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Cross-Platform Application Engineer
2 years ago
At Improbable, we believe that the next revolution in entertainment and society will come from massive virtual worlds. They will create new economies and opportunities globally, changing not just how we play, but how we work and relate to each other. That’s why we’ve made it our mission to build the next generation of technologies for online multi-user games and simulations.
At Improbable, you are surrounded by people who want to improve everything and everyone around them, and who compel you to improve yourself. We’re motivated by the fulfillment of solving hard problems to achieve something profound and transformative.
Your Role
You will be exploring the intersection of gaming, web3, live events, and the metaverse. We are looking for someone who can explore this space rapidly by trying out new ideas and figuring out the best directions for Improbable to invest in. You will be working inside an internal prototyping and incubation team where you will build and test the ideas that you think stand to have the greatest impact. This is a new area for us to work in, so your work will directly impact our technical direction.
After working in this role, you might expect to have done some of the following:
- Created numerous prototypes that demonstrate the most important ways that Web3 and distributed apps could impact Improbable and the wider games industry
- Created web and mobile applications that interoperate with a metaverse of experiences built across web technologies and Unreal Engine
- Thrown away several more prototypes that you discovered weren’t as high impact
- Worked alongside games developers and live events teams to understand what they need
- Worked with another team to turn your idea from prototype to released project
We'd like to hear from you if you identify with the following:
- You have a portfolio of innovative applications built with web technologies where you have been the primary developer, including aspects of design / UX
- You consider yourself more than an software engineer, finding yourself thinking end-to-end about the product itself and its design and utility
- You love to explore new ideas and pick up new technologies by making things
- You can hone in on the crux of a problem and evaluate the most important places to spend your time
- You find that moving fast, iterating and getting data can often lead to better results than trying to plan everything upfront
- Code is a tool - you are more motivated by outcomes than coding style
- You think that blockchain and associated technologies have huge untapped potential for future economies
- You’re passionate about games and/or the metaverse, and have potentially created projects in this space
- You have experience with React and React Native, and using existing open source libraries to move as quickly as possible
- You may have experience with 3D content development on web, such as using Three.js etc
- You may have experience with Web3 App development
While we think the above experience could be important, we’re keen to hear from people that believe they have valuable experience to bring to the role. If you identify with the team and mission, but not all of our requirements, then please still apply. This is a very open ended role, and we are more interested in someone with the right mindset than specific experience.
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