Staff Level Unity Engineer

Summary

Join Carry1st, Africa's leading mobile games and digital content publisher, as a Staff Level Unity Engineer. You will play a key role in designing, developing, and optimizing high-scale, free-to-play mobile games. Collaborate with a talented team, lead scalable development, drive F2P game mechanics, maintain live operations, optimize CI/CD and DevOps, and mentor fellow developers. This position requires extensive Unity and mobile game expertise, robust technical foundations, and DevOps and cloud knowledge. Carry1st offers a fast-paced, dynamic, fully remote work environment with various benefits, including a remote working allowance, learning and development opportunities, social events, and birthday leave.

Requirements

• Extensive Unity & Mobile Game Expertise: 5+ years of hands-on Unity development, with a proven track record of shipping mobile games—ideally free-to-play titles at scale
• Robust Technical Foundations: Proficient in data structures, algorithms, and design patterns, enabling clean, modular, and maintainable code
• DevOps & Cloud Knowledge: Experienced with Git, Jenkins, and cloud services (e.g. Firebase) to streamline CI/CD pipelines and manage game services
• Passion & Adaptability: Enthusiastic about the mobile gaming industry, thrives in a remote/distributed team environment, and can seamlessly switch between long-term and ad-hoc projects
• Leadership & Mentorship: Comfortable mentoring teammates, championing best practices, and driving technical excellence across the organization

Responsibilities

• Lead scalable, high-performance development: Architect and implement scalable game features, ensuring stability, and performance on low-end devices
• Drive F2P Game Mechanics: Experience in shipping free-to-play mobile titles & crafting engaging game mechanics
• Maintain live ops and engagement: Continuously refine features with regular events, content updates, and performance improvements to keep players active and satisfied
• Optimize CI/CD and DevOps: Create and maintain Jenkins scripts, integrate continuous integration pipelines, and streamline build processes for rapid, reliable releases
• Monetization. Experience in integrating ad mediation, marketing attribution, and other monetization channels—all while preserving an immersive player experience
• Mentor and advise: Guide developers through code reviews, architectural discussions, and best practices

Benefits

• Work from anywhere in the world with international teammates
• Own shares in the Company - enabling you to benefit from the value you create
• Co-working excursions: Travel to meet your colleagues in cities around the world
• Awesome equipment: Get everything you need to work effectively
• Remote working allowance: Put an additional $600 / year to optimise your WFH experience
• Learning and development: Attend courses, conferences and training events
• Social events: Participate in regular company events to relax and connect with teammates
• Birthday leave: Enjoy a paid day off on your special day