SeniorFull TimeEN
UneeQ is an artificial intelligence company, developing the most advanced autonomous digital human platform available for customer interactions. Our mission is to deliver digital human experiences that reduce complexity, improve conversions and create memorable customer moments for brands.
Working at the leading edge of technology, UneeQ is fast paced and constantly evolving. We are a remote-first workplace and have people located in New Zealand, the USA, Canada, Australia, and Portugal.
We are deeply committed to living our values and fostering a culture and work practices where our people can do their best work, make an impact and thrive.
This is a hands-on, high-impact role for a Senior Software Engineer who’s excited to build and evolve our core real-time 3D application (build on Unreal Engine) that powers UneeQ’s digital humans. While Unreal is at the heart of the role, it’s not game development only, you’ll also work across broader platform integrations and emerging technologies to help deliver high-quality, real-time digital human experiences.
We’re a remote-first company, so you’ll need to be comfortable working independently, owning outcomes, and collaborating asynchronously with a small, distributed team. If you’re based in Auckland (or New Zealand), there are opportunities to connect in person from time to time, including our co-working space and occasional meetups, but the role can also be based remotely (NZ or USA).
There’s plenty of room to make your mark. You’ll help improve performance, extend features, and integrate key systems around the Unreal application (including areas like streaming, machine learning and integrations with our other cloud based services). You’ll work closely with other senior engineers, and you’ll be trusted to bring a positive, adaptable mindset - someone who enjoys solving complex problems, learning new tools (including AI coding tools), and contributing to a culture of shared ownership and continuous improvement.
What you’ll be doing and key responsibilities:
Your week will balance focused engineering time with lightweight team collaboration. You’ll join stand-ups a couple of times a week to align with the team, unblock work, and share progress, along with a weekly planning session for the Unreal-based rendering application and occasional ad-hoc discussions when deeper collaboration is needed.
Most days, you’ll work hands-on in our Unreal Engine-based digital human application, contributing to features, performance, and overall system quality. As we’re not building a traditional game, the role also involves working across parts of the wider platform - integrating with services such as text-to-speech, real-time streaming (WebRTC), and cloud infrastructure (AWS). You’ll often own work end-to-end, with regular code reviews and design discussions to ensure a high technical standard.
You’ll work closely with senior engineers in the platform team, particularly your day-to-day counterpart, and collaborate as needed with adjacent technical teams that build on top of the platform. Your responsibilities will include:
How We Measure Success
You’ll know you’re doing a great job when we see:
What you’ll bring and who you are
You are:
Also, you’ll bring:
Bonus
We’re proud to be an inclusive workplace that celebrates diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences. If this role excites you, we’d love to hear from you - even if you don’t meet every single requirement.
Perks of joining UneeQ
On top of that, you’ll get to work in a leading industry, creating innovative AI solutions that have never been tried before!
Our recruitment process
Intro chat
You’ll start with a short call with someone from our People team to learn more about UneeQ, the role, and to share a bit about yourself.
Hiring manager interview
Next, you’ll meet with the Engineering Manager (AI & Platform) to dive deeper into your experience, the role, and the kind of work you’d be doing.
Live technical session
You’ll take part in a practical, collaborative technical session with senior engineers, focused on real-world problem solving.
Team & ways-of-working chat
You’ll meet a couple of people you’d work closely with to align on collaboration style, remote working, and day-to-day ways of working.
Final check-in
Finally, you’ll have a short conversation with a member of our executive team.
Offer & welcome aboard! 🎉
