Senior Data Engineer

The opportunity
Unity Ads Platform team handles a vast array of data systems and tools, managing every aspect of the data life cycle, from ingestion and storage to processing, transformation, feature generation, and big data architecture. Our work supports diverse applications like simulations, game playing experiences, game monetization, and facilitating various Unity teams in creating exceptional tools and services for our users. This team plays a crucial role in the growth and success of various Unity Monetization products and enables game developers' success.

We're seeking an experienced and talented Senior Data Engineer to join our team. In this role, you'll collaborate closely with engineers, product specialists, and data experts to research, prototype, and develop world-class applications, services, and pipelines. This opportunity allows you to be a part of our mission at an early stage, shape work culture, and solve complex data engineering challenges in a fast-paced environment.

What you'll be doing

• Design and optimize large-scale and complex next-generation data pipeline systems for efficiency, reliability, and cost-effectiveness.
• Work closely with teams across product, engineering, data science and analytics to assist with designing and implementing data initiatives based on understanding their use cases.
• Build a highly efficient end-to-end data pipeline to transform complex data which can be easily analyzed, ensuring data accuracy and reliability.
• Implement data governance and modeling practices and optimize systems for speed and scalability.
• Engage in on-call rotations applying your deep understanding of infrastructure to quickly identify and resolve complex issues.
• Collaboratively work with cross-functional teams, including ML engineers, data scientists, and analysts teams to understand business and data needs and translate them into data-driven solutions focusing on scalability and cost-efficiency.
• Contribute to data optimization projects across the company, utilizing your expertise to drive significant cost savings without sacrificing service performance.

What we're looking for

• A background in Computer Science or Engineering, or equivalent data engineering experience with complex data systems.
• Proficiency in cloud platforms such as GCP, AWS, or Azure, and expertise in databases, data storage concepts, and data infrastructure tools like Hadoop or Kafka.
• Experience in batch, streaming, and real-time data processing using Spark, Flink etc.
• A deep understanding of data warehousing principles, encompassing ETL/ELT, data modeling, and various data patterns such as SCD, CDC, snapshots, and partitioning.
• Proficiency in programming languages such as Python, Go or Java.
• Excellent problem-solving skills, with an ability to work in a fast-paced and dynamic work environment.
• Outstanding interpersonal skills and the ability to work collaboratively with global teams across time zones.

You might also have

• A mindset that appreciates engineering as a collective effort.
• Hands-on experience with Protobuf, Kafka, Flink, BigQuery, Druid, Kubeflow
• Experience with Terraform, ArgoCD, Github Actions and similar tools used for CI/CD
• Operational experience in the ML or Data domain and its associated technologies is a huge plus.

Additional information

• International relocation support is not available for this position.

Life at Unity
Unity [NYSE: U] is the leading platform to create and grow games and interactive experiences. 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 third quarter of 2024, more than 70% of the top 1,000 mobile games were made with Unity, and in 2024, Made with Unity applications had an average of 3.7 billion downloads per month. For more information, please visit Unity.

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