Simulations Engineering Manager, AI@Unity

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We are looking for an exceptional engineering manager to join our Simulations team within Unity’s AI organization! Our ideal candidate is an engineering manager with extensive working knowledge around distributed systems and experience managing teams of 6-12 engineers, ranging from senior to new grads, in a rapidly growing and innovative environment. You care about building and growing a well-knit team that takes pride in delivering great software, cultivating a collaborative environment that encourages ownership and autonomy, and promoting a positive team culture. You take bold, calculated risks and are not afraid to experiment. You are inspired by the possibilities that AI unlocks, and will do what it takes to drive real-world results.

We are AI@Unity. We drive the use of AI for Unity customers via targeted products and services, partner with product teams throughout Unity to personalize experiences, build developer tools powered by ML, and drive better business decisions through predictive analytics, at scale. The Simulations team, in particular, is a greenfield effort focused on building a massively scaled distributed system that runs millions of Unity instances in parallel. The applications are many and varied - to enable large scale simulations for gameplay and autonomous vehicles, to improve our recommendations via experimentation, and to enable services such as visual search and similarities. All of our work empowers our customers to do in hours what previously took days to weeks.


Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with Product Managers and senior engineering leadership to conceptualize, prioritize, and develop new products within AI@Unity
  • Unblocking obstacles for and empowering engineers on the team to do their best work
  • Build, coach and mentor a world-class engineering team
  • Set and achieve goals that stretch what’s possible via the Simulations service
  • Work closely with customers inside and outside Unity to enable maximum customer benefit from Simulations

Requirements

  • Experience as an Engineering Manager overseeing small to medium sized teams working on SaaS products
  • BS in Computer Science or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience
  • Solid foundation in and understanding of data structures, algorithms, and distributed systems
  • Proven experience in a professional software engineering experience in Java, C++, C#, Python or similar languages
  • Experience with at least one and ideally multiple public cloud platforms like AWS, GCP, Azure
  • Experience in fostering a strong data-driven engineering culture in an agile environment

Bonus points

  • Experience with building performant, robust, large scale distributed systems
  • Experience with different service frameworks
  • Experience with Kubernetes and Docker
  • Significant contributions to open source software
  • M.S. or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Math or Statistics, Physics, or related area, with a focus on / related to Machine Learning
  • Published research in areas of Machine Learning at major conference(s) and/or journal(s)
  • Experience with Unity Engine, 3D simulators, game development and graphics
  • Excellent communication skills with the ability to build relationships across the company


Who we are

Unity is the creator of the world’s most widely-used real-time 3D (RT3D) development platform, providing content creators around the world with the tools they need to build rich, interactive 2D, 3D, VR and AR experiences. In fact, apps made with Unity reach 2.7 billion devices worldwide, and were installed more than 24 billion times in the last 12 months.

The global engineering team keeps Unity at the forefront of technology and — working alongside partners like Magic Leap, Google, Facebook, Oculus and Microsoft — ensures optimized support for the latest technology and platforms. Unity is powering the real-time revolution, expanding beyond games and breaking into other industries including automotive, film, architecture, engineering, construction and more.

Unity is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive, innovative environment with the best employees. Therefore, we provide employment opportunities without regard to 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. If there are preparations we can make to help ensure you have a comfortable and positive interview experience, please let us know.

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Our office is located in the heart of downtown Bellevue, where we are surrounded by a variety of shops, restaurants, and entertainment. Work at Unity includes a ton of flexibility, depending on your role, the needs of your team and ultimately the way you and your team work best together.

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