Job Description

Senior Unity / VR Developer (Game Services)

Are you interested in VR?

Our client is working on a revolutionary VR product. They’re expanding the team and looking to onboard some excited and determined devs to help build their VR platform for the home user.

This position is a game services platform development position, as opposed to a game development position. You’d be working on building an environment to host and support third-party VR games. You’re the conduit!

This is a challenging direct-hire role for a customer based in Austin, TX. This position reports directly to the Director of Software Engineering. Remote candidates are encouraged to apply. 

The ideal candidate has experience with: 

• Unity or Unreal
• Development of Android based games 
• C# and C/C++ development 
• At least 1 year of experience working on a shipped title
• Development of a Unity or Unreal Plugin 
• Experience making calls from Unity, or Unreal, to Android 

*VR Gaming-industry experience not required*

Primary responsibilities: 

• Architect, design, and develop software components such as SDKs and APIs that empower a developer community including Unity and Unreal Engine plugins 
• Plan and implement VR system features and capabilities of gaming platform and its mobile headset application framework
• Provide technical leadership for designing and implementing embedded system features/capabilities for the gaming platform and application framework
• Maintain code and write automated tests to ensure product meets quality standards
• Drive the software development lifecycle from initial research, analysis through design and implementation with maintenance to support libraries, applications and services

Required: 

• 5+ years of software development experience
• Must have at least 1 year of experience working on a shipped title, but a strong portfolio can be substituted
• Must have strong experience in Unity or Unreal, bonus for knowledge of both, but must be an expert in at least one 
• Expertise with Java and C/C++ development 
• Must have experience with a published Unity, or Unreal, Plugin 
• Must have experience development a shipped SDK in use by other developers 
• Ability to thrive in a multi-functional team on project and impact both users and company 
• Ability to operate in an agile, entrepreneurial start-up environment

Preferred: 

• Experience with development either AR or VR ( controllers and headsets environments )