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.

Facebook is a world leader in the design of virtual and augmented reality systems and is reshaping how people experience entertainment, socialize with others and be productive and collaborative. Our team launched Quest 2 in 2020 - our fastest growing VR headset ever - that has already greatly surpassed the user base of the original Quest. Our platform has a thriving third party development ecosystem with multiple dozens of million revenue VR titles. This position presents a unique opportunity to join a team core to the VR experience as we create the foundation for VR to be the next general computing platform. Come work alongside experts in software, hardware and research to create the technology that makes AR/VR pervasive and universal. The potential of VR to connect the world is immense—and we’re just getting started.The VR Shell team’s mission is to empower people to be entertained, get work done, and be present with anyone, whether in their virtual home or anywhere else in VR. As a central component in the system, VR Shell interacts at multiple levels with applications - from lifecycle to window management and everything in between.In this role, you will be designing and implementing platform features that push the state-of-the-art for interactions within a VR environment between users, applications, and system components. A successful candidate in this role is self-driven, has strong C++ skills, and doesn’t mind delving into different areas of the stack. Strong communication skills are key as well given we interact and work with many internal engineering teams, partners, and product management.

Responsibilities

• Technical leadership and direction setting for the development of core platform technologies across multiple teams, coordinating dependencies, and engineering.
• Design and implement coherent APIs and features across multiple hardware platforms.
• Collaborate and coordinate closely with multiple internal and external cross-disciplinary teams (including research and design) to develop and incorporate innovative ideas.
• Effectively explain technical problems with data and analysis and provide detailed feedback and solutions.
• Influence the engineering culture in the broader team and advocate for higher product quality and engineering efficiency.
• Investigate, understand, and improve software performance.
• Provide mentorship to other engineers.
  

Minimum Qualification

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science or similar field.
• 5+ years of experience with C/C++ programming, including experience with low-level systems work.
• 10+ years of work experience developing and launching software products.
• Experience developing, debugging, and shipping software products on large code bases that span platforms and tools.
• Experience working with one or more of the following: OS frameworks and services, 3D Graphics, rendering, geometry, or other visualization, or Messaging or other IPC subsystems.
  

Preferred Qualification

• Experience in successfully revamping existing systems or building new systems from scratch with high complexity, ambiguity and interdisciplinary collaboration.
• Experience in advocating for user experience and developer experience.
• Experience with virtual reality (Rift, VIVE, Gear VR, etc.).
• Experience with Android development.
  

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.