Manager, Software Engineering, XR Platform

Manager, Software Engineering, XR Platform

Location: San Francisco, CA, USA

Department: Engineering

Requisition ID: JOBREQ-2514888

Role Description

The opportunity: At Unity Technologies, we believe that the world is a better place with more creators. The Unity Engine is a premier platform for a variety of different interactive media experiences, ranging from console and phone games to cutting-edge AR/VR/XR interactive experiences. In the Unity Platform group, we make sure the Unity Engine and Editor are on every major platform where our users want to go and where real-time content is needed. To help achieve this mission we are looking for an experienced manager to lead the XR Devices engineering team. The XR Devices team works closely with our platform and device partners to build and maintain Unity's support for the latest cutting edge devices from Head Mounted Displays to Augmented Reality glasses. This role is a combination of technical leadership and people management. The right person will attract, develop and retain high quality engineering talent from new college graduates to tenured, senior engineers. If you thrive on shaping software that is loved and used by millions, and leading the engineers who build and maintain it, then we've got a great job opportunity for you!

What You’ll Be Doing

Own and drive the near-term execution and technical strategy for the team

Collaborate internally with other core Unity engineering and graphics teams

Communicate your team's vision and progress internally and externally

Support the members of your engineering team as they advance in their career goals

What We’re Looking For

Experience developing and managing a high-performance software engineering team

Proven technical knowledge and experience working with AR/VR/XR platforms

Demonstrated success in collaborating with external partners to achieve alignment on technical specifications and interdependencies

Expertise as a software engineer, and a working familiarity with C++ and C#

Ability to assimilate and understand a large and complex software product

You might also have:

• Understanding of the OpenXR standard, or a track record of working with open standards
• Familiarity with real time 3D rendering techniques and graphics APIs including Vulkan
• A passion for the future of computer games or real-time 3D experiences in a variety of settings
• Expertise leading using Agile development methodologies
• Experience leading distributed teams

Additional Information

Relocation support is not available for this position. Work visa/immigration sponsorship is not available for this position

Life at Unity: We offer a wide range of benefits designed to support employees' well-being and work-life balance. You can read more about them on our career page.

Unity is a proud equal opportunity employer. We are committed to fostering an inclusive, innovative environment and celebrate our employees across age, race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, disability, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or any other protected status in accordance with applicable law.

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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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Note: Certain locations require a good faith disclosure of the base salary range for the role. The actual salary for the successful candidate may differ based on location, experience, and other job-related factors. Gross pay salary $153,400—$230,200 USD