Lead Unity Engineer

Carry1st is Africa’s leading publisher of mobile games and digital content. Operating at the intersection of games, publishing, and fintech, we scale awesome content in frontier markets by solving hard problems.  Across our publishing and Pay1st business lines, we are partnered with top global game companies like Riot Games, Activision, and Stillfront.  We are backed by top investors like: a16z, Bitkraft, Google, Konvoy, Riot Games, Sony and Nas.

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
• Guide the team in architectural decisions and system design to ensure scalability and maintainability
• Develop game features in Unity according to Game Design Documents
• Develop internal Unity tools for Game Designers (i.e. level design, game variable changes)
• Collaborate with other engineers, artists, producers, product managers and designers

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)