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Niantic's AR Mapping team seeks a Computer Vision Software Engineer to build 3D world maps for their real-world Metaverse.  Responsibilities include designing, developing, and maintaining production computer vision systems to enhance AR capabilities, collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver solutions, optimizing system complexity and time, writing high-performance code, and working with the research team to innovate in AR. The role involves working on solutions that will be used by millions.  The ideal candidate will have a Master's degree (or equivalent) in a related field and experience in production code (C++), computer vision, and machine learning.  In-office work is required two days a week (Tuesdays and Thursdays).

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<div class="job__description body"><div>Niantic’s Augmented Reality (AR) Mapping team seeks a Computer Vision Software Engineer to help build the 3D world maps that are the foundation for Niantic’s real world Metaverse and push the frontiers of Computer Vision and Machine Learning.
We are building the VPS and visual maps that help develop AR experiences to “inspire people to explore the world together”.
We’re a highly collaborative and engaging team, working to help algorithms evolve from concept to production at scale, and this is your chance to join us in our journey to map the world. We are all passionate about innovation, so we’re looking for engineers who want to learn and ship products that will be used by millions of developers and users.
<h3>Responsibilities</h3>
<ul>
<li>Design, develop and maintain production computer vision systems that are used to improve Niantic’s AR capabilities for the delight of our users.</li>
<li>Collaborate multi-functionally with products, operations and other engineering teams to ship state-of-the art computer vision solutions to enable new AR experiences.</li>
<li>Optimize complexity and time of solutions to make the best use of current technologies in cloud and/or mobile.</li>
<li>Write high performance code, debug solutions to complex problems that span systems, prioritize tasks effectively, and efficiently to meet agreed timelines.</li>
<li>Work with Niantic’s research team to invent, evaluate and help productionise solutions to push the boundaries of what can be done today in AR.</li>
<li>Collaborate with cross-functional team members and stakeholders, including regular and reliable attendance and participation in meetings.</li>
<li>Required in-office 2 days on Tuesday and Thursday.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Qualifications</h3>
<ul>
<li>Master-level qualification in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.</li>
<li>Experience writing production code in C++.</li>
<li>Solid understanding of computer vision, machine learning or similar concepts.</li>
<li>Ability to work in a fast-paced hybrid environment and handle stress appropriately and/or ability to solve practical problems and be sufficiently adaptable to handle dynamic situations with little advance notice.&nbsp;</li>
<li>Experience working on cross-functional teams with ability to communicate effectively through written and verbal communications, including asynchronous interactions with others.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Plus If…</h3>
<ul>
<li>PhD-level qualification in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, mathematics, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.</li>
<li>Demonstrated ability developing algorithms for image processing, computer vision or similar endeavors.</li>
<li>Experience implementing, hardening or optimizing 3d gaussian splatting, dense depth computation, multi-view reconstruction or other problems in 3D computer vision.</li>
</ul>
The total compensation package for this position includes a new hire offer base salary range of £87,300.00-£126,000.00 + bonus + equity + benefits.
Individual pay within this salary range is determined by work location and additional factors, including assessed job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can answer any questions about new hire total compensation during the hiring process. An overview of benefit offerings for your location can be found on the careers page.
<h3>Join the Niantic team!</h3>
Niantic's global-scale augmented reality platform and digital map powers spatial computing experiences in the real world. Incubated out of the Maps team at Google, Niantic first created Ingress and then Pokémon GO, a cultural phenomenon and hit game played by tens of millions of people each month. Niantic’s Lightship platform, which powers Pokémon GO, also supports the company's other games including Pikmin Bloom, Peridot and Monster Hunter Now. Developers use Niantic’s platform to build their own AR applications and experiences, either with the Lightship Platform or directly through the web with 8th Wall.
We believe that cultivating a workplace where our people are supported and included is essential to creating great products our community will love. Our mission emphasizes seeking and hiring diverse voices, including those who are traditionally underrepresented in the technology industry, and we consider this to be one of the most important values we hold close.
Niantic is a hybrid first company. We believe that in person interaction and collaboration fosters creativity, a sense of community, and is critical to our future success as a company. Our hybrid work schedules allow for a mix of remote and in-office work.
We're a hard-working, fun, and exciting group who value intellectual curiosity and a passion for problem-solving! We have growing offices located in San Francisco, Sunnyvale, Palo Alto, Bellevue, Kansas, London, Tokyo, Hamburg, Hyderabad, and Zurich. #LI-HYBRID</div></div>

<div class="BambooRichText jss-f1153">For many games developers at your level in the industry, having a desire to improve both inside and outside work is a key and motivating factor and Hyper Luminal Games are here to help. It’s important that any studio environment embraces progression for you to grow and understands the required learning that meets that progression. Hyper Luminal will tailor your learning. Equally the work and the projects need to be engaging and fun, development and creativity are the essence of having fun. We don’t stifle creativity; in fact, we continuously encourage it. You won’t be working in a cubicle and there’s no expectation of silence, engage and interact as much as you like! We are in the business of creating great content and making a difference with every project we work on, whether it’s Work for Hire or our own original I.P. Part of this is knowing that as a team member you will be recognised for your skill and effort, and within a culture of ‘praise’ that means coming to work is more than just earning money. You’ll have the opportunity to work with the latest technologies, ensuring the applications delivered are high performing, responsive and maintainable. You’ll have the capability to influence the choice and extent of technologies used, as we develop our applications. You’ll be responsible for delivering expertly designed components, built, debugged, tested and verified, ready for integration into various contexts across the business. You are encouraged to be as good as you can be and there are systems in place within the studio to support you to do just that. Incremental improvement is our aim and all team members are involved in what and how that evolves. If this feels like a place where you can thrive and grow, with the team, the projects and the studio, then apply for this position and let’s explore working together!&nbsp;
 
Unfortunately at this time, we can not offer remote working.
 
Tasks
 
<ul>
<li>Executing test plans to test development builds</li>
<li>Finding and reporting bugs using JIRA to ensure quality</li>
<li>Multiple platforms testing, including PC, console, and mobile, to maintain quality and consistency</li>
<li>Performing certification test passes on alpha dev builds to prepare for submissions</li>
<li>Delivering feedback via organized playtests using Google Docs to identify whether or not the game has room for improvement</li>
<li>Participating in sprint planning via meetings with dev team to keep up to date with upcoming features</li>
<li>Delivering stable, high quality titles for the studio by working closely with production and development teams</li>
<li>Interacting directly with individual developers to further explore or identify detail about issues, to maximise bug fix efficiency</li>
<li>Demonstrating (demoing) studio titles to third parties (on-site or off-site) to showcase the game</li>
<li>Facilitating user testing sessions by working with the public to gain feedback in an unbiased way</li>
</ul>
 
Requirements
 
Essential
<ul>
<li>1+ years experience executing test plans</li>
<li>Experience working on and having shipped 1+ titles</li>
<li>Experience using QA tools such as JIRA and MS Office or G Suite</li>
<li>Familiarity with testing on Consoles and/or Mobile platforms</li>
<li>Experience providing feedback of player engagement, fun, and difficulty</li>
<li>Experience with Agile development methodologies</li>
</ul>
Desirable
<ul>
<li>Experience participating in beta events, reporting issues and feedback to developers</li>
<li>Awareness of certification requirements for platform submissions</li>
<li>Experience with live-ops, update or patching process</li>
<li>Experience with end-user testing</li>
</ul>
Skills and Abilities
<ul>
<li>Persistence; don’t give up! Especially when tasks are repetitive and long</li>
<li>Accuracy in identifying issues and their underlying causes within a game build</li>
<li>Good knowledge of “usual” problem areas. Having a good awareness of the high risk areas in games testing, where issues are most likely to be found</li>
<li>Problem solving and troubleshooting skills for finding the causes of identified issues</li>
<li>Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, to enable bug reporting and detailing of issues</li>
<li>Confidence learning new systems, as the games and the platforms evolve regularly</li>
<li>Work well as part of a multi-discipline team even under tight deadlines</li>
</ul>
 
 
At Hyper Luminal Games we are passionate about our employees and provide development opportunities for all our staff. We take pride in the fact that we understand individual reward systems for all our team members, encompassing not only remuneration but responsibility, recognition, and individual learning. We offer competitive salaries, a generous pension scheme, life insurance and 28 days of holiday increasing yearly to a maximum of 33 days after 5 years.
 
At Hyper Luminal, creative collaboration is the key to success. Team members are given a range of responsibilities within a flat hierarchical structure, to enable an entirely team-driven games development process. Your role at Hyper Luminal is to ensure our games and software utilise a 'best in class' codebase, helping the studio to continually raise its quality bar and reach beyond what is generally expected of a smaller development team. We value your commitment and strive to ensure that all team members are included in a range of after-work activities to help prosper curiosity and creativity, including exciting games nights, delicious dinners and unique team-based events. We look forward to welcoming you into the Hyper Luminal Team!
 
Please note, we are unable to consider you for this position if you do not have pre-existing Right to Work in the UK</div>