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Join our growing team as a Senior Unity Engineer! You would be a great fit at Branch if you are a detail-oriented subject matter expert in your domain and enjoy working with small teams to build and ship quality games on a rapid timeline. As a Senior Unity Engineer, you’ll play a massive role in building out Castaways – our instantly playable mass multiplayer voxel-based game. You’ll be responsible for designing and implementing significant game components such as the multiplayer world, character control, and other potential systems. You’ll drive projects and initiatives and mentor and coach junior engineers on the team.
Responsibilities
• Rapidly iterate on game mechanics and features to build an evolving community-driven game
• Create sticky mechanics of the Branch game to increase virality and retention
• Ensure the best possible performance, quality, and responsiveness of the game
• Design and implement a generic game implementation that works across platforms for mobile, desktop, and web
• Build POC’s to understand new tools, techniques, and process; document and demonstrate steps to adopt
• Act as a subject matter expert to guide formal design review processes for mission-critical components of the game
• Become a resident expert of the Branch backend technical stack and guide new engineers in the agile game development process
Ideal candidate traits
• 3+ years of experience building games in a game engine such as Unity or Unreal
• 7+ years of experience with a modern language such as C#, C++, Java, or Javascript
• The capacity to thrive in an ever-changing, quick-to-deliver environment
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Experience building high-production value 3d multiplayer games and testing, automating, and instrumenting your code
• Proven track record of having shipped high-production value games at indie or AAA game studios
• Knowledge of how to profile, analyze, and improve performance, from low-level limitations to high-level architectural decisions
• Experience mentoring junior engineers
• Experience building browser-first games (working in JS/TS, React, WebGL, etc.)
• Understanding of the Defi landscape, particularly with Ethereum Virtual Machine or compatible chains such as Binance Smart Chain, Polygon, Solana, etc.
• Deep graphics programming knowledge and experience writing shaders
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Senior Unity Engineer
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$150k – $250k
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We’re looking for candidates who will take on a massive role in building out Castaways. They’ll be responsible for designing and implementing significant game components such as the multiplayer world, character control, and other potential systems. They’ll drive projects and initiatives and mentor and coach junior engineers on the team.

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About this role
Join our growing team as a Senior Unity Engineer! You would be a great fit at Branch if you are a detail-oriented subject matter expert in your domain and enjoy working with small teams to build and ship quality games on a rapid timeline. As a Senior Unity Engineer, you’ll play a massive role in building out Castaways – our instantly playable mass multiplayer voxel-based game. You’ll be responsible for designing and implementing significant game components such as the multiplayer world, character control, and other potential systems. You’ll drive projects and initiatives and mentor and coach junior engineers on the team.

7+ years of experience
With a modern language such as C#, C++, Java, or Javascript and 3+ years of experience building games in a game engine such as Unity or Unreal

Salary
$150k – $250k

Equity
Up to 1%

No visa sponsorship available
Unfortunately we’re not in the position to offer visa sponsorships at this stage

Remote work policy
Our HQ is in Seattle but this role is fully remote within the US

Full-time position
This is a full time, W2 role and not C2C or for contractors

Hiring goals
ASAP
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7+ years of experience with a modern language such as C#, C++, Java, or Javascript and 3+ years of experience building games in a game engine such as Unity or Unreal
Experience building high-production value 3d multiplayer games and testing, automating, and instrumenting your code
Knowledge of how to profile, analyze, and improve performance, from low-level limitations to high-level architectural decisions
Proven track record of having shipped high-production value games at indie or AAA game studios
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Experience mentoring junior engineers
Experience building browser-first games (working in JS/TS, React, WebGL, etc.)
Understanding of the Defi landscape, particularly with Ethereum Virtual Machine or compatible chains such as Binance Smart Chain, Polygon, Solana, etc.
Deep graphics programming knowledge and experience writing shaders
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About Branch
Branch Technologies was founded in 2020 under the visionary leadership of our esteemed CEO, Dayton Mills. Our sole purpose is to explore and develop groundbreaking ideas that seamlessly merge the worlds of social apps and gaming, redefining the very fabric of interactive entertainment.

We invest in people who have surmounted many obstacles yet remain steadfast with an unwavering determination to cultivate the remarkable and enduring.

Our culture of relentlessly pursuing excellence has earned us a globally recognized reputation as innovators at the forefront of gaming.

Company size
12 people

Website
https://branch.gg/

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Funding
$15.5M

Industry
Gaming

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Founding year
2020
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