Staff Software Engineer, AI Authoring
Mountain View, CA, USA
Posted 9 hours ago
Last seen 9 hours ago
Active
full-time
AI & Machine Learning
$192,600—$305,600 USD
Job Summary
Join Unity as a Staff Software Engineer to shape the future of real-time 3D technology by building cutting-edge AI authoring tools. Drive operational excellence and innovate across cloud platforms, contributing to the next generation of immersive game development.
About this job
At Unity, a Staff Software Engineer will drive operational excellence for AI authoring products, focusing on reliability, scalability, and performance. This role involves establishing cross-team standards, building A/B testing frameworks, managing software releases, and ensuring observability across systems. The engineer will work on high-level architecture and hands-on implementation for asset generation, LLM inference, and ML-driven tools.
Requirements
- Experience building and shipping complex, user-facing software products at scale
- Experience delivering and supporting cloud backend services using Terraform, Kubernetes, Helm, and CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Argo, GitHub Actions)
- Hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure or Google Cloud Platform
- Proven track record in observability, including monitoring, logging, alerting, and debugging tools such as Grafana to ensure system reliability and performance
- Strong grasp of software delivery best practices and network security, paired with a quality-first mindset
- Ability to translate business and user needs into technical solutions
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with a proven ability to align stakeholders across disciplines and organizations
- Exposure to ML infrastructure or LLM inference deployment
- Backend service development experience, including API design
- Familiarity with networking, caching, real-time data pipelines, and relational databases such as PostgreSQL
- Familiarity with languages such as C#/.NET, Python, or Go
- Familiarity with Unity or similar 3D engines
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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