Job Description

We believe shopping should be simple and exciting and empower people to see the best version of themselves.  We have started off with the eyewear industry and are changing an old-school, overwhelming, clinical, boring experience into a delightful one where customers feel great about themselves and their purchase. 

Computer vision and machine learning power our industry-leading augmented reality virtual try-on, facial analysis, and frame recommendation engine. We license this technology platform to eyewear retailers who embed it into their web, mobile, and in-store experiences to fundamentally shift how they sell eyewear. We have a great foundation. Our technology is being used by over 10M users a month around the world, and we have strong partnerships with some of the world’s top eyewear retailers. 

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer with a focus in Rendering/Graphics to scale our virtual try-on SaaS platform. This includes design and architecture to improve throughput, efficiencies, and fidelity of our computer vision and rendering pipeline. The ideal candidate is experienced with ray tracing and global illumination as well as rasterization in both server-based and client-side applications. You will be a member of a highly-motivated team. This role will develop, enhance, and sustain innovative solutions to improve the customer experience. You will implement complex software in accordance with project requirements, technical designs, and industry best practices. You will also review designs and participate in meaningful collaboration sessions on how to solve client problems and participate in determining the scope for new projects. 

This role is 100% remote.

What you'll do:

• Architect, write, debug, and refine our next generation rendering pipeline in support of our growing business
• Serve as an engineering leader and technical expert. 
• Work with Engineering, Research, and Site Reliability Engineering teams to scale our AR virtual try-on platform
• Collaborate and mentor team members
• Prepare and deliver engineering-related presentations within the company.
• Work with our digital glasses team to improve the realism of 3D glasses assets

About you:

• 5+ years of experience with computer graphics development and rendering optimization
• Strong knowledge of C/C++, data structures, performance, and multi-threaded programming techniques
• Thorough understanding of 3D math including linear algebra
• Expertise in GPU Hardware architecture, shading language, and global illumination
• Experience with one or more of industry-standard graphics API’s (OpenGL, OpenGL ES, WebGL Vulkan, Metal, Cuda, Etc.)
• Experience with HLSL/GLSL or other equivalent shader languages
• Understands that uniqueness creates innovation and greatness
• Proven ability to diagnose and fix performance issues related to memory/disk footprint, frame rate, and network bandwidth
• Able to adapt in a fast-paced technical environment
• Interested in augmented reality, and rendering systems and a passion for the latest in graphics technology.
• Strong technical communication skills
• Bachelor’s or higher degree, or the equivalent, in Computer Science or related field. (Ditto recognizes that knowledge and skills equivalent to those earned in a degree program can also be achieved via nontraditional paths, and welcomes applicants with nontraditional training.)

About us:

Ditto is a post-Series B, venture-backed technology company with 50 wonderful full-time employees headquartered in Oakland, CA. We provide a unique opportunity to work alongside a talented team of software engineers, business leaders, creatives and researchers to bring state of the art computer vision and machine learning technologies to market at scale. 

We celebrate what makes us each unique and believe that when experienced people of diverse talents, backgrounds and opinions are inspired to come together, greatness occurs. We are built on trust which combines being authentic, credible and reliable. We love passionate people with a zest for life and an adaptable, positive attitude. We have high expectations for hard-work and give a lot of flexibility to take time for the other things that are important to you.

Ditto is a distributed company supporting all roles anywhere in the United States. Employees also have the opportunity to work from our Oakland office. Our distributed workforce philosophy allows us to find the best talent in the country and build diverse teams, while empowering our team to work from the location that best suits them. 

We have all the perks you would expect from a great start-up: competitive salary, meaningful equity as an early employee, medical, dental, unlimited PTO, and a 401K. We care a lot about doing the little things well and work hard to build a strong team culture. We organize team events and activities online and are being creative to build strong relationships amongst distributed team members

Ditto stands for a culture of inclusion. We celebrate different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives - encouraging everyone to bring their authentic selves to work. We have a diverse environment that empowers our team to feel comfortable when they voice their opinions. For these reasons and more Ditto is a proud equal employment opportunity employer. We welcome everyone regardless of their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or genetics, and we are dedicated to providing an inclusive, open, and diverse work environment.