Staff Infrastructure Engineer

The opportunity

The Ads Infrastructure team at Unity builds and operates the core distributed systems that power one of the largest real time advertising platforms in the world. Our infrastructure underpins every part of Unity Ads, providing the foundation for segmentation, optimization, bidding, and analytics at global scale.

We focus on resilient, scalable, and cost efficient systems. The platform is built on technologies such as Kubernetes, Kafka, Flink, Valkey, and supports the developers, data scientists, and product teams that drive Unity Ads forward.

What you’ll be doing

• Guide the architecture and low level design of distributed systems to ensure scalability, reliability, and efficiency

• Own and operate infrastructure services with the engineering teams, including on call responsibilities and deep debugging of complex issues

• Support engineering teams onboarding and usage of platform managed services

• Drive operational excellence through improved observability, resiliency, and automation

• Mentor engineers and raise the technical bar through design reviews, code reviews, and engineering best practices

• Advise leadership on platform direction, long term investment, and adoption of emerging infrastructure technologies

What we’re looking for

• 7 or more years of experience building and operating large scale distributed systems in production

• Programming experience for backend service and infrastructure development

• Hands on experience with Kubernetes and cloud native systems in GCP, AWS, or Azure

• Expertise in distributed infrastructure including traffic management, load balancing, networking, and large scale data processing.

• Deep understanding of networking, observability, and debugging distributed systems end to end

You might also have

• Deep expertise in distributed caching or storage systems used to support large scale, low latency workloads

• Experience in with Kubernetes CI/CD tools such as ArgoCD

• Expertise in protocols, routing, and service discovery in large scale environments

• Domain knowledge of online advertising and adtech systems is a plus

Additional information

• Relocation support is not available for this position

• Work visa/immigration sponsorship is not available for this position

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

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.

While specific benefits vary, here are some of the ways we strive to take care of our eligible team members globally: 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 .

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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.

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