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.

At Facebook Reality Labs Research, software development provides the platform for our scientific explorations and generates viable paths to the consumer products people will use for decades to come. If you have a passion for building developer experiences that bridge Human Computer Interaction (HCI) research and software engineering, this is a rare opportunity to join AR/VR pioneers. In our collaborative environment, you’ll partner with expert research scientists, hardware engineers and software developers to build a groundbreaking platform and create the technology that makes AR/VR universal. You will tackle interesting technical challenges in human-computer interaction to revolutionize how people interact with computing devices. Step into the adventure of a lifetime as we make science fiction real and change the world!

Responsibilities

• Work with local and remote cross-functional teams to lead the integration of research in machine learning and AI modeling, novel input and output hardware, and novel interaction paradigms to ensure unified user, developer, and data scientist experiences
• Provide technical leadership: operating as a technical product owner and architect of a next generation user interaction / machine learning software platform for AR/VR
• Apply HCI research on novel interaction platforms to define a set of tools that enable development of 3rd party software for platform integration
• Collaborate in a team environment across multiple scientific and engineering disciplines, to integrate results into platforms and experiences
• Prioritize and get things done with a high level of efficiency
  

Minimum Qualification

• BS degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Math, Physics or related field
• 2+ years experience in leading and coordinating teams of developers in large-scale software projects which have shipped
• 10+ years experience in software development across all levels of the stack
• 5+ years experience leading design and delivery of software APIs and frameworks/platforms for novel interaction paradigms
• Experience with a variety of desktop and web/mobile application frameworks (e.g. Android, iOS, React, Qt)
  
  

Preferred Qualification

• MSc in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Math, Physics or related field
• Experience in HCI research
• Experience in tech transfer
• Experience in 3D Graphics: e.g. Game engines such as Unreal or Unity, Low-level graphics frameworks such as Vulkan, DirectX or OpenGL, 3D mathematics, applied linear algebra
• Familiarity with machine learning or deep learning
  

Facebook is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Facebook is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities in our recruiting process. If you need any assistance or accommodations due to a disability, please let us know at accommodations-ext@fb.com.