flexibility to adapt your approach as business needs evolve
• Pattern recognition earned across many technology engagements
• Familiarity with Shopping Excellence Corp-scale workflows, or the appetite to reach them
• Comfort presenting to a NC-wide audience without a script

What sets Shopping Excellence Corp apart isn't size but a client-centric Durham culture that refuses to ship Facilitation it wouldn't trust itself. Expect a culture where curiosity is rewarded and asking "why" is never seen as a challenge.

We pay $102,000 - $139,000 for this technology position and back it with mentorship, flexibility, and real growth opportunities.

Confirmed active this hour for the Durham, NC crew, no waiting list.