Staff SDK Engineer, Unity Ads (Android)

The opportunity

This is your chance to work at the exciting intersection of SDK development, machine learning, and data infrastructure. Join us to create innovative solutions that propel advertising technology forward, impacting billions of global ad experiences while ensuring privacy and compliance.

What you'll be doing

• Designing, implementing, and maintaining SDKs that collect high-quality behavioral and contextual signals from client applications such as mobile, desktop, and Unity.
• Establishing and promoting instrumentation standards to ensure high-quality data collection for machine learning systems.
• Collaborating with multi-functional teams, including ML scientists, data engineers, and product managers, to adapt SDKs to evolving ML needs.
• Developing tools and frameworks to validate, monitor, and test collected data in production environments.
• Partnering with privacy and legal teams to ensure compliance with global regulations, such as GDPR and CCPA, while prioritizing user consent.

What we're looking for

• Strong proficiency in client application platforms like iOS, Android, Unity, or C++.
• Proven track record in event-based data collection, telemetry, and analytics frameworks.
• Experience in data preprocessing and quality assurance for machine learning pipelines.
• Familiarity with experimentation frameworks, including A/B testing and signal gating.
• Ability to work effectively in multi-functional teams and lead initiatives across SDK, infrastructure, and ML platform teams.

You might also have

• Knowledge of real-time and batch data pipelines like Kafka, Flink, or Spark, aligning with our value of "Best Ideas Win."
• Expertise in privacy techniques, consent management, or differential privacy, reflecting our commitment to "Users First."
• Experience in ad tech or monetization systems, demonstrating the value of "Go Bold" in driving impactful solutions.

Additional information

• Relocation support is not available for this position
• Work visa/immigration sponsorship is not available for this position

Life at Unity

Unity [NYSE: U] is the world’s leading game engine, powering play for more than 3 billion consumers each month. The top mobile games in the world, the most played PC indie titles, the most innovative console games, and virtually all of the top XR and Web Games are developed, deployed, and grown in Unity. Unity also enables teams across industries like automotive, manufacturing, and healthcare to design, simulate, and collaborate in 3D — closing the gap between ideas and reality. For more information, please visit www.unity.com.

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