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Senior, Software Engineer, Split Computing

Magic Leap is looking to expand its Graphics and Rendering team, and we are looking for exceptionally talented senior programmers who are ready for a challenge to help in the development of our spatial and split computing framework targeting solutions such as remote rendering for example.

Responsibilities:

• Architect, refactor and maintain pipelines and features
• Design, write, debug and refine rendering systems, features, tools and infrastructure as needed
• Work with other engineers in developing applications and samples to show case proof of work
• Evaluate and understand the intentions of the projects, document development needs and assess technical feasibility
• Analyze existing functionality in the existing solutions and see if they are in line with intentions
• Suggest improvements whenever necessary by designing and implementing new systems
• Collaborate with other teams to establish constraints and communicate the technical possibilities of the various needs
• Validate the performance by automating kpi and setup test cases
• Optimize whenever necessary
• Suggest innovations
• Identify and triage bugs
• Document work, create technical documentation as needed
• Contribute to department best practices and guidelines
• Provide realistic task estimations

Technical Requirements

• Advanced understanding in C++
• A good understanding of computer graphics, 3d engines and 3d technology principles
• An advanced understanding of 3d platforms and the requirements needed to develop software on them
• Good experience in OpenGL or Vulkan and ability to write shaders.
• Strong computer science and 3D maths background
• Understand Latency sensitive issues in the display pipeline.
• Understand 6dof motion to photon issues.
• A demonstrable willingness to develop software engineering process and application production skills
• Ability to do task breakdown and write documentation
• Custom engine development experience is an advantage
• Experience with networking technologies such as socket programming is a huge bonus
• Experience with Video codecs such as HVEC, H.264, VP8/9 is an advantage
• Experience writing highly optimal code for power constrained systems such as Mobile devices
• AR/VR or spatial computing development experience
• BS, MS or PhD in Computer Science, Maths, Physics, or a related technical field
• 5 years+ graphics & rendering experience

Skill Requirements

• Be proactive and able to help with ad-hoc problem solving
• Must be a team player and know how to operate in a cross-team environment
• An avid enthusiast for spatial computing and 3d technologies
• Experience communicating the use of 3d engines and their scripting component framework both verbally and in written form
• Must have high attention to detail and extremely high bar for the quality of work
• Able to work in research oriented topics
• Must be organized and able to context switch between multiple projects
• Research, communicate and anticipate business and product needs in the relevant field
• Must have great time management skills to perform in a busy work environment.
• Exceptional communications skills

Additional Information

• All your information will be kept confidential according to Equal Employment Opportunities guidelines.

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