Software Engineer, Open XR Experience

Google • Taipei, Taiwan

Posted 2w ago🏛️ On-Site Mid-Level Software engineering 📍 Taipei

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C C++Python Rust Unity C#

Job Description

Minimum qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
2 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages (e.g., C/C++).

Preferred qualifications:

Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical fields.
5 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages (e.g., C/C++).
Experience with a modern commercial game engine such as Unity.
Experience with Rust and Python.
Experience with UI programming languages (e.g., C#, Dart).

Google's software engineers develop the next-generation technologies that change how billions of users connect, explore, and interact with information and one another. Our products need to handle information at massive scale, and extend well beyond web search. We're looking for engineers who bring fresh ideas from all areas, including information retrieval, distributed computing, large-scale system design, networking and data storage, security, artificial intelligence, natural language processing, UI design and mobile; the list goes on and is growing every day. As a software engineer, you will work on a specific project critical to Google’s needs with opportunities to switch teams and projects as you and our fast-paced business grow and evolve. We need our engineers to be versatile, display leadership qualities and be enthusiastic to take on new problems across the full-stack as we continue to push technology forward.

We are the Open Extended Reality (XR) team within the XR developer Experience team. The OpenXR team is responsible for implementing both the Game engines interfaces and OpenXR API surfaces for our internal teams and external partners.

In this role , you will make it easier for developers to build and port applications to Android XR by supporting industry standards like OpenXR. You will ensure OpenXR works effectively with popular game engines such as Unity on Android XR. This includes developing plugins, extensions, and providing support. You will implement and enhance the OpenXR runtime for Android XR devices, exposing hardware and platform capabilities to applications. You will provide Android XR developers tools to enhance the development experience.

For decades, the computing revolution has reshaped our world driven by breakthroughs in compute, connectivity, mobile, and now, AI. Google's XR team is at the forefront of the next major leap – the convergence of AI and XR. This is more than just new devices – it's about reimagining how we interact with the world around us. We're building a future where lightweight XR devices pair with helpful AI to augment human intelligence, offering personalized, conversational, and contextually aware experiences.

Develop, test, and maintain components of the OpenXR runtime for Android XR. This includes delivering on end-to-end tasks of an OpenXR extension development.
Contribute to the integration of OpenXR with game engines like Unity, potentially developing or improving plugins.
Develop the components of Android XR development tools including implementing the UI, integrating with the system capabilities and providing new features.
Improve the OpenXR runtime performance as well as the developer experience on using Android XR SDKs.

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