Senior Computer Vision Software Engineer

2 Months ago • 5 Years + • Research & Development

Job Summary

Job Description

Niantic's AR Mapping team seeks a Senior 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 product and engineering teams, optimizing solutions for cloud/mobile, and working with the research team on innovative AR solutions. The role requires strong C++ skills, experience in 3D computer vision (e.g., Gaussian splatting, dense depth computation), and excellent communication skills. The position is hybrid, requiring in-office presence two days a week.
Must have:
  • 5+ years experience in computer vision algorithm development
  • Proficient in C++
  • Experience with 3D computer vision techniques
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills
  • Design, develop and maintain production computer vision systems
Good to have:
  • Experience leading technical projects
  • Experience shipping computer vision algorithms to production

Job Details

Niantic’s Augmented Reality (AR) Mapping team seeks a Senior 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.

Responsibilities

  • Design, develop and maintain production computer vision systems that are used to improve Niantic’s AR capabilities for the delight of our users.
  • Collaborate multi-functionally with products, operations and other engineering teams to ship state-of-the art computer vision solutions to enable new AR experiences.
  • Optimize complexity and time of solutions to make the best use of current technologies in cloud and/or mobile.
  • Design and implement high performant solutions to complex problems that span systems, prioritize tasks effectively, and efficiently to meet agreed timelines.
  • 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.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional team members and stakeholders, including regular and reliable attendance and participation in meetings.
  • Required in-office 2 days on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Qualifications

  • BS, MS or PhD in Computer Science, or a related technical field.
  • 5+ years of experience developing algorithms for image processing, computer vision or similar endeavors.
  • 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.
  • Experience working on cross-functional teams with ability to communicate effectively through written and verbal communications, including asynchronous interactions with others.
  • Experience writing and maintaining production code in C++.
  • Experience designing solutions, implementing, hardening or optimizing 3d gaussian splatting, dense depth computation, multi-view reconstruction or other problems in 3D computer vision.

Plus If…

  • Experience in planning and leading technical projects from inception to production
  • Track record of shipping computer vision algorithms to production

Join the Niantic team!

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 Zürich. #LI-HYBRID

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