Game Developer

Title: AR/VR Game Developer Prototyper

Location: Sausalito, CA

Duration: 12 months

Description

• Looking for a Senior Game Developer Prototyper to help invent the future of digital presence in the Metaverse. In our Sausalito location, you will partner with our Creative Director, technical artists, research scientists, and engineers to create immersive demos that show how our state-of-the-art technologies can enable the future of AR/VR avatars.
• Our research team develops the technologies that will enable Meta’s product groups to ship the avatars the world will see in 5 to 10+ years.
• You’ll work in small, nimble teams to rapidly iterate on digital character-focused demos and prototypes.
• You’ll be working as the “integrator” inside real-time engines like Unreal by bringing together the vision of the Creative/Art Director, 3D character assets created by technical artists, and innovative technologies designed by engineers.
• These demos are shared with the leadership and community of Meta Reality Labs to inspire and define a north-star for our future metaverse.

Responsibilities

• Working onsite in our Sausalito, CA location is required.
• Partner with Technical Artists and Research Engineers to Integrate high-end character models using state-of-the-art technologies into UE AR/VR experiences.
• Work with the teams to evaluate and define the best 3D realtime approaches and optimization practices.
• Participate in ideation sessions with creative and technical peers to help plan and troubleshoot the design of prototype demo experiences.
• Assist in conception and development of the demo functionality.

Required Experience

• Minimum 5+ years of Game development and/or prototype experiences. You are an expert in game mechanics and UI systems, demonstrating high end skillsets with level blueprint and realtime graphic optimization.
• Some 3D Math fundamentals as applied to game logic.
• Solid knowledge working with real-time 3D materials of all sorts.
• First-hand experience with industry production processes and cross-discipline collaboration and communication.
• Comfortable taking direction, yet also working independently, multi-tasking and self-prioritizing to help various teams meet goals in this quick-moving, highly collaborative environment.

Preferred Experience

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent degree in Computer Science, Computer Visualization, or Computer Animation, including coding and scripting in various languages
• Previous experience in the creation of Games or interactive VR & AR experiences
• Experience with real-time analytics tools/languages/process and visual scripting is a plus.
• Knowledge of Houdini and/or Maya is a plus.

Key day to day responsibilities:

• Digital character-focused demos and prototypes.
• Integrate high-end character models using state-of-the-art technologies into UE AR/VR experiences.

Purpose/Size of this team & where does this position fit within the team?

• Technical Art team, this position fulfills expertise for putting together demos requiring game experiences.

What makes this role interesting?

• Working on state of the art technologies and interacting across group of specialized researchers, artists, engineers.

Must Have:

• Minimum 5+ years of Game development and/or prototype experiences. You are an expert in game mechanics and UI systems, demonstrating high end skillsets with level blueprint and realtime graphic optimization.
• Experience working with real-time 3D materials of all sorts.
• Some 3D Math fundamentals as applied to game logic.

Nice to have:

• Experience with real-time analytics tools/languages/process and visual scripting is a plus.
• Knowledge of Houdini and/or Maya is a plus.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent degree in Computer Science, Computer Visualization, or Computer Animation, including coding and scripting in various languages (C++, Python, 2-3 years)

Years of Experience: 5+

Degrees/Certifications Required: BS

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About Us: Established in 2004, SPECTRAFORCE® is one of the largest and fastest-growing diversity-owned staffing firms in the US. The growth of our company is a direct result of our global client service delivery model that is powered by our state-of-the-art A.I. proprietary talent acquisition platform, robust ISO 9001:2015/ISO 27001 certified processes, and strong and passionate client engaged teams. We have built our business by providing talent and project-based solutions, including Contingent, Permanent, and Statement of Work (SOW) services to over 140 clients in the US, Canada, Puerto Rico, Costa Rica, and India. Key industries that we service include Technology, Financial Services, Life Sciences, Healthcare, Telecom, Retail, Utilities and Transportation. SPECTRAFORCE is built on a concept of “human connection,” defined by our branding attitude of NEWJOBPHORIA®, which is the excitement of bringing joy and freedom to the work lifestyle so our people and clients can reach their highest potential. Learn more at: http://www.spectraforce.com

Benefits: SPECTRAFORCE offers ACA compliant health benefits as well as dental, vision, accident, critical illness, voluntary life, and hospital indemnity insurances to eligible employees. Additional benefits offered to eligible employees include commuter benefits, 401K plan with matching, and a referral bonus program. SPECTRAFORCE provides unpaid leave as well as paid sick leave when required by law.

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At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws. This position's starting pay is: $80.00/hr.