As a Senior Unity Engineer, you will develop large-scale social experiences on Decentraland, mentoring others while ensuring high-quality coding and performance optimization.
The Platform
Decentraland is a pioneering virtual world where the boundaries of imagination and technology blend seamlessly. Built on the Unity engine, our platform streams and renders a vast, continuous environment filled with diverse, user-generated content. As avatars explore this immersive landscape, they encounter new creations daily, from games and puzzles to scenes and artworks, all crafted by our vibrant community of creators.
Our platform goes beyond traditional gaming experiences. Users can attend live music events, conferences, exhibitions, dance parties, and more, all within a richly detailed metaverse. Decentraland started as a proof-of-concept for digital real estate ownership on the blockchain but has evolved into an ever-expanding world where anything is possible. Join us as we continue to push the boundaries of what a virtual world can be.
Check it out at: https://decentraland.org/
What are we looking for?
We are a group of contributors to the Decentraland ecosystem and are actively seeking
a Senior Unity Engineer to help build our client for a large-scale social virtual world. Our
ideal candidate is excited about creating truly memorable experiences for the
community, has a generalist mindset, and brings extensive background in the gaming
industry. They should also approach challenging problems with an open attitude and curiosity.
Responsibilities
- Take ownership of large and complex features collaborating with other team members, ensuring the highest level of quality.
- Design, build, and maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable code, ensuring the best performance, quality, and responsiveness of the world client.
- Partner with the creative team to ensure that project planning, along with technical implementation, is aligned with the vision and strategy.
- Be part of the development process and contribute with improvements and suggestions, driving the quality of the code throughout the entire production cycle.
- Mentor other developers in the best use of the development guidelines, actively participating in code reviews and pair programming.
Required Skills
- Strong background and professional experience within the gaming industry
- Proven experience with the Unity engine
- C# object oriented programming skills
- Experience profiling and optimizing game and render performance
- Experience working with source control systems such as Git, Perforce or Mercurial
Desirable Skills
- Experience with web technologies, such as TypeScript, WebRTC or WebGPU
- Experience with other 3D engines like Unreal, CryEngine, Godot or custom
- Experience building multiplayer games
- Experience with low level programming languages such as C, C++, or Rust
- Experience working with rendering pipelines and shaders
- Experience contributing to the development of continuous integration pipelines
- Experience working with ECS architecture
What we offer
- Fully remote team with flexible working hours.
- 29 annual PTOs
- Long term incentive of MANA tokens, vested in a 4 years period.
- Additional tokens linked to annual performance review.
- Stipend policy to cover remote work & wellness related expenses
- Brand new equipment for remote work, including laptop, screen and chair.
- Parental leave
- Language lessons
About Decentraland Foundation
The Decentraland Foundation is a steward of the Decentraland platform, dedicated to ensuring its long-term growth, security, and sustainability. It contributes to core development, platform infrastructure, and ecosystem health. Its responsibilities include managing Decentraland’s brand and events, safeguarding the community from misinformation and scams, maintaining smart contract security, contributing to the platform's codebase, and proposing critical updates in coordination with the DAO. As a neutral actor in service of the ecosystem, the Foundation works to foster innovation and empower creators, developers, and communities within Decentraland.
Top Skills
C#
Git
Typescript
Unity
Webgpu
Webrtc
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