Senior Data Platform Engineer

Unity Software
Copenhagen
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: DevOps, Cloud & InfrastructureSkills: ["Ownership","Collaboration","Problem-solving","Reliability focus","Attention to maintainability"]

Design, build, and operate critical data platform capabilities that power Unity’s Ads business and internal Unity Commons services. Work at the intersection of distributed systems, data engineering, and platform infrastructure to deliver high-throughput, reliable, trusted data flows. Partner with engineers, product managers, data scientists, and data consumers to ship resilient, extensible platforms with automation, observability, and strong operational excellence—used by many teams at scale.

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Unity Software
Unity Software
1 month ago

Senior Data Platform Engineer

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Job Summary

Design, build, and operate critical data platform capabilities that power Unity’s Ads business and internal Unity Commons services. Work at the intersection of distributed systems, data engineering, and platform infrastructure to deliver high-throughput, reliable, trusted data flows. Partner with engineers, product managers, data scientists, and data consumers to ship resilient, extensible platforms with automation, observability, and strong operational excellence—used by many teams at scale.
Location: Copenhagen
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: DevOps, Cloud & Infrastructure
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Design, build, and operate scalable platform services, backend systems, and self-service tooling used across Unity.
  • •Work across distributed systems, data platform, cloud infrastructure, observability, reliability, and automation.
  • •Collaborate with teammates and partner teams to deliver reliable, reusable solutions.
  • •Build systems that are reliable, maintainable, secure, cost-efficient, and easy for internal teams to adopt.
  • •Own meaningful components end to end and deliver platforms that are resilient and easy to adopt.

Pay and Benefits

Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Health InsuranceLife InsuranceDisability InsuranceCommuter BenefitsRetirement PensionPaid Leave

Key Requirements

  • •Solid experience designing, building, and operating distributed systems, backend services, or data platforms in production.
  • •Strong backend and systems engineering skills, including service design, API design, debugging, and production operations.
  • •Understanding of distributed systems fundamentals like scalability, reliability, fault tolerance, and operational trade-offs.
  • •Familiarity with cloud-native infrastructure, container orchestration, CI/CD, infrastructure as code, and observability.
  • •Experience with data-intensive platforms such as pipelines, streaming systems, storage layers, or analytics infrastructure.
Experience:Data engineeringDistributed systemsPlatform infrastructureCloud-nativeData platform
Skills:OwnershipCollaborationProblem-solvingReliability focusAttention to maintainability
Languages:English
Tech Stack:Distributed systemsBackend servicesAPI designProduction operationsCloud-native infrastructureContainer orchestrationCI/CDInfrastructure as codeObservabilityStreaming systemsPipelinesStorage layers

Eligibility

Work Authorization:Authorization required. Sponsorship not provided.

Company Brief

Unity Software
Develops the Unity real-time 3D development platform used to create, operate, and monetize interactive experiences and games across mobile, console, PC, and AR/VR platforms. Serves developers, studios, and enterprises worldwide.
Industry: Developer Tools
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: San Francisco, United States
Founded: 2004
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