Founding Engineer (Unity Mobile)

About the role

We are seeking a founding-level Unity developer to build our native mobile app, working in-person full-time in San Francisco (in Dogpatch).

Responsibilities

• Building our core gameplay loop for iOS and Android: interactive map, action submission, event viewing, and AI-driven chat.
• Creating a performant 2D map rendering system capable of displaying thousands of regions with smooth pan/zoom and animated territory changes.
• Developing a consistent UI component library that matches our web design system (custom components, Poppins typography, dark/light modes).
• Integrating with our existing Firebase/Supabase backend and AI services via REST APIs.
• Implementing push notifications and deep linking for seamless user engagement.
• Optimizing for lower-end mobile devices and memory-constrained environments.

Requirements

• You have shipped Unity apps to the App Store and/or Google Play.
• You can build polished, responsive 2D UI systems in Unity.
• You understand mobile performance constraints and can optimize for memory, battery, and lower-end devices.
• You can integrate Unity apps with REST APIs and backend services.

Qualifications

• Core Competencies: Shipped Unity apps to the App Store and/or Google Play; built polished, responsive 2D UI systems in Unity; understood mobile performance constraints and optimized for memory, battery, and lower-end devices; integrated Unity apps with REST APIs and backend services.
• Product & Ownership Mindset: Cared deeply about UI/UX polish; worked on "boring" but important problems like caching, offline handling, and edge cases; took ownership of problems and advocated for ideas; knew when to say "no" to complexity or risk.
• Nice to Have: Experience building 2D map/tile-based rendering systems; familiarity with design systems and building reusable component libraries; experience implementing push notifications and deep linking in Unity mobile apps; background in strategy games, simulation games, or map-heavy applications; prior work at an early-stage startup or as a founding engineer; experience with Firebase (Authentication, Firestore).

Skills

• Core Competencies: Shipped Unity apps to the App Store and/or Google Play; built polished, responsive 2D UI systems in Unity; understood mobile performance constraints and optimized for memory, battery, and lower-end devices; integrated Unity apps with REST APIs and backend services.
• Product & Ownership Mindset: Cared deeply about UI/UX polish; worked on "boring" but important problems like caching, offline handling, and edge cases; took ownership of problems and advocated for ideas; knew when to say "no" to complexity or risk.
• Nice to Have: Experience building 2D map/tile-based rendering systems; familiarity with design systems and building reusable component libraries; experience implementing push notifications and deep linking in Unity mobile apps; background in strategy games, simulation games, or map-heavy applications; prior work at an early-stage startup or as a founding engineer; experience with Firebase (Authentication, Firestore).

Benefits

• Salary range is from $150,000 to $215,000 depending on your relevant qualifications and experience.
• Selected candidates can expect to receive 0.25% - 1% equity.
• Vesting schedule is a 12 month cliff and 4 year monthly vesting.
• We will also be offering a non-matching 401k plan.

Pay

• Salary range is from $150,000 to $215,000 depending on your relevant qualifications and experience.

Schedule

• This is an intensive role and you should expect to work around 50-60 hours per week for the first few months; after that, hours may begin to decrease.