Staff Engineer • Senior

Who you are

You have 7 or more years of experience building and operating large-scale distributed systems in production — you've navigated the complexities of ensuring scalability, reliability, and efficiency in your designs. Your programming experience is focused on backend service and infrastructure development, allowing you to contribute effectively to the architecture of robust systems.

Hands-on experience with Kubernetes and cloud-native systems in GCP, AWS, or Azure is essential — you understand the intricacies of managing cloud infrastructure and can leverage these platforms to optimize performance. Your expertise in distributed infrastructure includes traffic management, load balancing, networking, and large-scale data processing, making you a valuable asset to any engineering team.

You are passionate about mentoring engineers and raising the technical bar through design reviews, code reviews, and engineering best practices — you thrive in environments where you can share your knowledge and help others grow. Advising leadership on platform direction and long-term investment in emerging infrastructure technologies is something you excel at, ensuring that your team stays ahead of the curve.

What you'll do

In this role, you will guide the architecture and low-level design of distributed systems, ensuring they meet the demands of scalability and reliability — your insights will shape the future of Unity Ads infrastructure. You will own and operate infrastructure services alongside engineering teams, taking on on-call responsibilities and diving deep into debugging complex issues as they arise.

Driving operational excellence is a key part of your responsibilities — you will focus on improving observability, resiliency, and automation within the infrastructure. Your role will involve collaborating closely with developers, data scientists, and product teams to ensure that the infrastructure supports their needs effectively.

You will also mentor engineers, helping them to elevate their skills and understanding of best practices in infrastructure development — your leadership will foster a culture of continuous improvement and innovation within the team. As you advise leadership on platform direction, you will play a crucial role in shaping the long-term vision for Unity Ads infrastructure.

What we offer

Unity provides a dynamic work environment where you can make a significant impact on one of the largest real-time advertising platforms in the world. You will have the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies and collaborate with talented professionals who are passionate about building resilient and scalable systems. We encourage you to apply even if your experience doesn't match every requirement — your unique perspective could be just what we need to drive our infrastructure forward.