Staff Engineer, Data Platform

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in California, +1 more state.

📋 Description

• Develop and expand the data infrastructure that supports Unity's Ads division and the internal platform for Unity Commons.

• Take charge of the design, construction, and advancement of scalable platform services, backend systems, and self-service tools.

• Collaborate across distributed systems, data pipelines, cloud infrastructure, observability, reliability, automation, and the developer experience.

• Partner with engineering, product, data science, infrastructure, and teams that consume downstream data.

• Provide actionable technical leadership for complex, cross-functional projects that span various systems and teams.

• Contribute to the development of platform patterns, technical standards, and best practices in engineering.

• Create robust, extensible, reusable platforms that are easy to adopt.

⛳️ Requirements

• Significant experience in designing, building, and managing large-scale distributed systems, backend services, or data platforms in live environments.

• Strong skills in backend and systems engineering, which include service design, API design, system integration, debugging, and production operations.

• Profound knowledge of the fundamentals of distributed systems, covering scalability, reliability, fault tolerance, performance, consistency, and operational trade-offs.

• Experience in constructing shared platforms, internal systems, or self-service infrastructure that supports multiple engineering teams.

• Capability to rapidly grasp intricate existing systems, pinpoint leverage points, and lead practical enhancements.

• Experience with data-intensive platforms or systems, such as pipelines, streaming systems, storage layers, or analytics infrastructure.

• Practical experience with Apache Flink, Apache Paimon, Kafka, Spark, Kubernetes, ArgoCD, or Terraform is a plus.

• Proficiency in English sufficient for professional verbal and written communication.

• Ability to engage frequently and consistently with colleagues and partners worldwide in English.

🏝️ Benefits

• 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.

• Equity awards.

• Participation in company incentive plans, including annual discretionary bonuses or sales commissions.