Senior Unreal Generalist leading high - end visualization projects using Unreal Engine. Guiding teams on technical and creative challenges while ensuring visual and performance excellence.
About the role
- Lead Unity Developer creating interactive experiences for science communication at Lucid Dream. Combining Unity expertise with strong leadership to shape immersive storytelling across multiple platforms.
Responsibilities
- Take ownership of technical Unity development for projects across VR, AR, desktop, and mobile platforms.
- Design and implement technical solutions in collaboration with the Creative Director to ensure the client's creative vision and project goals are being met.
- Collaborate closely with artists & animators to implement interactive experiences that are delightful to play and interact with.
- Contribute to project planning by estimating development time and flagging risks early.
- Participate in playtesting, bug fixing, and performance optimization throughout the project lifecycle.
- Support the deployment team by maintaining our “conference kit”, documenting troubleshooting steps and streamlining the process for go-live deployments.
- Maintain & support our analytics and session data pipeline, ensuring consistent, high quality tracking of usage data across our experiences.
- Proactively identify and solve technical challenges with clean, scalable, and maintainable solutions.
- Write high-quality, well-documented C# code that sets the standard for the development team - must have strong working knowledge of C# and Unity.
- Help define and uphold best practices for Unity development, performance, and architecture.
- Lead the creation of game frameworks that increase efficiency and repeatability.
- Conduct code reviews and provide constructive feedback to support team growth and maintain a positive development culture.
Requirements
- 5+ years of relevant industry experience, with at least 2 years in a leadership role.
- Strong experience developing and shipping interactive experiences or games in Unity.
- Experience leading development teams, mentoring developers, and fostering a positive engineering culture.
- Ability to troubleshoot, debug, and optimize performance across different platforms.
- Ability to work closely with creative, production, and client teams to achieve project goals.
- Background in creating interactive applications for education, science, or similar sectors preferred but not required.
- Familiarity with other game engines such as Unreal Engine and/or experience with Swift is a plus.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
Benefits
- Robust company culture committed to our core mission and values
- Amazing group of talented colleagues, and a management team dedicated to transparent leadership and helping everyone grow and thrive
- Competitive salary
- Employer-sponsored health, vision, and dental
- 401(k) Retirement Plan with company match
- Responsible Paid Time-Off Policy
- Hybrid Work policy
- Parental Leave Policy
- Downtown Durham office with parking
- Monthly team-building events
- The opportunity to work on meaningful projects at the intersection of games, science, and education
- A collaborative, small-team atmosphere where your contributions have a direct impact
- Professional development opportunities and support for ongoing learning
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