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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Senior Platform Backend Engineer - **Company:** Unity Technologies - **Location:** UK - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** £75,400.0 - £113,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Code Review, Continuous Integration, Persistent Data Structure, Software Debugging, Distributed Systems, Cloud Services, WebSocket, Backend, Containerization, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Deployment Automation, Api Design - **Published:** July 31, 2026 - **Apply:** https://dejobs.org/x/x/DB6835F82BC14351869DB8E444DF24B3/job/ ## About the Role * Substantial professional experience designing, building, and operating backend services in production * Strong proficiency in one or more modern backend languages, and the flexibility to work across several * Solid grounding in distributed systems - API design, data persistence, state management, and the trade-offs between them * Hands-on experience with cloud platforms and containerized, orchestrated deployments * A track record of owning services in production, including monitoring, debugging, and incident response * Pragmatism and comfort with ambiguity - you ship iteratively and make sensible trade-offs under real deadlines * Clear communication and easy collaboration with both technical and non-technical colleagues You might also have * Experience with real-time or multiplayer systems - WebSockets, collaborative editing, or state synchronization * Experience with the Unity Engine or other interactive 3D technology * Experience building backend services for games or interactive media, 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. ## Description As a Senior Backend Engineer on the Unity Studio team, you will own the cloud services behind the product: real-time multi-user collaboration, build and publishing pipelines, and the platform APIs the editor is built on. You will join a fast-moving, cross-functional team where your work ships quickly and directly shapes the product. You will collaborate closely with engineers, designers, and product managers from day one. As a senior member of the team, you will help set the technical direction, raise the engineering bar, and mentor others as the team grows. What you'll be doing * Design, build, and operate the backend services behind real-time collaborative editing, game publishing, and content delivery * Own systems end-to-end - from design and implementation through deployment, monitoring, and running them in production * Evolve how the platform scales - stateful real-time workloads, session routing, and service fleets in a cloud-native environment * Define the APIs and service contracts that the editor and partner teams build against * Strengthen our infrastructure and delivery practices - infrastructure as code, CI/CD, and automated deployment * Work closely with product and design to turn ambiguous problems into shipped, reliable features * Champion reliability and observability, and help the team respond to and learn from production issues * Mentor other engineers and raise quality across the team through code review and design feedback ## Related Videos - [API Design - Getting Started](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/33-api-design-getting-started) - [Developing the Backend with Stefan Lingler, CTO at Shpock](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100360-developing-the-backend-with-stefan-lingler-cto-at-shpock) - [Minimal infrastructure for Real‑Time Phone Agents: transcripts in, responses out](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1736-minimal-infrastructure-for-real-time-phone-agents-transcripts-in-responses-out) - [Empowering Thousands of Developers: Our Journey to an Internal Developer Platform](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1519-empowering-thousands-of-developers-our-journey-to-an-internal-developer-platform) - [Meet Your New BFF: Backend to Frontend without the Duct Tape](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/682-meet-your-new-bff-backend-to-frontend-without-the-duct-tape) - [Rest API Antipatterns](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100208-rest-api-antipatterns) ## Related Articles - [Find a Developer Job: 12 Best Job Sites For Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/165-find-a-developer-job-12-best-job-sites-for-developers) - [Frontend Developer Salary in The UK](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/233-frontend-developer-salary-in-the-uk) - [Where To Find Software Engineering Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/396-where-to-find-software-engineering-jobs) - [What’s the Difference Between Frontend and Backend Development?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/240-what-s-the-difference-between-frontend-and-backend-development) - [Is Software Engineering Over-Saturated?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/418-is-software-engineering-over-saturated) - [The 12 Best Jobs for Software Engineers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/401-the-12-best-jobs-for-software-engineers)