Senior Unity Game Engineer

Seismic Squirrel

Senior Unity Game Engineer developing narrative-centric RPGs and leading engineering efforts at Seismic Squirrel. Requires strong Unity experience and leadership skills within a collaborative, remote team.

Posted 6/20/2026contractRemote • Washington • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $62 - $75 per hourWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudLinux.NETUnity

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Unity programming and game architecture, Engineering leadership
Design, implement, and improve narrative, combat, maps and scenes, backend, and tools
Lead assigned engineering efforts, mentoring, effectively coordinating and delegating engineering duties
Prototype new gameplay ideas and mechanics
Own and support our DevOps and CI / CD pipelines utilizing Unity Cloud Build and Bitbucket
Identify and modify existing frameworks according to our project needs
Engage in all aspects of game programming: Front-end and back-end, systems, UI / UX, APIs, internationalization and localization
Help to create and maintain core technical documentation

Requirements

What you’ll need

8+ years of professional Unity videogame engineering experience developing for PC / console
Strong Unity programming experience, specifically with turn-based combat games for PC / console
Experienced creating and balancing combat AI
Deep understanding of Unity and the performance impact of game architecture
Adept at object-oriented programming and design principles using C# and the .NET platform
Experienced managing Windows and Linux servers powering pipelines automation
Familiar with software engineering best practices, design patterns, and unit testing
Excellent problem-solving skills, resourceful, able to find solutions when needed
Strong self-discipline, motivated, a self-starter with a drive for excellence
Organized, detail-oriented, able to work fast and loose or carefully with quality when each is needed
Strong written, visual, and verbal English language communication and presentation skills

Benefits

Comp & perks

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Unity programming and game architecture, Engineering leadership
Design, implement, and improve narrative, combat, maps and scenes, backend, and tools
Lead assigned engineering efforts, mentoring, effectively coordinating and delegating engineering duties
Prototype new gameplay ideas and mechanics
Own and support our DevOps and CI / CD pipelines utilizing Unity Cloud Build and Bitbucket
Identify and modify existing frameworks according to our project needs
Engage in all aspects of game programming: Front-end and back-end, systems, UI / UX, APIs, internationalization and localization
Help to create and maintain core technical documentation 🎯 Requirements
8+ years of professional Unity videogame engineering experience developing for PC / console
Strong Unity programming experience, specifically with turn-based combat games for PC / console
Experienced creating and balancing combat AI
Deep understanding of Unity and the performance impact of game architecture
Adept at object-oriented programming and design principles using C# and the .NET platform
Experienced managing Windows and Linux servers powering pipelines automation
Familiar with software engineering best practices, design patterns, and unit testing
Excellent problem-solving skills, resourceful, able to find solutions when needed
Strong self-discipline, motivated, a self-starter with a drive for excellence
Organized, detail-oriented, able to work fast and loose or carefully with quality when each is needed
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Hard Skills & Tools

Unity programminggame architectureC#.NETobject-oriented programmingcombat AIDevOpsCI/CDinternationalizationlocalization

Soft Skills

engineering leadershipmentoringproblem-solvingself-disciplinemotivationorganizationdetail-orientedcommunicationpresentationresourcefulness