Lead Unity Architect

About Us

At GOLF+ we’re obsessed with bringing the joy of golf to as many people as possible. Whether you’ve been playing since you were a kid, like our cofounders, or are just getting started, we’re committed to enhancing your experience through the use of immersive technology, while staying true to the sport. We consider ourselves pioneers in the space and strongly encourage new ideas and experimentation. We’re constantly trying to push the limits and many of our ideas fail, which is totally fine. Moving fast and trying new things is par for the course. If you love tech and golf then this is the perfect place for you!

GOLF+ is backed by some big names too! Rory McIlroy, Jordan Spieth, Steph Curry, and Tom Brady to name just a few. We've also partnered with the PGA TOUR as their exclusive VR experience.

About the role

GOLF+ has given people a new way to connect and play the game of golf, and we’re just getting started. We’re working hard to add new courses, new game modes, and new social features to make connecting with other players much more fun and rewarding. We are looking for a Senior Unity Architect who is passionate about our mission and capable of designing scalable, performant, and maintainable systems. If this sounds like a dream job, this role is for you.

Perks & Benefits

Time off

GOLF+ offers flexible paid time off in addition to 10 government holidays. Our goal it to make sure you have the time off that you need for your health and wellbeing.

Parental Leave

We know how important the first few weeks are after welcoming a new addition to your family. We offer biological, adoptive, and foster parent paid time off to ensure you can spend quality time with your family during such times.

Healthcare

We offer competitive medical and dental insurance for employees and their dependents and cover the full cost of the employee's premium for the base plan.

Retirement planning

GOLF+ makes it easy to save money for retirement by providing our employees with a 401k plan and contribution matching.

Remote Work

Although we are headquartered in Austin, TX, GOLF+ has embraced remote work wholeheartedly. The only commute you will need to worry about in the morning is the one to your desk at home.

Golf stipend

We take our mission seriously. The best place to start growing the game of golf is among ourselves therefore we offer a yearly stipend for golf lessons and equipment. If you are joining us without ever having played golf, have no fear because you’ll have all the help you need to get started!

Yearly Company Trip

Every year we take our whole team somewhere special. In 2023 we traveled to the Dominican Republic and played Teeth of the Dog golf course!

What you will achieve

• Lead the architectural design and implementation of scalable, performant, and maintainable systems in Unity.
• Establish best practices and coding standards to ensure code quality and maintainability across the engineering team.
• Provide technical leadership by conducting code reviews and driving architectural discussions.
• Evaluate and integrate new technologies, frameworks, and tools to enhance the development pipeline.
• Collaborate with product managers, designers, and gameplay engineers to develop robust solutions that align with the product vision.
• Optimize rendering, physics, and gameplay systems to deliver smooth and immersive VR experiences.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex performance and stability issues across platforms.
• Ensure seamless integration between client-side systems and backend services.
• Build prototypes to test new concepts and gameplay ideas quickly.
• Work closely with QA to establish automated testing workflows and tools to improve reliability.

Skills you'll need to bring

• Leadership Skills: Proven ability to build and lead a team of 4-5 engineers. Experience mentoring team members, providing constructive feedback, and fostering a collaborative development environment.
• Expert Unity Development Experience: Extensive experience building scalable systems in Unity using C#. You have shipped multiple titles and understand the complexities of optimizing applications.
• Architectural Expertise: Proven experience designing and implementing architectural patterns and systems that scale to support a growing player base and evolving game requirements.
• Performance Optimization: Deep knowledge of Unity profiling tools, memory management, rendering pipelines, and performance optimization techniques.
• Networking and Multiplayer Systems: Strong understanding of multiplayer architectures and real-time networking solutions.
• Data Structures and Algorithms Expertise: Proficiency in data structures and algorithms to optimize code for performance, maintainability, and reliability.
• Technical Versatility: Comfort with learning new tools and technologies to address challenges as they arise.
• Collaboration and Communication: Ability to communicate technical ideas clearly and work collaboratively with cross-functional teams.

Nice to haves

• VR Development Experience: Familiarity with VR development tools and techniques. Meta Quest or other platforms.
• Web Development Knowledge: Familiarity with web technologies, including JavaScript and React, is a plus.

If you are passionate about pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in VR and building systems that scale to support cutting-edge gameplay experiences, we’d love to hear from you!

GOLF+ is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate in hiring or any employment decision based on race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex(including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, genetic information, veteran status, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or other applicable legally protected characteristic. GOLF+ considers qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. GOLF+ is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation made due to a disability, please let your recruiter know.