Research Software Engineer

3 weeks ago

Redmond, United States META Full time

At Meta's Reality Labs Research, our goal is to make world-class consumer virtual, augmented, and mixed reality experiences. Come work alongside industry-leading scientists and engineers to create the technology that makes VR and AR pervasive and universal. Join the adventure of a lifetime as we make science fiction real and change the world. We are a world-class team of researchers and engineers creating the future of augmented and virtual reality, which together will become as universal and essential as smartphones and personal computers are today. And just as personal computers have done over the past 45 years, AR and VR will ultimately change everything about how we work, play, and connect. We are developing all the technologies needed to enable breakthrough Smartglasses, AR glasses, and VR headsets, including optics and displays, computer vision, audio, graphics, brain-computer interfaces, haptic interaction, eye/hand/face/body tracking, perception science, and true telepresence. Some of those will advance much faster than others, but they all need to happen to enable AR and VR that are so compelling that they become an integral part of our lives. RL Research is looking for an experienced, innovative Software Engineer acting as a Technical Lead to join our growing team. You will be partnering with a team of dedicated researchers, developers, and engineers. You will operate at the intersection of wearable devices, AI, and reusable software to build a next generation research platform.

Research Software Engineer Responsibilities

  • Work with a cross functional group spanning multiple teams to define technical goals and lead implementation
  • Effectively communicate complex features and systems in detail
  • Understand industry & company-wide trends to help assess & develop new technologies
  • Partner & collaborate with organization leaders to help improve the level of performance of the team & organization
  • Understand the goals, strategy, and engineering bottlenecks of the organization
  • Advocate for higher product quality and engineering efficiency
Minimum Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • Experience leading projects with industry-wide impact
  • Experience communicating and working across functions to drive solutions
  • Experience in mentoring/influencing senior engineers across organizations
  • Experience in driving large cross-functional/industry-wide engineering efforts
  • 12+ years of programming experience
  • 12+ years of experience with building large-scale applications, or similar experience
Preferred Qualifications
  • BS degree in Computer Science or related field
  • Experience building backend services or platforms
  • Experience building AR/VR products or infra from ideation to shipping
  • Experience shipping products to millions of customers or have started a new line of product
  • Experience with virtual reality (Rift, VIVE, Gear VR, etc.)


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