Unity Developer

Software Engineer - Unity Development (debugging)

Duration: 6-month contract – Possible extension

Start Date: September 2025

Location: NW1 London (3 days on-site)

Engagement Type: PAYE

Pay Rate: Competitive market rates - Via PAYE

This role does not offer visa sponsorship.

Job Summary:

We’re seeking a skilled Software Engineer to contribute to an innovative virtual reality platform within a global organisation. This role is part of a team focused on runtime stability, performance, and reliability for immersive 3D applications. You’ll be supporting a major real-time social platform and working on backend systems and game engine features that drive next-generation experiences.

Ideal candidates are system-level generalists with experience in Unity, C#, and strong familiarity with CI/CD tools and workflows. You’ll work cross-functionally across global teams and contribute to highly impactful engineering projects.

Responsibilities:

• Improve runtime stability and investigate crash sources in a large-scale VR platform.
• Develop and debug with Unity, C#, C++, Python, and PHP/Hack.
• Implement robust diagnostic tools and incident response systems.
• Extend and optimize build and CI pipelines using internal tools.
• Monitor performance and system health using telemetry and profiling.
• Collaborate with engineering teams in both EMEA and North America.
• Drive improvements to code quality, automated testing, and build efficiency.

Requirements:

• 8+ years of professional software development experience.
• Strong proficiency in C#, Unity, and Windows development.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, build systems, and debugging tools.
• Ability to troubleshoot complex systems and resolve runtime issues.
• Familiar with backend development, database systems (SQL), and scripting.
• Understanding of game engine architecture, performance optimization, and 3D graphics.

Preferred Background:

• Experience working on immersive or real-time 3D applications.
• Exposure to VR hardware and performance profiling tools.
• Familiarity with build tools such as Buck, Bazel, or similar.
• Strong engineering intuition and ability to develop scalable infrastructure.