Software Engineer (Quest XR Platform) at Meta in Burlingame, California

Job Description:

Supernatural is seeking an Engineer to join our Client Foundation team, responsible for building and supporting the core platform for our Supernatural Fitness Quest app. As a member of our engineering team, you will play a critical role in shaping the development of our XR fitness platform, ensuring it is highly performant, reliable, and provides an exceptional development experience for our gameplay engineers and content creators. You'll collaborate with gameplay teams to design and develop a scalable and modular platform that enables the creation of new fitness experiences. You'll partner with team leads to plan and prioritize platform feature development, using your expertise in game engineering and knowledge of first-party systems and hardware. You'll build a robust and seamless foundation integrating multiple frameworks including networking, rendering, and audio. You'll contribute to our architecture and best practices to ensure that Supernatural performs at or above spec on all target devices. You'll participate in and improve an active on-call model that asks you to monitor, support, and improve how we manage a live service with continuous deployments.This is an ideal role for an experienced AAA game developer who is looking to branch into a new form of visual entertainment and immersion. Supernatural is not just groundbreaking, it changes people's lives for the better.This is an integral role in our organization. You will partner with other engineers to adopt and improve engineering best-practices. You will apply your passion and love for innovation combined with your excellent communication and interpersonal skills to inspire the growth and development of our engineering discipline.

Software Engineer (Quest XR Platform) Responsibilities:

• Design and develop the core architecture of the Supernatural Quest app, ensuring it meets the highest standards of performance, security, and reliability


• Identify and implement new technologies and frameworks to improve the overall quality and functionality of the Supernatural Quest app


• Work closely with QA teams to ensure the timely delivery of high-quality releases, and troubleshoot issues as they arise


• Provide technical support for our live applications and global operations


• Participate in an active on-call model, continuously improving how we monitor and support a live product with active subscribers


• Collaborate effectively with a multidisciplinary team including technical product managers, program managers, QA, and other roles


• Help plan and prioritize platform feature development and improvements


• Participate in technical design reviews, code reviews, and retrospectives to ensure we are delivering a high quality product


• Build strong relationships across our Technology discipline


• Develop positive working relationships with peers and customers


• Stay up-to-date with the latest advancements in XR technology, identifying opportunities to integrate new features and capabilities into the Supernatural Quest app


• Foster a growth mindset, regularly seek out opportunities for improvement


• Partner with others demonstrating empathy and understanding, creating a safe space to share ideas

Minimum Qualifications:

• Currently has, or is in the process of obtaining a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience. Degree must be completed prior to joining Meta.


• 2+ years of software development experience, with a focus on building complex, reliable applications


• BS degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or equivalent practical experience


• Experience developing in C#


• Experience developing in Unity, Unreal, or an equally robust game engine


• Experience building technology infrastructure, frameworks, and tools that support application development


• Experience working on a live application at scale with high frequency shipping cycles


• Experience working in a multiplayer application framework


• Experience in the building, analyzing, testing, and validating of interactive applications

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience developing VR applications


• Deep expertise in Unity and C#


• Interest in audio processing and spatial audio techniques, including frameworks such as FMOD


• Experience with graphics programming and rendering pipelines


• Expertise in VR hardware and how to optimize for performance


• Experience with multiplayer networking and scale optimizations

About Meta:

Meta builds technologies that help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses. When Facebook launched in 2004, it changed the way people connect. Apps like Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp further empowered billions around the world. Now, Meta is moving beyond 2D screens toward immersive experiences like augmented and virtual reality to help build the next evolution in social technology. People who choose to build their careers by building with us at Meta help shape a future that will take us beyond what digital connection makes possible today-beyond the constraints of screens, the limits of distance, and even the rules of physics.



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$56.25/hour to $173,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits


Individual compensation is determined by skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Compensation details listed in this posting reflect the base hourly rate, monthly rate, or annual salary only, and do not include bonus, equity or sales incentives, if applicable. In addition to base compensation, Meta offers benefits. Learn more about benefits at Meta. Apply Now