Director of Machine Learning, Unity
User Value
$250.3-325.4k
+ Employee Stock Ownership
Office located in Mountain View, CA
Game development platform
Open for applications
Game development platform
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$250.3-325.4k
+ Employee Stock Ownership
Office located in Mountain View, CA
1001+ employees
Company mission
To democratize game development and enable everyone to create rich interactive content.
Role
Who you are
- Proven Leadership: 8+ years of experience in machine learning and software engineering, with 4+ years of experience managing teams
- Domain Expertise: A strong track record of shipping ML systems at scale, specifically in areas like personalization, recommendation system, information retrieval, or behavioral modeling
- Product-Minded Engineering: A deep understanding of how technical ML metrics (e.g., accuracy, NDCG, precision-recall) connect to macro user and business metrics (e.g., retention, lifetime value)
- Strategic Communication: Ability to articulate complex technical concepts clearly to non-technical executives and cross-functional partners
- Technical Foundations: An advanced degree (MS or PhD) in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Statistics, or a related quantitative field, or equivalent practical experience
What the job involves
- Unity Vector represents the next generation of our AI-powered advertising ecosystem—a forward-looking evolution of our machine learning infrastructure and models. We are seeking a visionary Director of Machine Learning to lead our User Value team, a group at the heart of Unity's ambitious machine learning modeling initiatives
- As a leader, you will bridge the gap between complex machine learning paradigms and core product strategy. You will manage and scale a high-performing organization of scientists and ML engineers, ensuring our models translate into high-value user acquisition for advertisers
- Shape the ML Vision: Define 1-3 year technical roadmap for user value modeling, aligning algorithmic capabilities with product and business growth goals
- Lead and Scale Teams: Mentor, recruit, and retain a team of applied scientists and machine learning engineers. Foster a culture of technical excellence, continuous learning, and rapid experimentation
- Drive Product Impact: Partner closely with leadership in Product, Design, and Data Science to identify new opportunities where ML can solve customer pain points and unlock tangible value
- Advance the Technical Stack: Oversee the development, deployment, and maintenance of scalable ML systems—spanning personalization, content recommendation, multi-task learning, reinforcement learning, and large language model (LLM) integration—ensuring high availability and low latency
- Balance Innovation and Execution: Establish rigorous frameworks for A/B testing, model evaluation, and guardrails to ensure algorithmic changes measurably improve customer trust and retention without introducing regression
Application process
- End Date: October 1, 2026
Our take
Unity is one of the biggest names in game development, powering everything from indie hits to blockbuster titles. Its real-time 3D engine gives developers and artists the tools to build rich, interactive worlds that run across mobile, PC, console and beyond.
But Unity's ambitions stretch far beyond gaming and over the past few years, Unity's technology has found a home in industries including automotive, film and television, where companies use it to create digital twins, virtual productions and immersive experiences. Its tools also help power augmented reality experiences on devices from companies such as Apple.
In 2021, Unity was used to create 72% of the top 1,000 mobile games and half of all games released across mobile, pc and console. Since its 2020 IPO, the company has continued to expand its platform, and with significant post-IPO funding secured in 2025, Unity now supports more than 20 platforms, operates in over 190 countries and territories, and is continuing to push real-time 3D technologies into new industries.
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Insights
4% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
May 2019
$125m
SERIES E
Jun 2018
$145m
SERIES D
Total funding: $893.5m
Company benefits
- Comprehensive health, life and disability insurance
- Employee stock ownership
- Generous vacation and personal days
- Office food and free snacks, lots of health options!
- Employee Resource Groups
- Training and development programs
- Commute subsidy
- Competitive retirement/pension plans
- Paid leave for new parents
- Mental Health and Wellbeing programs and support
- Global Employee Assistance Program
- Volunteering and donation matching program
Company HQ
Yerba Buena, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Matthew Bromberg
(CEO & President)Matthew is currently on the Board of Directors for Bumble. Previously, they were a Senior Advisor at Blackstone and COO at Zynga. They also spent over 4 years at EA as a Group GM of Bioware and as an SVP of Strategy & Operations of EA Mobile.
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