Software Engineer - Unity Services Foundation

The opportunity
We are looking for a Software Developer to join our team in Helsinki. You will focus on facilitating Web API development and improving our core API Gateways, which process a billion daily calls. Our Gateway platform provides foundational features to handle authentication, authorization, rate limiting and many other features to develop, publish and operate APIs at scale. Our goal is to make it simple for service teams to expose endpoints through our Gateways and use core API features using our platform directly — while ensuring high API standards and consistency across all Unity services.

As a member of our team, you will develop impactful features that address API management challenges and contribute to our platform strategy, making a significant impact at Unity. We prioritize maintainability, resiliency, performance, security, and robust code, with a strong focus on developer experience. You'll work alongside senior backend developers, as well as the product team. Our team works mostly on backend and infrastructure related matters, but our platform is the foundation for how our Unity’s customers interact with our products.

What you'll be doing

• Participate in all phases of software development from design/architecture through implementation, testing, and maintenance. Building platform features that facilitate the development and operation of Web APIs

• Support teammates in code quality, operational excellence, and shared learning

• Participate actively in customer support by directly engaging with internal teams and assisting them in resolving any challenges or questions they may have

• Collaborate with our product manager, stakeholders, and customers to understand friction points, proposed solutions, and promote the adoption of our tooling

• Participate proactively in refinement and strategy sessions with the team, promoting collaboration and mutual assistance

What we're looking for

• Able to design, develop and maintain high-quality web services and/or gateway solutions

• Strong communication skills and ability to work well with other teams and stakeholders

• Experience developing code leveraged by other developers

• Experience in Golang / TypeScript, or any other commonly used language for web development

• Experience with Google Cloud (or any of the other major Cloud platforms)

You might also have

• Expertise with Gateway related technologies (Istio, Envoy, etc.)

• Expertise with Kubernetes

• Expertise with using Agentic workflows natively in your daily work

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

Life at Unity
Unity [NYSE: U] is the world’s leading game engine, powering play for more than 3 billion consumers each month. The top mobile games in the world, the most played PC indie titles, the most innovative console games, and virtually all of the top XR and Web Games are developed, deployed, and grown in Unity. Unity also enables teams across industries like automotive, manufacturing, and healthcare to design, simulate, and collaborate in 3D — closing the gap between ideas and reality. For more information, please visit www.unity.com.

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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.

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