Senior Software Engineer

Unity Technologies ,
Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh

Overview

Job Description

ChilliConnect, a division of Unity Technologies, are an ambitious team based in Scotland, working out of offices in Dundee and Edinburgh. Our platform provides game developers and publishers with services that make it simple to build and operate live games. We enable engineers to easily add Leaderboards, Cloud Save, Multiplayer and much more to their games in just a few lines of code. Our mission is to enable developers of all sizes to successfully run live games at any scale, removing the technical barriers so they can focus on making great games. We are looking for an experienced Lead Software Engineer to join our team, helping us to further grow the ChilliConnect platform. Responsibilities * Lead a team of engineers to design and develop scalable services for live games * Provide guidance, coaching and mentoring to engineers in your team * Collaborate across multiple teams in Unity to scope and manage dependencies Requirements * Familiarity with one of Go, Python, PHP, Java, C# or a related language * Knowledge and practical experience of Agile planning methodologies * An interest in developing highly-scalable, fault-tolerant distributed systems using modern Cloud services * Proven experience leading and mentoring teams Bonus points * Experience of working in high-availability, high-load operational environments * Experience with Ansible/Chef/Puppet or similar * Experience working with AWS, specifically Redshift, DynamoDB and ECS Who We Are Unity is the creator of the world's leading real-time 3D development platform, giving users the most powerful and accessible tools to create, operate, and monetize experiences for the real-time world. Unity empowers anyone, regardless of skill level and industry, to create 3D visual content using world-class technology, operate using resources that maximize ease-of-use, and monetize, so that they can find success with their creations. The company's 1,000 person development team keeps Unity at the forefront of development by working alongside partners such as Google, Oculus, Autodesk, Microsoft and many more, to ensure optimized support for the latest releases and platforms. Made with Unity experiences reach nearly 3 billion devices worldwide and have been installed more than 34 billion times in the last 12 months. For more information, please visit www.unity.com. Unity is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive, innovative environment with the best employees. Therefore, we provide employment opportunities without regard to age, race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, disability, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or any other protected status in accordance with applicable law. If there are preparations we can make to help ensure you have a comfortable and positive interview experience, please let us know. Headhunters and recruitment agencies may not submit resumes/CVs through this website or directly to managers. Unity does not accept unsolicited headhunter and agency resumes. Unity will not pay fees to any third-party agency or company that does not have a signed agreement with Unity. #SEN#LI-SC1