Senior full-stack engineer on Unity's Unified Ads Platform team in Montréal: owns the TypeScript/NestJS service layer and data contracts for advertiser/publisher entities (campaigns, budgets, creatives), builds event-driven integrations with Kafka/Pub/Sub, delivers React frontends, and operates services on Kubernetes.
Compensation
CA$125.3K–CA$175.9K / yr
Location
Montréal, Canada
Work setup
Not specified
Seniority
Senior
Employment
Not specified
Experience
6+ years
Category
Fullstack
Posted
Skills
accessibility
api
cloud
cloud-native
data-modeling
event-driven-architecture
gcp
infrastructure-as-code
kafka
kubernetes
nestjs
observability
opentelemetry
react
sql
terraform
typescript
unity
Must have
6+ years building and operating production software with depth on both backend services and modern frontend
Advanced TypeScript; experience with an opinionated modular Node backend framework (NestJS or comparable DI/module architectures)
Strong data modelling and SQL — schema design, migrations, performance at scale, and API versioning judgment
Experience safely changing data other teams read from
Event-driven systems — Kafka, Pub/Sub or similar; delivery semantics, ordering, idempotency
Advanced React — component design, state management, and performance in data-intensive interfaces
Cloud-native operation — containerized services on Kubernetes; owning production incl. deployment, scaling, monitoring, incident response, on-call
Sufficient professional English (verbal and written) for global collaboration
Nice to have
Background in ads, attribution, billing, or monetization systems
Infrastructure-as-code — Kubernetes-native resource management, Terraform, or service mesh
Familiarity with OpenTelemetry and distributed tracing in production
Experience with design systems or configuration-driven UI frameworks
Exposure to cross-team technical alignment or guild-style quality initiatives
Full description
The opportunity
At Unity, we're building a world-class advertising platform that operates at a massive global scale.
The Ads team powers the systems that connect advertisers with creators and players, driving performance, reliability, and growth across our ecosystem.
As a Senior Full-Stack Engineer on the Unified Ads Platform team, you'll own the service layer where advertiser and publisher entities live.
Campaigns and budget caps, applications and ad units, creative packs and the moderation pipeline behind them, offerwall currency, A/B tests, LevelPlay integration.
These are the records the rest of the ads estate reads from, and our APIs are the source of truth for them across serving, billing, and reporting.
This role goes beyond building an API and moving on.
The data you model is consumed by systems you don't own, in paths where a wrong value costs money.
You'll design contracts that stay stable as the product changes, keep state consistent across service boundaries, and own the correctness and availability of all of it in production.
This role is ideal for someone strong on both sides of the stack who thinks in terms of data contracts and correctness, and who wants real ownership of systems other engineering teams depend on.
As the team grows, this role has a path to evolve into a Tech Lead Manager position.
What you'll be doing
Design, build, and operate services in our TypeScript platform (NestJS) across a large domain model, owning the APIs and data contracts that downstream ads systems depend on
Model entity data for scale and change — relational schema design, migrations, and schema evolution against tables that serving, billing, and reporting all read from
Design and build event-driven integrations with Kafka and Google Cloud Pub/Sub, using patterns such as transactional outbox and idempotent consumers to maintain consistency across service boundaries
Deliver the user-facing surfaces on top of the platform in React and TypeScript, turning dense entity and performance data into workflows publishers and advertisers can trust
Operate what you build on Kubernetes, where the service declares its own cloud infrastructure alongside its code, and take real ownership of its SLOs
Drive observability and quality across the platform — distributed tracing, metrics, and testing frameworks
Set the standards for how the service is built and hold the line on them in design and code review, mentoring engineers as you go
What we're looking for
6+ years building and operating production software, with real depth on both backend services and modern frontend
Sr. Full Stack Engineer at LE140 Unity Technologies Canada Company (Montréal, Canada) — aijobsearch
Advanced TypeScript, and experience with an opinionated, modular Node backend framework — NestJS, or comparable dependency-injection and module architectures
Strong data modelling and SQL — schema design, migrations, and performance at scale, alongside the API versioning judgment that goes with it
You've had to change something other teams read from, safely
Event-driven systems — Kafka, Pub/Sub, or similar. You understand delivery semantics, ordering, and idempotency, and what happens when two systems disagree
Advanced React, with strong judgment around component design, state management, and performance in data-intensive interfaces
Cloud-native operation — containerized services on Kubernetes, and comfort owning the system in production, including deployment, scaling, monitoring, incident response, and on-call
Strong ownership mindset — focused on correctness, observability, and long-term maintainability, backed by real engineering discipline in testing, review, and accessibility
You might also have Background in ads, attribution, billing, or monetization systems
Infrastructure-as-code experience — Kubernetes-native resource management, Terraform, or service mesh
Familiarity with OpenTelemetry and distributed tracing in production
Experience with design systems or configuration-driven UI frameworks
Exposure to cross-team technical alignment or guild-style quality initiatives
Additional Information
Zone A: $135,400 - $175,900 Zone B: $125,300 - $162,800 Cette fourchette correspond au salaire de base prévu pour ce poste. En plus du salaire de base, ce poste peut donner droit à des attributions d’actions et à une participation à nos programmes d’incitation de l’entreprise, comme des primes annuelles discrétionnaires ou des commissions de vente. Le montant final de l’offre dépendra de plusieurs facteurs, notamment l’emplacement géographique ainsi que l’expérience pertinente, le parcours professionnel et les compétences du/de la candidat(e). This range reflects the anticipated base salary for this position. Beyond base salary, this role may be eligible for equity awards and participation in our company incentive plans (such as annual discretionary bonuses or sales commissions). The final offer amount will depend on several factors, including geographic location and the candidate’s relevant experience, professional background, and skill set.
Avantages
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Benefits
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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. Unity is a proud equal opportunity employer. We are committed to fostering an inclusive, innovative environment and celebrate our employees across age, race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, disability, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or any other protected status in accordance with applicable law. Our differences are strengths that enable us to support the growing and evolving needs of our customers, partners, and collaborators. If you have a disability that means there are preparations or accommodations we can make to help ensure you have a comfortable and positive interview experience, please fill out this form to let us know. This position requires the incumbent to have a sufficient knowledge of English to have professional verbal and written exchanges in this language since the performance of the duties related to this position requires frequent and regular communication with colleagues and partners located worldwide and whose common language is English. 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. At Unity, we’re committed to creating a workplace that fosters collaboration and teamwork that allows you to harness your unique skills. Join us in creating industry tools to help creators of all levels bring their projects to reality. Learn more about our culture and values, and get a head start by reading about how our hiring process works.