Principal Unity Engineer
divspan style="font-family: Archia;"span/span/spanspan style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;"JOB DESCRIPTION /span/divdiv /divdivspan style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;"Job Title: Principal Unity Software Engineer /span/divdivspan style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;"Team: Systems/span/divdivspan style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;"Reporting into: Lead Producer/span/divdivspan style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;"Hybrid preferred, 1-2 days on-site, UK Remote possible/span/divh2span style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;"Studio Overview/span/h2divspan style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;"span style="background: white;"We are Sports Interactive /spanspan style="background: white;" /span /span/divdiv /divdivspan style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;"span style="background: white;"The gaming studio behind: /spanspan style="background: white;"⚽/spanspan style="background: white;" Football Manager./span /span/divdiv /divdivspan style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;"span style="background: white;"Founded in 1994, Sports Interactive became a wholly owned subsidiary of SEGA Europe in 2006. Based at the Here East technology hub in Stratford, East London, the SI team continues to expand as we bring our titles to an ever-growing audience across an increasing variety of platforms./span /span/divdiv /divdivspan style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;"span style="background: white;"To support our growth, we welcome the opportunity to connect with passionate people with the drive to match our ambitions and initiative to realise your individual potential./span /span/divh2span style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;"Position Overview/span/h2div style="margin-bottom: 0.0cm;line-height: normal;"span style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;" /span/divdiv style="margin-bottom: 0.0cm;line-height: normal;"span style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;"span style="background: white;"We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Principal Software Engineer to join our development team. /spanYou are an expert in C# and Unity, with an exceptional ability to architect and implement efficient, scalable, reusable, and maintainable systems across multiple areas of the game. These include, but are not limited to: addressables, package management, data binding, UI and UI systems, and general system and editor tooling that support our games and their features and functionality. /span/divdiv style="margin-bottom: 0.0cm;line-height: normal;"span style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;" /span/divdiv style="margin-bottom: 0.0cm;line-height: normal;"span style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;"You will set and evolve engineering standards and own key architectural decisions; and you will work closely with engineering leads and other engineering teams, as well as with design, production, QA and other stakeholders across the studio deliver high-quality player experiences on desktop, console and mobile./span/divdiv style="margin-bottom: 0.0cm;line-height: normal;"span style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;" /span/divdiv style="margin-bottom: 0.0cm;line-height: normal;"span style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;"span style="background: white;"You combine deep Unity and C# expertise with strong systems thinking, enabling you to break down complex problems, define pragmatic solutions, and mentor engineers to raise the bar across the studio./span /span/divdiv style="margin-bottom: 0.0cm;line-height: normal;"span style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;" /span/divdiv style="margin-bottom: 0.0cm;line-height: normal;"span style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;"span style="background: white;"Your contributions will directly shape and steer the technical foundations and player-facing experience of Football Manager, helping deliver intuitive, performant, and engaging games to our global player base./span /spanspan style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;"/span/divdiv style="margin-bottom: 0.0cm;line-height: normal;"span style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;" /span/divh3span style="padding: 0.0cm;background: white;font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;"KEY RESPONSIBILITIES/span/h3ul style="margin-top: 0.0px;"li style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;"span style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;"Define, communicate and evolve the Unity and C# architectural vision and standards for the studio; ensure alignment across multiple teams and products. /span/lili style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;"span style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;"Own and drive cross-team technical initiatives that improve performance, maintainability, stability, iteration speed and flexibility across Unity projects and platforms. /span/lili style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;"span style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;"Work hands-on in C# and Unity to design and implement complex and scalable systems and tools that underpin our games and development workflows. /span/lili style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;"span style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;"Lead investigations into complex technical issues and guide teams in profiling, performance, memory usage, garbage collection, async programming, etc./span/lili style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;"span style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;"Champion a performance and stability culture: establish measurements and workflows to identify and eliminate bottlenecks. /span/lili style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;"span style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;"Set the benchmark for code quality, testing strategies and documentation; embed practices that reduce defects and repeat work. /span/lili style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;"span style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;"Work closely with engineering leads and stakeholders across disciplines to shape technical roadmaps, unblock delivery and mitigate risk early. /span/lili style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;"span style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;"Influence planning and long-term architecture decisions; contribute strategic technical insight to roadmap discussions. /span/lili style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;"span style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;"Coach and mentor engineers at all levels; provide code and design reviews, pair coding and technical guidance (without line-management responsibilities)./span/lili style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;"span style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;"Contribute to recruitment, onboarding and processes to grow Unity expertise across the studio. /span/lili style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;"span style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;"Drive the development of editor tooling and automation that enhances productivity and streamlines content integration across engineering, art and design./span/li/uldivspan style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;" /span/divh3span style="padding: 0.0cm;background: white;font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;"KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS amp; EXPERIENCE/spanspan style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;" /span/h3ul style="margin-top: 0.0px;"li style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;"span style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;"Extensive professional experience delivering complex but clean, portable and maintainable systems in Unity and C# at scale in video games, with multiple shipped titles across desktop, console and/or mobile./span/lili style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;"span style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;"Track record of owning architecture, systems and tooling in Unity and C#./span/lili style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;"span style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;"Deep proficiency with Unity profiling, optimisation and crash analysis, with a strong understanding of performance, memory management, garbage collection and async programming./span/lili style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;"span style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;"Strong software engineering fundamentals: design patterns, testing strategies, code review and documentation./span/lili style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;"span style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;"Ability to influence and align cross-functional stakeholders; excellent written and spoken communication skills./span/lili style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;"span style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;"Experience with Unity’s UI Toolkit is beneficial but not essential./span/lili style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;"span style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;"Familiarity with C++ is beneficial, particularly in contexts where Unity interfaces with native modules, but not essential./span/lili style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;"span style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;"Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a proactive approach to technical challenges./span/lili style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;"span style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;"Self-motivated with a commitment to continuous improvement and team support./span/lili style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;"span style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;"Experience mentoring engineers and contributing to team-wide technical growth./span/lili style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;"span style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;"Knowledge of Football Manager is beneficial; interest in football is a plus./span/li/ulh2span style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;"spanB/spanspanenefits of Working at Sports Interactive/spanspan /span/span/h2divspan style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;"A flexible working policy to best suit you and your team. /span/divdivspan style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;"Subsidised mental health, therapy and coaching sessions are available. /span/divdivspan style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;"Contributory Pension Scheme (up to 7% of annual salary). /span/divdivspan style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;"Free onsite evening bar in the Sports Interactive London HQ. /span/divdivspan style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;"A well-stocked breakfast bar with cereals, fruits, teas, and coffees. /span/divdivspan style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;"Regular events in collaboration with our partnered football clubs. ️ /span/divdivspan style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;"Access to our on-site physical and massage therapist services. /span/divdivspan style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;"Multiple clubs and societies to join e.g., book club and art workshops. /span/divdivspan style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;"Free access to games released under the SEGA Europe umbrella. ️ /span/divdivspan style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;"A range of Gym Membership options through our Benefits partners. ️ /span/divdivspan style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;"Fully Subsidised Healthcare and Dental Plans. /span/divdivspan style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;"Free Travel Insurance for yourself and your family. ✈️ /span/divdivspan style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;"A personalized football shirt upon passing probation. /span/divdivspan style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;" /span/divdivspan style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;" /span/divh2span style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;"What is it like to work here?/span/h2div style="line-height: 107.0%;"span style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;"We approach everything with bpassion/b, whether that is making our mark on the gaming and football industries or doing our bit for the world around us. We want to share that outlook with everyone who shows up to work here each day./span/divdiv style="line-height: 107.0%;"span style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;"/span/divdivspan style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;"For us, talent wins games, but teamwork wins titles. Collaboration is the key to constantly topping our best. We believe beveryone matters/b, no matter which part of the business you are in, so we encourage and support our people in driving your own growth and realising your full potential. But, more than anything else, we are a team. A team with a down-to-earth dynamic, that has a lot of fun doing what we do./span/divdiv /divdiv style="line-height: 107.0%;"span style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;"And whether that’s technical tweaks or fine-tuning our creative process, everything is geared at producing the best game possible for our players. To do that, we need to be tenacious and move quickly, and not be afraid of switching things up. It is these principles that have enabled us to produce a game that has defined year after year, and that will continue to push us for many more to come. /span/divdiv style="line-height: 107.0%;"span style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;"Our flexible working culture gives you the opportunity to optimise your workload, with in-office, hybrid, and remote working options dependent on role. So, if you want a work/life balance, we are behind you./span/divdiv style="line-height: 107.0%;"span style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;"/span/divdiv style="line-height: 107.0%;"span style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;"Because while we live to create extraordinary games, we know that is not all you have got going on. You can trust that we always keep things in perspective, fostering an environment bwhere work can be more than just a job/b./span/divdiv style="line-height: 107.0%;"span style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;"/span/divdiv style="line-height: 107.0%;"span style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;"We’re also a London Living Wage employer, boast one of the lowest staff turnover rates in the industry and are proud to have won the ‘Best Places to Work’ award by Gamesindustry.biz in large company category in 2023./span/divdiv style="line-height: 107.0%;"span style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;"/span/divdiv style="line-height: 107.0%;"span style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;"ispan style="font-size: 10.0pt;line-height: 107.0%;"We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications from any relevant candidate irrespective of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, religion, or belief. /span/ispan style="font-size: 10.0pt;line-height: 107.0%;" /span/span/divdiv style="line-height: 107.0%;"span style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;"span style="font-size: 10.0pt;line-height: 107.0%;"/span/span/divdiv style="line-height: 107.0%;"span style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;"ispan style="font-size: 10.0pt;line-height: 107.0%;"SI is proudly a Disability Confident Committed employer, and we are dedicated to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible. Our studio has disabled access and facilities but please ensure you advise us if you require any other reasonable adjustments to be made to support you during the recruitment process./span/ispan style="font-size: 10.0pt;line-height: 107.0%;" /span/span/divdivspan style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;" /span/divh2span style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;"Our Values:/span/h2divspan style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;"Keep collaborating: Teamwork wins titles - Here, ideas belong to everyone, whatever department you’re part of. Collaboration lets us score more as a team than we could individually.span style="color: rgb(15,71,97);" /span/span/divdivspan style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;"Be flexible: We think fast and adapt faster. The football and entertainment worlds never stand still, so we keep progressing and switching things up to stay ahead.span style="color: rgb(15,71,97);" /span/span/divdivspan style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;"Stay Tenacious: We don’t overlook the details. Everything we do is about producing the best game possible, in other words, never settle.span style="color: rgb(15,71,97);" /span/span/divdivspan style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;"Show Ambition: Let your drive lead the way - Your individual outlook can give everyone the edge. Make the studio’s purpose personal and let your drive lead the way.span style="color: rgb(15,71,97);" /span/span/divdivspan style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;"Bring the Passion: Have fun doing your thing - Don’t be fooled, what we do is not a game. Making our players’ passion come to life is our passion.span style="color: rgb(15,71,97);" /span/span/divdivspan style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;"Consider the Bigger Picture: Keep things in perspective - We want our impact to be a positive one. From built-in work/life balance to initiatives covering the most important topics of today, we have what matters in focus./span/div
