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Staff Software Engineer, Immersive Experience

About Strivr:

At the intersection of technology, science, business, and sports, Strivr offers an end-to-end, VR-based immersive learning platform that changes the way people around the world train, learn, and perform. With a mission to elevate performance through immersive experience, we are redefining an industry in real time and shaping the future of learning.

About the engineering team:

At Strivr, our engineering teams develop immersive experience software and a cloud-based software platform that powers the creation, management, and experience of immersive learning with a unique level of insights and predictive analytics. The platform is scalable, secure, and compliant which is critical to making our customers and users successful on our platform. The engineering team is distributed and located in offices in Seattle and Palo Alto. In addition to the five company values of teamwork, grit, transparency, impact, and passion, we index on strong communication skills, a growth mindset, responsibility and ownership, and a collaborative and respectful work culture.

About this role:

We are developing an in-headset immersive platform with applications and services for virtual reality-based immersive experiences that define the future of learning. These applications and services provide a seamless and intuitive experience for users including kiosk mode, launchers, and instrumentation for device and experience telemetry. They are developed for a variety of devices including, but not limited to, Oculus Go and Quest, and Pico. The learning experiences are 360 video and CG-based, self-guided or facilitator-led with adaptive learning paths and assessments. We are seeking software engineers who are passionate about Virtual and Mixed Reality (VR and MR) to investigate new immersive technologies, to develop intuitive and beautiful user interfaces, and to apply them to develop immersive experience software for the virtual world.

Your responsibilities:

• Design and implement software libraries, components, and services that will be used to create 3DOF and 6DOF-based experiences with spherical 360 video and CGI/3D object models and graphics
• Design and implement features in the immersive platform that improve user experience and add to functional capabilities in the experiences
• Identify opportunities for improvements through emerging technologies, create effective prototypes in a short time frame, and communicate your research across teams
• Collaborate with and support engineers, designers, and artists to create high-quality visual experiences with efficient production workflows
• Design and implement instrumentation and telemetry for both the software and the learner experience that allows Strivr to process and provide a unique level of insights back to individual learners and customers
• Identify, debug, and fix defects in code. Index high on testing and automation to identify systemic or problematic patterns and address them proactively to improve product and code quality
• Be a visible technical leader. Mentor and coach other engineers on the team

Minimum Qualifications:

• 7+ years of software engineering experience building applications, specifically with an emphasis on graphics
• 5+ years of development and testing experience with Game Engines (Unity or Unreal) and hands-on expertise in 3D graphics APIs (OpenGL, DirectX, Metal, Vulkan)
• Proficiency in one or more major programming language such as C++, C#, or Java
• Experience in one or more areas of computer graphics: rendering, mathematics, computational geometry, graphic frameworks and libraries, or related technologies
• Knowledgeable in the application of 3D math, rendering algorithms, and data structures
• Knowledgeable in shader development, debugging, and profiling (e.g. GLSL, HLSL, Cg)
• Ability to apply concepts in computer science around data structures and algorithms to solve problems with efficient and modular approaches
• Ability to employ a structured approach to break down and solve complex technical problems

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with optimizations for applications and processing over mobile GPUs
• Experience with XR
• Experience with unit testing, mocking, and dependency injection frameworks
• Practical experience with the application of architectural patterns (MVVM, MVC, etc.)
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional and geographically diverse teams
• Bachelors in Computer Science (CS) or similar field with an emphasis on graphics