Software Engineer Netcode

The opportunity
Many game developers express that multiplayer game creation can be of the most complex challenges; balancing ease of use with performance and flexibility remains unsolved. As a result, we’ve seen far too little innovation in multiplayer games over the last decade, while creativity in single-player games has thrived.

We are seeking a netcode engineer to help us shape the future of multiplayer experiences made on the Unity engine.

We are a team passionate about building high-performance, scalable multiplayer solutions, and a modern, enjoyable development experience tailored to multiplayer games. You will influence the technical direction of our project and collaborate with diverse teams in an open and inclusive environment that values communication and open-minded exchanges!

What you'll be doing

• Design and implement a fast and scalable multiplayer SDK
• Help shape the feature roadmap for the networking library and development tools
• Ensuring a smooth and scalable multiplayer developer experience for beginners to advanced users

What we're looking for

• Tight-knit collaboration and communication skills and used to working in a team
• Comfortable in C#
• Experience working with multiplayer games
• Experience with high-performance programming, multithreading, and memory management

You might also have

• Prior experience with the Unity engine
• Contributions to a networking solution

Additional information

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

Life at Unity
Unity [NYSE: U] is the world's leading platform of tools for creators to build and grow real-time games, apps, and experiences across multiple platforms. Creators, ranging from game developers to artists, architects, automotive designers, infrastructure experts, filmmakers, and more, use Unity to bring their imaginations to life across multiple platforms, from mobile, PC, and console, to spatial computing.

As of the fourth quarter of 2023, more than 69% of the top 1,000 mobile games are made with Unity as derived from a blended number of the top 1,000 games in the Google Play Store and iOS App Store. In 2023, Made with Unity applications had an average of 3.7 billion downloads per month. For more information, please visit Unity.

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