Manager, Software Engineering - Web-based authoring

Unity Technologies

Job Overview

Location

Remote, Germany

Job Type

Full-time

Full Job Description

📋 Description

• As the Engineering Manager for Unity Studio, you will lead a full-stack development team focused on advancing Unity’s browser-based real-time 3D authoring tool, with the vision of transforming it into a universal web-based collaboration hub for all Unity projects.
• You will act as the vital bridge between Product Management, Design, cross-functional teams, and engineering, ensuring strategic alignment, clear communication, and seamless collaboration across disciplines.
• Your day-to-day responsibilities include championing technical excellence through architectural guidance, PR reviews, release process oversight, and optimizing agile workflows to balance rapid bug fixes with long-term innovation.
• You will foster a high-performance, supportive culture by mentoring engineers, unblocking development, translating technical challenges into actionable roadmaps, and driving predictable delivery of high-quality features.
• Unity Studio is at the forefront of 3D technology, enabling creators worldwide to build games and 3D applications; this role offers a rare opportunity to shape the future of web-based development workflows and empower millions of users.
• The team operates in a remote-first environment based in Germany, contributing to Unity’s mission of democratizing 3D creation across industries including gaming, automotive, manufacturing, and healthcare.
• In this role, you will grow as a technical leader by scaling platform architecture, influencing cross-functional strategy, and building resilient engineering practices that support both immediate product needs and ambitious long-term goals.

🎯 Requirements

• Demonstrated experience managing full-stack engineering teams, with proven ability to build trust, mentor engineers, and foster a high-performance, supportive engineering culture.
• Hands-on experience optimizing agile workflows and managing reliable, high-quality release cycles while balancing live product stability with long-term research initiatives.
• Strong familiarity with full-stack development, web-based technologies, and architectural decision-making, enabling effective guidance of technical reviews and sound engineering decisions.
• Experience acting as a bridge between Engineering, Product Management, Design, and cross-functional teams, translating complex technical challenges into clear, actionable roadmaps.
• Experience scaling platform architecture to support ambitious, long-term goals, particularly in the context of web-based collaboration tools and developer platforms.

🏖️ Benefits

• Comprehensive health, life, and disability insurance options tailored to support employee well-being.
• Generous vacation and personal days, along with support for new parents through leave and family-care programs.
• Access to mental health and wellbeing programs, Employee Resource Groups, and a Global Employee Assistance Program.
• Opportunities for training and development, volunteering, and donation matching programs to support growth and community engagement.
• Employee stock ownership and competitive retirement/pension plans to promote long-term financial security.

Skills & Technologies

AWS

Azure

Kubernetes

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About Unity Technologies

Unity Technologies provides a cross-platform game engine and development ecosystem used to create 2D, 3D, VR and AR interactive content for mobile, console, PC and web. The company offers real-time rendering tools, cloud services, advertising and monetization solutions, and a marketplace of assets and plugins that enable creators ranging from indie developers to large studios to design, build and operate games and simulations across more than twenty platforms.

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