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Staff Data Platform Engineer,

Unity
San Francisco, California, United States
Posted 3 days ago
Last seen 23 hours ago
Active
full-time
Data & Analytics
$200,000 - $280,000 USD

Job Summary

Join Unity as a Staff Data Platform Engineer to architect and scale critical data infrastructure for our Ads business and internal platforms. This senior individual contributor role offers the chance to solve complex distributed systems problems and drive technical excellence across a broad technical surface area.

About this job

Unity is seeking a Staff Data Platform Engineer to build and scale data infrastructure for its Ads business and internal platform, Unity Commons. This role involves working at the intersection of large-scale distributed systems, data engineering, and platform architecture, owning critical data platform capabilities, and supporting common internal services. You will partner with various teams to deliver resilient, extensible, and easy-to-adopt platforms.

Requirements

- Extensive experience designing, building, and operating large-scale distributed systems, backend services, or data platforms in production environments. - Strong backend and systems engineering skills, including service design, API design, system integration, debugging, and production operations. - Deep understanding of distributed systems fundamentals, including scalability, reliability, fault tolerance, performance, consistency, and operational trade-offs. - Experience building shared platforms, internal systems, or self-service infrastructure that supports multiple engineering teams. - Ability to quickly understand complex existing systems, identify leverage points, and lead pragmatic improvements.

Benefits & Perks

- 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

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