Senior Unity Engineer

Sky UK, Sworton Heath, Cheshire East

Senior Unity Engineer

Salary Not Specified

Sky UK, Sworton Heath, Cheshire East

  • Full time
  • Permanent
  • Remote working

Posted 1 week ago, 9 Jun | Get your application in now before you're too late!

Closing date: Closing date not specified

job Ref: 37c4538f875c46f880814f60627f2c8e

Full Job Description

As a Senior Unity Engineer in Beyond TV, you'll focus on building and improving developer experiences, delivering cutting-edge, fast, and reliable features for our products. This includes developing immersive sports, gaming, and social TV experiences. Specifically, you'll:
+ Build real-time interactive experiences in Unity, with a strong focus on camera work, timing, and visual storytelling
+ Design and implement cinematic camera systems using Cinemachine and Timeline
Work with lighting, shaders, animation systems, and visual effects to create polished, expressive scenes
+ Collaborate with designers, artists, and engineers to iterate on ideas and deliver high-quality prototypes
+ Contribute to the creative direction of projects through framing, pacing, and tone
Optimise content for performance across a range of devices, including lower-end hardware
+ Support integration with real-time data sources, APIs, or backend systems when needed
+ Take a hands-on role throughout the creative pipeline, from concept to final implementation

+ Strong Unity development experience, ideally across multiple platforms (e.g. mobile, PC, WebGL, or TV)
+ A background in 3D animation, VFX, or creative media production, with a clear understanding of visual composition and scene construction
+ Deep familiarity with Unity's camera systems, particularly Cinemachine and Timeline
Solid grasp of lighting techniques, shading, post-processing, and optimisation within URP (or similar)
+ Comfortable working with shaders using Shader Graph or custom HLSL
+ An iterative, hands-on approach to problem solving, with a personal history of prototyping and experimentation (e.g. game jams, indie projects)
+ A strong collaborative mindset, with the ability to work across disciplines and contribute creatively
Nice to have:
+ Some exposure to backend or data-driven technologies (e.g. GraphQL, Pub/Sub) is a plus, but not required
+ Audio skills (mixing, implementation, spatialisation) are not essential, but would be a valuable asset

We believe in better. And we make it happen.
Better content. Better products. And better careers.
Working in Tech, Product or Data at Sky is about building the next and the new. From broadband to broadcast, streaming to mobile, SkyQ to Sky Glass, we never stand still. We optimise and innovate.
We turn big ideas into the products, content and services millions of people love.
And we do it all right here at Sky.
About Us
Join us to rethink how sports are experienced. Backed by our new AI-driven platform, we will be building live sports experiences to be more immersive, more personalised - giving fans a chance to take control, watch the game from new angles, even participate in the action, on any device. As a Senior Unity Engineer, you'll help shape the visual language of this new medium, using and extending Cinemachine to capture the pace and energy of live events. If you're excited by the idea of blending real-time data, cinematic tools, and creative storytelling, we'd love to hear from you.
We work in a fast-paced, exploratory environment where ideas are rapidly prototyped, tested, and refined. It's a space that rewards creativity, flexibility, and a hands-on approach. If you enjoy working iteratively, experimenting with new techniques, and solving open-ended problems, you'll feel right at home. If not, this may not be the right fit - and that's okay too.
What you'll do

+ Sky Q, for the TV you love all in one place
+ The magic of Sky Glass at an exclusive rate
+ A generous pension package
+ Private healthcare
+ Discounted mobile and broadband
+ A wide range of Sky VIP rewards and experiences
Inclusion & how you'll work
We are a Disability Confident Employer, and welcome and encourage applications from all candidates. We will look to ensure a fair and consistent experience for all, and will make reasonable adjustments to support you where appropriate. Please flag any adjustments you need to your recruiter as early as you can.
We've embraced hybrid working and split our time between unique office spaces and the convenience of working from home. You'll find out more about what hybrid working looks like for your role later on in the recruitment process.
Your office space
Osterley
Our Osterley Campus is a 10-minute walk from Syon Lane train station. Or you can hop on one of our free shuttle buses that run to and from Osterley, Gunnersbury, Ealing Broadway and South Ealing tube stations. There are also plenty of bike shelters and showers.
On campus, you'll find 13 subsidised restaurants, cafes, and a Waitrose. You can keep in shape at our subsidised gym, catch the latest shows and movies at our cinema, get your car washed, and even get pampered at our beauty salon.
We'd love to hear from you
Inventive, forward-thinking minds come together to work in Tech, Product and Data at Sky. It's a place where you can explore what if, how far, and what next.
But better doesn't stop at what we do, it's how we do it, too. We embrace each other's differences. We support our community and contribute to a sustainable future for our business and the planet.
If you believe in better, we'll back you all the way.
Just so you know: if your application is successful, we'll ask you to complete a criminal record check. And depending on the role you have applied for and the nature of any convictions you may have, we might have to withdraw the offer.

Do you like this job?

We can email jobs like this to your inbox

  • Facebook

Direct job link

https://www.jobs24.co.uk/job/senior-unity-engineer-125214122

Successful jobseekers create high quality email alerts

A great alert means less time searching & more time applying.

Similar jobs for you

Building Services Apprenticeship

Salary not available. View on company website.

Atalian Servest,

  • Full time
  • Temporary

Apply on company site

Posted 1 weeks ago, 10 Jun

Senior Programmer New

Salary not available. View on company website.

Third Kind Games,

  • Full time
  • Permanent

Apply on company site

Posted 1 day ago, 18 Jun

Staff Software Engineer (Graphics)

Salary not available. View on company website.

Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe Limited,

  • Full time
  • Permanent

Apply on company site

Posted 5 days ago, 14 Jun

Lead Tooling Engineer

Salary not available. View on company website.

Easy Applynew,

  • Full time
  • Permanent

Apply on company site

Posted 1 weeks ago, 9 Jun

Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Computer Games

Salary not available. View on company website.

University of Derby,

  • Full time
  • Permanent

Apply on company site

Posted 1 day ago, 18 Jun