Unity Developer

PlayShifu is a phygital gaming startup that has been building at the intersection of play and learning since 2016. With over a decade in the field and 2.5M+ users around the world, our products, Orboot, Plugo, and Tacto have found their way into homes, classrooms, and children's spaces globally.

Beyond our products, we're increasingly focused on becoming a credible voice in children's development by advocating for the role of play in how kids learn, grow, and make sense of the world. We're a small, passionate team based out of Bangalore, and we genuinely believe in the power of play ourselves. That's what keeps us going. And that's what we hope brings you here too.

This is a full-time, on-site, Unity3D Developer role. If you are passionate about building and maintaining immersive phygital gaming experiences that are used by kids and families all over the world, we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity! We are looking for developers who go beyond traditional game development and enjoy solving technological challenges to improve the app experience for our users. You’ll collaborate with a team of designers, artists, engineers, QA, and product thinkers who love pushing the boundaries of interactive learning and play. There is one thing we give an assurance of - an experience involving groundbreaking tech combined with a value driven mission that makes sure products we build are used by millions of users!

As a Unity3D Developer, you will work on games as well as complex-engineered systems. When working on games, you will work closely with our Product and Design teams to create high fidelity games. You will also get the opportunity to work on hard core engineering challenges that make the foundation of our products, including but not limiting to the in-house image detection stack.

• Develop Unity3D based games, gameplay tools, and build scalable game-systems for content and features.
• Integrate external SDKs, plugins, and native libraries into Unity workflows.
• Improve performance by optimizing an existing codebase and target more devices.
• Work closely with our Computer Vision Engineering team to blend the physical inputs with digital gameplay seamlessly.
• Work with the R&D team for a new product line that involves hardware engineering challenges.

We are seeking motivated and detail-oriented people who have a passion for developing more than just games, and want to be hands-on pioneers in making next generation technology stack. A little more about what we are looking for:

• 3+ years of professional Unity3D experience.
• Good knowledge of Design Patterns
• Strong logical reasoning and structural approach to problem solving.
• Writing clean and scalable code.
• Experience with external plugins and SDK integrations.
• Experience with multithreading and asynchronous systems.
• Hands-on experience with Unity Profiler - Debugging and translating data into actionable solutions.
• An eye for fine execution.
• Ability to work independently and take ownership of features/modules.

Bonus if you have:

• Worked with camera-based applications or image-processing pipelines.
• AR-powered applications or games.

• An exciting opportunity to work on great ed-tech products, built for the world, out of India!
• Full responsibility on games and systems.
• Our culture of experimentation and creativity allows everyone to explore new ideas and approaches, and think outside the box.
• Competitive salary.
• Central office location, snacks, lunch, team events, and more.
• Medical insurance for the family.