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.

Come invent the future! Facebook Reality Labs Research (FRL-R) brings together a world-class team of researchers, developers, and engineers to create the future of augmented and virtual reality. Eye tracking team within FRL-R is working on research to enable eye tracking for everyone and everywhere, which is key to enable many groundbreaking experiences.In this role, you will join a team of software engineers and collaborate with pioneers in research, electrical engineering, firmware engineering, and user experience design. You will learn constantly, dive into new areas with unfamiliar technologies, and embrace the ambiguity of AR/VR problem solving. Together, we are going to build cutting-edge prototypes, technologies, building constructs and toolsets that can define a paradigm shift in how we interact with our surroundings. So we invite you to step into the adventure of a lifetime, as we make science fiction real and change the world.

Responsibilities

• Work side by side with research scientists, UX designers, electrical engineers and mechanical engineers to enable new experiences in AR and VR
• Analyze, evaluate, design, develop, integrate, debug and test real-time AR and VR software for advanced prototypes, user experiences and hardware
• Build software, tools, infrastructure, documentation and other systems that enable research scientists to be more effective and efficient
• Collaborate with other teams to identify gaps, build solutions and transfer technology
• Perform code reviews that improve software engineering quality
• Collaborate in a team environment across multiple scientific and engineering disciplines, making the architectural tradeoffs required to rapidly deliver software solutions
• Write clean readable code, debug complex problems that span systems, prioritize ruthlessly and get things done with a high level of efficiency
• Learn constantly, dive into new areas with unfamiliar technologies, and embrace the ambiguity of AR/VR problem solving
  

Minimum Qualification

• BS degree in a relevant field (e.g. Computer Science)
• Demonstrated proficiency in computational complexity, algorithm design, 3D systems and software design
• Experience with game engines such as Unity3D
• Demonstrated C/C++/C# expertise
• 5+ years of professional programming experience in building real-time, performance sensitive systems
• Experience shipping at least one product of high complexity using standard software development toolsets such as source control and continuous integration systems
  

Preferred Qualification

• Experience with toolset or SDK development
• Experience working in AR/VR
  

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.