Unity
Staff Engineer, Data Platform
$158K–$301K
Mountain View, CA, USA +1 · Staff · Full-time · Posted Oct 26, 2026
- Location
- Mountain View, CA, USA
Remote, Washington, USA
About the job
Builds and scales data platform infrastructure, services, and self-service tools that support Unity’s Ads business and internal teams.
What you'll do
- Design, build, and evolve scalable platform services, backend systems, and self-service tooling.
- Lead cross-functional platform initiatives and deliver reusable solutions with engineering, infrastructure, data, and product teams.
- Improve platform patterns, technical standards, reliability, automation, and developer experience.
What they ask for
- Extensive experience designing, building, and operating large-scale distributed systems, backend services, or production data platforms.
- Strong backend and systems engineering skills, including service and API design, integration, debugging, and production operations.
- Deep understanding of distributed systems fundamentals and operational trade-offs.
- Experience building shared platforms, internal systems, or self-service infrastructure for multiple engineering teams.
Nice to have
- Experience with data-intensive platforms, pipelines, streaming systems, storage, or analytics infrastructure.
- Exposure to Apache Flink, Apache Paimon, Kafka, Spark, Kubernetes, ArgoCD, or Terraform; or experience in advertising technology, gaming, monetization, marketplaces, or high-scale consumer platforms.
Pay
Zone A: $157,800 - $236,800 USD gross (base salary); Zone B: $178,300 - $267,500 USD gross (base salary); Zone C: $200,400 - $300,600 USD gross (base salary)
Tools
Apache Flink, Apache Paimon, Kafka, Spark, Kubernetes, ArgoCD, Terraform
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