Senior Media Software Engineer (Unity)

TL;DR

Senior Media Software Engineer (hirify.global): Owning and maintaining a complex media tech stack across hirify.global-supported platforms with an accent on designing and building hardware abstraction layers and cross-platform media APIs. Focus on refactoring existing code, integrating third-party frameworks, and collaborating with internal teams to enhance platform capabilities.

Location: Remote, Canada

Salary: $125,300—$187,900 CAD

Company

hirify.global is the leading platform to create and grow games and interactive experiences.

What you will do

• Own and maintain a complex media tech stack across hirify.global-supported platforms.
• Design and build hardware abstraction layers and cross-platform media APIs.
• Refactor and modernize existing code; integrate and evaluate third-party frameworks.
• Collaborate with hirify.global customers and internal authoring/runtime teams to turn needs into platform capabilities.

Requirements

• Drive delivery of cross-platform media systems; own architecture decisions and customer impact.
• Expert in C++ (memory, threading, real-time, perf profiling).
• Deep media domain skills (eg. containers/codecs, streaming, sync) and major platform media SDKs (mobile, desktop, consoles).
• Design extensible, testable, maintainable systems; reduce tech debt.
• Produce strategy docs/technical design docs; set/enforce non-functional requirements; align partner teams to ship.

Nice to have

• C# interoperability
• Shipped media pipelines in hirify.global or comparable real-time engines at scale, with measurable improvements to latency, stability, and parity.
• Led adoption or integration of open-source media frameworks (GStreamer, FFmpeg).
• Expertise in GPU-accelerated media.
• Advanced audio experience: spatial audio, DSP chains, low-latency IO, resampling, and A/V sync across diverse platforms.

Culture & Benefits

• Wide range of benefits designed to support employees' well-being and work-life balance.