Software Engineer - Graphics/Optics

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Job Description

Facebook's mission is to give people the power to build community and bring the world closer together. Through our family of apps and services, we're building a different kind of company that connects billions of people around the world, gives them ways to share what matters most to them, and helps bring people closer together. Whether we're creating new products or helping a small business expand its reach, people at Facebook are builders at heart. Our global teams are constantly iterating, solving problems, and working together to empower people around the world to build community and connect in meaningful ways. Together, we can help people build stronger communities - we're just getting started.

Come invent the future. At Facebook Reality Labs, software development is vital to turbocharging our scientific explorations and generating viable paths to the consumer products people will use for decades to come — products that will literally give people super powers. If you're a C/C++ expert with deep knowledge of real-time systems, a love for solving novel problems from first principles, and an aptitude for graphics, optics or metrology, you'll thrive in our collaborative environment. Join a world-class team of pioneers experimenting with breakthrough technology. Partner with expert research scientists, mechanical engineers, electrical engineers and other brilliant software minds to build cutting-edge prototypes and create the technology that makes AR/VR universal. Step into the adventure of a lifetime, as we make science fiction real and change the world.

Responsibilities
  • Analyze, evaluate, design, develop, integrate, debug and test real-time AR and VR software for advanced optical prototypes and user experiences
  • Collaborate in a team environment across multiple scientific and engineering disciplines, making the architectural tradeoffs required to rapidly deliver software solutions
  • Develop algorithms, demos and engine integrations for novel display devices in research
  • Write clean readable code, debug complex problems that span systems, prioritize ruthlessly and get things done with a high level of efficiency
  • Work with unfamiliar hardware at the SDK level to integrate systems together
  • Learn constantly, educate others, dive into new areas with unfamiliar technologies, and embrace the ambiguity of AR/VR problem solving
Minimum Qualification
  • BS degree in Computer Science, Math, Physics, Optical Science or related field
  • 5+ years of C/C++ experience, including C++11 (and up) features and principles
  • 5+ years of experience creating, extending, integrating and maintaining real-time 3D engine systems such as graphics rendering, audio, physics, networking or animation
  • Fluency with 3D mathematics and applied linear algebra
  • Proven understanding of modern graphics pipelines
  • Knowledge of fundamentals of computer architecture, for example CPU data caching, SIMD instruction sets, and compiler code generation
  • Experience shipping one or more products using standard software development toolsets such as source control and continuous integration systems
  • Experience using a complex game engine such as Unity or Unreal Engine

Preferred Qualification
  • Experience implementing advanced 3D graphics features such as lighting, effects, shaders and other low-level systems
  • Experience with raytracing
  • An understanding of optical science fundamentals
  • 3D graphics APIs such as DirectX, OpenGL, or Vulkan
  • Developing AR/VR applications
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