Senior Data Engineer
Summary
Senior Data Engineer building and scaling Unity’s data platform to support thousands of games, using streaming tech like Kafka and Flink.
The opportunity
Senior Data Engineer to lead design and implementation of our business-critical data platform
High autonomy role, embedded in a team of senior software and data engineers, collaborating on the data platform problem and solution space
Translating complex, ambiguous requirements into resilient data engineering architecture designs
Tell us what needs built, not the other way around.
Effective use of data is a core focus for the broader company, and this team sits precisely in that space and delivers high-quality solutions that solve real business problems and customer problems across thousands of Unity titles.
What you'll be doing
- Not just handed JIRA tickets; you will be partnering with stakeholders, defining the problem space, pitching technical solutions and owning them through to production
- Identify data bottlenecks and opportunities for improvement
- Pitch and deliver architectural improvements
- Influence the roadmap towards technical excellence in data engineering.
What we're looking for
- Strong software engineering fundamentals applied to data
- Expertise working with data streaming technologies such as Kafka and Flink
- Autonomous and effective in a team setting
- Experience working with non-technical stakeholders and translating their needs to technical requirements for team-wide delivery
Additional information
- Relocation support is not available for this position
- Work visa/immigration sponsorship is not available for this position
Benefits
At Unity, we want our team members to thrive. We offer a wide range of benefits designed to support well-being and work-life balance.
Please note: Benefits eligibility, specific offerings, and coverage vary based on the country and employment status.
While specific benefits vary, here are some of the ways we strive to take care of our eligible team members globally: 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
Location
Copenhagen, Denmark
Unity is a proud equal opportunity employer. We are committed to fostering an inclusive, innovative environment and celebrate our employees across 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. Our differences are strengths that enable us to support the growing and evolving needs of our customers, partners, and collaborators. If you have a disability that means there are preparations or accommodations we can make to help ensure you have a comfortable and positive interview experience, please fill out this form to let us know.
This position requires the incumbent to have a sufficient knowledge of English to have professional verbal and written exchanges in this language since the performance of the duties related to this position requires frequent and regular communication with colleagues and partners located worldwide and whose common language is English.