TL;DR

Advanced Unity Engineer (Game Development): Building and optimizing efficient, scalable, reusable, and maintainable systems for Football Manager across multiple platforms with an accent on addressables, package management, UI, and general system and editor tooling. Focus on setting and evolving engineering standards, driving cross-team technical initiatives, and mentoring engineers to raise the bar across the studio.

Location: Hybrid working in Stratford, East London, UK, with remote by exception.

Company

%hirify_global% is a gaming studio, a wholly-owned subsidiary of SEGA Europe, renowned for developing the Football Manager series.

What you will do

Define, communicate, and evolve the Unity and C# architectural vision and standards for the studio.
Drive cross-team technical initiatives to improve performance, maintainability, and stability across Unity projects and platforms.
Design and implement complex, scalable systems and tools in C# and Unity.
Lead investigations into complex technical issues, guiding teams in profiling and performance optimization.
Set the benchmark for code quality, testing strategies, and documentation.
Coach and mentor engineers, providing code and design reviews and technical guidance.

Requirements

Extensive professional experience delivering complex, clean, portable, and maintainable systems in Unity and C# at scale, with multiple shipped titles.
Proven track record of owning architecture, systems, and tooling in Unity and C#.
Deep proficiency with Unity profiling, optimization, crash analysis, memory management, garbage collection, and async programming.
Strong software engineering fundamentals including design patterns, testing strategies, code review, and documentation.
Ability to influence and align cross-functional stakeholders; excellent written and spoken English communication skills.
Experience mentoring engineers and contributing to team-wide technical growth.

Nice to have

Experience with Unity’s UI Toolkit.
Familiarity with C++.
Knowledge of Football Manager or an interest in football.

Culture & Benefits

Flexible working policy (in-office, hybrid, remote options).
Subsidised mental health, therapy, and coaching sessions.
Contributory Pension Scheme (up to 7% of annual salary).
Free onsite evening bar and well-stocked breakfast bar at London HQ.
Free access to games released under the SEGA Europe umbrella.
Fully subsidised Healthcare and Dental Plans, and Free Travel Insurance for family.
London Living Wage employer with a focus on work-life balance.