Senior Unity Engineer – Performance & Console Porting

To apply please email your resume to: seniorunitydev@cayplay.com CayPlay Studios is looking for a senior Unity engineer to join our team full-time and takeownership of performance optimization and console porting across our games.This role will work alongside our existing team on one of our current console titles,helping us continue to improve the port and bring it up to the standard we expect. You’llalso help us establish the internal workflows and technical foundation needed toapproach console development earlier and more directly on future titles, reducing ourreliance on external partners. This is a highly hands-on technical role. You’ll be expected to dig into unfamiliarproblems, identify the real cause of performance issues, implement practical solutions,and help establish the systems and best practices we use for console developmentgoing forward. This is a 100% remote, full-time position. Responsibilities● Profile and optimize Unity projects across CPU, GPU, rendering, memory,loading, and physics.● Investigate performance bottlenecks, identify root causes, and propose practicalsolutions.● Work with URP, SRP Batcher, GPU Instancing, batching, shaders, lighting,post-processing, LODs, and other rendering optimization techniques.● Analyze and reduce memory usage, including textures, meshes, allocations,asset lifetime, and loading/unloading behavior.● Investigate frame spikes, stutters, GC pressure, expensive physics, and otherruntime performance issues.● Help prepare and optimize the project for console releases.● Contribute to optimization guidelines, performance budgets, and best practicesfor future projects. Requirements● Senior-level professional experience with Unity.● Strong hands-on experience profiling and optimizing Unity games.● Strong C# knowledge● At least one shipped Unity game, with direct involvement in performanceoptimization.● Strong understanding of CPU, GPU, rendering, and memory performance inUnity.● Experience with Unity Profiler, Frame Debugger, Memory Profiler, and similarprofiling/debugging tools.● Ability to independently investigate unfamiliar performance issues and find theirroot cause.● Strong practical problem-solving skills and willingness to dig deep into technicalissues.● (Bonus) Experience personally handling or leading a Unity console port● (Bonus) Experience profiling and optimizing directly on target console hardware● (Bonus) Experience implementing gameplay systems and features in Unity