Lead Unity Engineer Job at Carry1st

Carry1st is Africa’s leading publisher of mobile games and digital content. Operating at the intersection of games, fintech, and web3, we scale awesome content in underserved frontier markets. Carry1st has a proprietary payments and ecommerce platform which allows players to acquire global content using locally-accessible payment methods. We are backed by awesome investors like: Andreessen Horowitz, Google, Riot Games, Avenir, Konvoy Ventures, and Nas.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Position: Lead Unity Engineer

Job Location: Lagos
Job Type: Full-time

Job Description

• As a Lead Unity Engineer you will be responsible for leading a team to develop game features, work in close collaboration with studio designers and artists to make our shared vision of the game a reality.

You will:

• Analyze and understand game development needs and feasibility to best serve the production team
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to the development team
• Develop internal Unity tools for Game Designers (i.e. level design, game variable changes)
• Guide the team in architectural decisions and system design to ensure scalability and maintainability
• Develop game features in Unity according to Game Design Documents
• Collaborate with other engineers, artists, producers, product managers and designers.

Requirements
What makes you a great candidate?

• 4+ years of experience in Game Development using Unity, including 1+ year in a leadership role
• Proven track record of shipped mobile games and deep knowledge of the mobile gaming industry
• Proficient with VCS tools (e.g., Git), CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins), and cloud infrastructure (e.g., Firebase)
• Strong skills in self-motivation, problem-solving, and working effectively in a distributed team environment
• Experience in release management and working with Google Play Console and App Store Connect (desired).