Unity

AI Engineer

Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal

Not SpecifiedCompensation
Senior (5 to 8 years), Expert & Leadership (9+ years)Experience Level
Full TimeJob Type
UnknownVisa
Enterprise Software, Business SoftwareIndustries

Company Description

We are in Business for People, empowering people in service organizations with innovative Enterprise and Business software solutions. We’ve innovated and taken a new approach to delivering ERP that works for people. Self-driving, adaptive and intuitive software that is changing the way people work. Our solutions empower people and deliver a better people experience so people can spend time on meaningful high value work they live for.

Job Description

We are seeking a highly skilled and forward-thinking AI Engineer to join our AI research team for ERP. This role plays a pivotal part in shaping the future of enterprise software by designing, developing, and deploying AI systems, intelligent agents, and orchestration frameworks, while also focusing on streamlining the deployment, monitoring, and continuous improvement of AI solutions (e.g., MLOps, LLMOps). You will operate at the frontier of the AI landscape, where your work will directly influence how enterprise software evolves into an AI-native platform. By enabling intelligent agents to reason, act, and collaborate—driving automation, adaptability, and next-generation business intelligence. Your primary responsibility will be AI research that supports intelligent automation and orchestration within enterprise systems. Additionally, your expertise will play a vital role in advancing current and future AI engineering initiatives across multiple teams and projects at Unit4.

Key Responsibilities:

Generative AI Foundations

  • Design and implement GenAI solutions using LLMs and RAG capabilities such as Search and Retrieval or GraphRAG.
  • Define and enforce best practices for prompt templates, advanced prompting engineering, and context-aware prompting.
  • Contribute to the evolution of the Unit4 AI Foundation platform.
  • Collaborate on the design and implementation of LLM evaluation frameworks, benchmarks, and performance metrics.

Agentic Architecture & Orchestration

  • Build modular, task-specific agents using frameworks like Semantic Kernel or similar.
  • Define best practices for agent tooling on the Unit4 ecosystem using existing standards such as Model Context Protocol (MCP).
  • Implement agent orchestration protocols (e.g., A2A) for multi-agent collaboration.
  • Develop adaptive planning engines aligned with user workflows and business processes.
  • Collaborate on the design and implementation of agent evaluation frameworks, benchmarks, and performance metrics.

Infrastructure & Deployment

  • Design cloud-native, scalable infrastructure for agent workloads (Azure, AWS, GCP).
  • Build robust pipelines for AI deployment and lifecycle management—combining MLOps and LLMOps practices with CI/CD and Infrastructure as Code (e.g., Terraform, Bicep).
  • Ensure observability, monitoring, and feedback loops for agent performance and reliability.

Data Integration & Event-Driven Systems

  • Collaborate with data engineers and architects to integrate structured and unstructured data sources.
  • Leverage event-driven architectures (e.g., Kafka, Flink) for real-time agent actions.
  • Define data contracts and schemas to support agentic decision-making.

Collaboration & Leadership

  • Work closely with architects, data scientists, data engineers, and product leads to align AI foundational architecture with business goals.
  • Participate in design and architectural reviews, roadmap planning, and research cross-functional discussions.
  • Mentor junior engineers and contribute to knowledge sharing across teams.

Requirements:

Technical Skills

GenAI Foundations

  • Proficiency in leveraging Language Models (e.g., LLMs, SLMs), Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), and prompt engineering.

Infrastructure & Deployment

  • Experience with design and imple

Skills

Generative AI
LLMs
RAG
Prompt Engineering
MLOps
LLMOps
AI Research
Intelligent Agents
Orchestration Frameworks
AI Systems Design
AI Deployment
AI Monitoring
AI Continuous Improvement

Unity

Real-time platform for interactive content

About Unity

Unity Technologies provides a platform for creating 2D, 3D, virtual reality (VR), and augmented reality (AR) content. Its main product is a real-time development platform that allows users to build and deploy interactive content across various devices, including mobile phones, PCs, and gaming consoles. Unity operates on a subscription model, offering different plans to cater to the needs of hobbyists, professional developers, and large enterprises, including free options for smaller developers. The company stands out from competitors by serving a wide range of industries, such as gaming, film, automotive, architecture, engineering, and construction, making it a versatile tool for many applications. Unity's goal is to empower creators by providing them with the tools and support needed to bring their ideas to life.

San Francisco, CaliforniaHeadquarters
2009Year Founded
$869.1MTotal Funding
IPOCompany Stage
Enterprise Software, Entertainment, GamingIndustries
5,001-10,000Employees

Benefits

Comprehensive health, life, and disability insurances
Commuting subsidy
Employee stock ownership
Comprehensive retirement/pension plans
Generous vacation and personal days
Paid leave for new parents
Wellness and fitness subsidy
Office food and free snacks, including lots of healthy options!
Mental health and Wellbeing programs and support
Employee Resource Groups
Global Employee Assistance Program
Training and development programs
Volunteering and donation matching program

Risks

Increased competition from Unreal Engine with advanced graphics and free source code.
Open-source platforms like Godot offer free alternatives to Unity's subscription model.
Recent pricing changes may lead to backlash from small developers.

Differentiation

Unity offers a comprehensive platform for 2D, 3D, VR, and AR content.
Unity's subscription model caters to both small developers and large enterprises.
Unity's real-time development platform supports cross-platform deployment on mobile, PC, and consoles.

Upsides

Unity's acquisition of SyncSketch enhances remote collaboration capabilities.
Unity's Indie Game Developer Accelerator Program supports the growing indie game market.
Unity's tools are widely used in expanding AR and VR markets.

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