Job Description

AltspaceVR (https://altvr.com) is the premier social and live events app, which brings together people from around the world in virtual reality and 3D. People use AltspaceVR to host and attend live comedy shows, tech talks, LGBTQ meetups, meditation classes, dance parties, conferences, and more. Diplo, Reggie Watts, Pitbull, NBC, Bill Nye and many others have used AltspaceVR to host events. AltspaceVR is available in VR on Oculus Quest/Quest 2 and Rift/Rift-S, HTC Vive and Windows MR, and in 3D on Windows and Mac. The AltspaceVR team is part of the Mixed Reality group responsible for HoloLens 2, and at the forefront of AR and VR technology.

We strive to create a team culture of inclusion, growth mindset and collaboration, to build a welcoming platform for a diverse community of users. We’d love for you to join us.

As a Principal Architect on the team, you will lead major efforts that span across disciplines and organizations to drive core business goals from concept to completion. You will put together technical plans that multiple teams will use, while also developing high impact features or systems. You’ll be working together with a great team of designers, product managers, engineers, and with a highly dedicated community, to bring the dream of social virtual reality to life.

Responsibilities

• Develop technical architecture and strategies for implementation that span across multiple teams or organizations
• Prototype and develop solutions to unsolved problems in unsolved territory that require exceptional technical expertise for a large concurrent user base
• Develop and extend multiple systems on existing products in areas such as networking, rendering, data management, hardware agnostic interaction, user generated content, or gameplay
• Work directly with designers, product managers, artists, and engineers to bring virtual worlds and experiences to life for users on multiple hardware endpoints
  

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:

• 7+ years’ experience working on game development or relevant field
• 5+ years’ experience using gaming technologies such as Unity, Unreal, or equivalent
• 5+ years’ experience in a specific area of development, such as networking, rendering, or physics
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Shipped multiple AAA games or large-scale live products with continued support post launch
• Ability to drive major features from concept to completion by providing technical leadership and guidance
• Strong cross-discipline collaboration and communication skills, both written and verbal
• Exceptional problem solving and debugging skills  
  

Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings:  Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.  

  

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