VR/AR Software Engineer (Systems & Design)

Position Overview

Three Space Lab, an early-stage MIT Media Lab spin-off, is pioneering VR and AR software solutions for education, training, and workplace learning. We are looking for a VR/AR Software Engineer at the junior or senior level to join our team and help build multi-user, collaborative, simulation-based learning systems. In this role you will work with C#, Unity, and various design and development tools to extend and enhance our software infrastructure while learning from our DevOps practices and design principles.

Key Responsibilities

• Understanding, extending, and improving complex existing codebases in C#, and implementing software modules from scratch.
• Developing software across the stack, including real-time interactions, internal tools, backend web services, and frontend applications.
• Designing and implementing visual and spatial interactions using C#, Unity, modeling/animation tools, and shader programming.
• Developing learning-oriented experiences and narratives.
• Conducting pilot deployments and gathering user feedback.
• Interacting with clients to understand their needs and prioritize features.
• Collaborating with and, in a senior role, supervising a small team of developers.

Required Qualifications

• Strong background in computer science.
• Experience with software engineering practices oriented towards teamwork and building robust, maintainable software.
• Foundational knowledge in pure mathematics and/or physics is a plus.
• Basic experience with visual and interaction design.
• Interest in (human) learning and education.
• Curiosity, ambition, and a desire to make the world a better place.
• Proficiency in Unity with highly programmatic usage.
• Strong experience in C#.
• Ability to design user experiences and interpret user feedback.
• Experience with visual shaders and compute shaders (GPGPU).
• Understanding of cloud engineering concepts (e.g., networking and container orchestration).
• Familiarity with product management and data visualization/simulation of physical systems.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with C++.
• Background in modeling and animation.
• Experience with Android/iOS VR/AR development.
• Exposure to interactive uses of deep learning.
• Experience in designing experiences for (human) learning.
• Familiarity with human-centered design, graphic design, and sound design.