Job Description

About Your Next Opportunity

VIVEPORT is HTC VIVE’s global content distribution platform operating in more than 70 countries around the world. We support the full range of PC VR headsets, including Quest via Link, as well as standalone devices like the VIVE Flow. VIVEPORT also runs the first VR subscription service, VIVEPORT Infinity. Since Infinity’s launch in 2019, it has featured hundreds of premium VR games and apps.

The VIVEPORT team is looking for a Developer Relations Engineer

(Unity and/or Unreal) to provide the technical knowledge, tools, and resources

necessary to support our VR partners, from gaming studios to app developers. You

will be part of a high performing team at the forefront of the VR industry and

technology, helping developers ship the best games and apps into our ecosystem.

What you’ll be doing

• Enable, support and onboard Viveport partners and third-party game developers, ensuring a world-class developer experience
• Champion the requirements of developers and represent their needs to help guide our platform roadmap
• Aiding developers create final builds in different Unity and/or Unreal versions on different platforms
• Act as the technical liaison between internal teams and external partners
• Help improve and direct our platform strategy, tools, and processes
• Create developer-facing guides, tutorials, sample code, and documentation
• Support developers with SDK integration, code assistance, and porting optimization
• Support the distribution of new hardware, development kits, SDK’s and tools to developers and manage feedback
• Analyze developer issues to guide RD to implement fixes
• Review of feature requests from developers and liaise with RD on platform and SDK improvements
• Host internal training sessions and technical briefings as required
• Contribute regularly to the Developer Blog and Community Forums
• Be our Viveport platform evangelist. Deliver technical presentations and workshops at
• industry events, developer meetups and webinars

Who you are

• You love games and have a strong understanding of game development
• pipelines
• You have an established understanding of XR tools and technologies and
• can educate partners confidently
• You are passionate about the developer community and are eager to help
• them grow
• You take a proactive, self-starter approach to your work
• You work well both alone and as a team player and see team successes as
• your own
• You enjoy working in a rapid development environment, remaining flexible
• and thriving in the face of continuous development
• You drive tasks independently and escalate and communicate issues and
• needs clearly
• You embrace growth and are always learning
• Your curiosity and optimism shines through all you do

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills and Experience)

• 3+ years of experience as a developer with a focus on VR, games and/or mobile technologies using Unity and/or Unreal
• Experience in profiling and performance optimization of applications
• Understanding of developer segmentation and ecosystem, and how to effectively engage with and
• support game developers
• Active member in developer user groups/forums, engaging with groups driving development efforts
• Excellent documentation and presentation skills
• Up to date knowledge of the current state of XR hardware and platforms
• Self-motivated, proactive, and highly organized with the ability to multitask and prioritize
• across multiple projects

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills and Abilities)

• Hands-on experience in XR software development
• Track record of working with game developers and studios
• Active member in developer user groups/forums, engaging with groups driving development efforts

Other relevant information

• Remote in the US with flexible work arrangements to support you in working in the way that you
• work best
• Willingness to travel occasionally (post COVID-19) to industry events in the US and Europe, and to our HQ in Taiwan

HTC is an equal opportunity employer that values diversity at our company. We are committed to equal employment opportunity and encourage people from all walks of life to apply without regard to race, color, ancestry, sex, national origin, citizenship, genetics, marital status, veteran status, age, gender identity or expression, religion, disability, sexual orientation, or any other status or characteristic protected by law. HTC does not tolerate discrimination or harassment at any point during our employees’ and applicants’ time with us, including with respect to recruitment, hiring, placement, promotion, transfer, training, compensation, benefits, leaves of absence, and general treatment during employment.

HTC requires employees and employment candidates who will be at any of our offices to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 unless a medical or religious exemption is approved.

If you need assistance to accommodate a disability or vaccine exemption, you may request it at any time. Please contact HTC at (425) 679-5318.

Employees within the US (located outside of California and Washington) will be considered on a temporary agency set up before transitioning to a direct hire based on location.

This organization participates in E-Verify.