Staff Level Unity Engineer

As a Staff Level Unity Engineer at Carry1st, your primary responsibilities will include architecting and implementing scalable game features for high-performance mobile games, driving engaging free-to-play game mechanics, and maintaining operational integrity through regular enhancements. You’ll also work on optimizing CI/CD processes, mentoring junior developers, and continuously refining game features to enhance player satisfaction.

To be a successful candidate for the Staff Level Unity Engineer position at Carry1st, you should have over 5 years of hands-on Unity development experience, especially in shipping free-to-play mobile games. A strong foundation in data structures, algorithms, and design patterns, along with familiarity in CI/CD tools like Git and Jenkins, is also essential. Extra points if you're passionate about gaming and enjoy mentoring others.

The Staff Level Unity Engineer at Carry1st contributes to player engagement by developing and refining captivating game mechanics and maintaining ongoing live operational quality. This involves creating regular events and updates while implementing performance improvements that elevate the gaming experience for all players.

At Carry1st, the team environment is dynamic and fully remote, comprising diverse and talented individuals from over 25 countries. You'll collaborate with designers, artists, and engineers in a fast-paced setting, encouraging creativity and innovation while maintaining strong communication across the globe.

As a Staff Level Unity Engineer at Carry1st, you have considerable growth opportunities, such as taking the lead on innovative projects that combine gaming and fintech, participating in learning and development courses, and contributing to building industry-leading products. This position also allows for mentorship and leadership roles, fostering professional growth and expanding your expertise.

In answering this question, detail specific projects where you played a key role in the Unity development process, highlighting challenges faced, solutions implemented, and your overall impact on the projects. Discuss the intricacies of achieving performance optimization for mobile devices.

Describe your strategy for developing scalable game features. Include information on architectural methodologies you follow, tools you utilize, and how you ensure performance remains consistent across different device capabilities.

Share your philosophy on mentorship and provide examples of how you have successfully led your teams in past projects, emphasizing communication strategies, code review experiences, and how you've cultivated best practices.

In your response, illustrate your experience with implementing live operations, including any metrics or strategies you've used to increase player engagement, retention analytics, and the importance of continuous updates.

Explain your hands-on experience with CI/CD processes, mentioning the tools you've utilized (e.g., Jenkins), your approach to pipeline management, and how you ensure efficient and reliable game builds and releases.

Discuss specific monetization strategies you've worked on, such as ad mediation and in-game purchases, ensuring that you explain how you balanced these with game design to maintain an immersive experience.

Share the resources you follow, conferences you attend, or communities you engage with to keep your knowledge current. Emphasize how staying updated impacts your work and the company’s projects.

Provide examples of specific challenges, such as technical limitations or project deadlines, and detail your problem-solving process and the outcomes that followed.

Choose a project that showcases your skills relevant to the Staff Level Unity Engineer role. Discuss your role, the technologies used, and how your contributions led to the project's success.

Explain your method for task prioritization, referencing any frameworks or tools you use, and give examples of how effective prioritization contributed to timely project completions.