Unity Lead (m/f/d)

Your mission

About L1VE

L1VE is a growing media and technology company with locations in Berlin and New York. With immersive 14K, 3D and 360° streaming technologies and innovative live formats, L1VE is transforming the way people experience sports, music and entertainment.

Your Role
As we are continuously growing, we are looking for a full-time Unity Lead to join our team in Berlin as soon as possible. You will take technical ownership of the L1VE apps across Meta Quest, Apple Vision Pro and Pico, and lead the Unity team that builds and operates them.

As Unity Lead, you will own how our apps are built and how they perform during live events. You will lead and mentor our Unity developers, internal and external, set technical standards, and work closely with our backend and production teams to get every event on air. The work spans live video playback, real-time social features and releases across three platforms.
This is a hybrid role based in Berlin, with two days per week in our Berlin office.

Your Responsibilities

• Own the architecture of our Unity apps across Quest, Vision Pro and Pico
• Lead and mentor the Unity team through code reviews, standards and unblocking
• Own live 360° video playback: smooth, low latency and free of dropped frames, including adaptive streaming and protected content
• Build and maintain the social layer together with the backend team
• Own builds, releases and in-app purchases across the app stores, including their review processes
• Maintain the data analytics layer across all platforms, together with the backend team
• Turn product ideas into technical plans with realistic estimates
• Own on-time delivery of the Unity team's work and flag risks early

Your profile

Must-have

• At least 5 years of professional experience with Unity and C#, including 2 years leading a team
• At least one VR app shipped on Meta Quest or a comparable headset
• Deep performance knowledge of standalone headset hardware
• Experience with video playback in Unity: adaptive streaming, decoding, DRM, 360° and stereo formats
• Experience with real-time networked applications (WebSocket), Unity's XR toolkits and OpenXR
• Experience instrumenting an app for analytics and acting on what the data shows
• Ability to explain technical decisions clearly to people who are not engineers
• Comfortable working with AI tools, while relying on your own expertise to deliver quality results
• Degree in computer science, software engineering or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
• Fluent English (C1/C2); German is a plus, not a requirement

Nice to have

• Background in live broadcast or streaming
• Background in the XR industry

Why us?

• You will shape the technical foundation of live immersive experiences in sports, music and entertainment.
• You will bring live formats to audiences on three headset platforms.
• You will have significant room to shape your work, short decision-making paths and the opportunity to build systems that create lasting value.

Interested?

Please send us your CV along with a short cover letter outlining your interest in L1VE and why you would be a strong fit for the Unity Lead role.
We look forward to hearing from you!

Contact person

Annette Hansen - Recruiting Manager