Offer summary

Qualifications:

At least 5 years of experience in the games industry or interactive real-time 3D graphics development., Expert knowledge of C/C++ and Vulkan, with experience in Unreal Engine 5., Solid 3D math skills and experience with CPU/GPU optimizations., Familiarity with machine learning integration and comfort with using metrics for performance analysis..

Key responsibilities:

Develop new rendering improvements for digital human experiences.

Investigate performance optimization opportunities and integrate platform systems into the game engine.

Support team members by debugging engine issues and providing expert assistance.

Research and implement the latest graphics techniques, collaborating with technical artists and animators.

Job description

UneeQ is an artificial intelligence company, developing the most advanced autonomous digital human platform available for customer interactions. Our mission is to deliver digital human experiences that reduce complexity, improve conversions and create memorable customer moments for brands.

Working at the leading edge of technology, UneeQ is fast paced and constantly evolving. We are a remote-first workplace and have people located in New Zealand, the USA, Canada, Australia, and Italy.

We are deeply committed to living our values and fostering a culture and work practices where our people can do their best work, make an impact and thrive.

Responsibilities of the Role

This Senior Software Engineer role specialises in development related to computer graphics systems. The application of the skillset is broad and will include:

Developing new rendering improvements that enhance the quality of our digital humans
Investigate and implement performance optimisation opportunities
Integrate other platform systems into the game engine
Research, experiment and implement (if appropriate) the latest techniques in graphics - such as machine learning based animation
Support other team members that use the game engine by debugging engine issues or providing expert support
Keep up to date with the latest developments in the industry and specific to our game engine
Provide thought leadership in graphics related elements of our platform
Work with technical artists and animators to develop scalable pipelines for character creation
Support technical artists and animators do their best work by developing tools and systems to facilitate this

What you're trying to achieve

Help UneeQ create the most engaging and fulfilling digital human experiences
Reduce the cost of delivering digital human experiences
Help UneeQ be the technology leader in the field of digital humans
Enable the rest of the UneeQ team to work effectively and do their best work
Develop valuable unique IP

Constraints and Specifics

This role does not have any direct reports
This role reports to the Engineering Manager - Platform & AI
This role is expected to maintain a good working relationship with other senior engineering staff across the product team.

Success Measures

Perception of development team effectiveness among stakeholders
Feedback on individual effectiveness among peers

Requirements

Skills and Experience that will be necessary

At least 5 years of games industry experience (or interactive real-time 3D graphics development)
Expert knowledge of C/C++, Vulkan
Experience with Unreal Engine 5
General C++ programming skills (integrating our rendering system with other platform services, messaging systems etc)
Experience with or interest in python or golang would be helpful
Solid 3D math skills including vectors, transformation matrices
Experienced with CPU/GPU optimisations
Comfort with using metrics and data to understand how code is performing in production and make decisions
Comfort with building, improving and maintaining build systems
Experience with streaming audio and video or WebRTC would be advantageous
Excellent problem solving/debugging skills to track down the cause of problems and maintaining code base that you didn't write
Knowledge of docker and containerization would be a plus
Experience with AWS would be advantageous
Some Linux experience
Knowledge of current trends, tooling and best practices within the industry for computer graphics
Ability to break down large, complex pieces of work into small executable chunks
Machine learning system integration experience would be advantageous
Ability to interview potential engineering candidates, and contribute to UneeQ’s recruitment efforts
A professional attitude towards performance feedback; providing it to others generously, and being open minded when receiving it from others

Competencies that will help

Problem solving ability
Attention to detail
Ability to be a positive influence on other team members
Openness, and willingness to learn new things
Desire to be of service to others
Desire to collaborate and share knowledge

Benefits

Do work that matters - we are passionate about doing great work, solving customer problems and having a positive impact on some of the biggest challenges facing our world today
Work at the leading edge - with us you will be continually pushing the boundaries of what is possible
Learn and grow - we support you with a learning allowance of $3000 per year to continue to develop. You’ll also be working alongside some of the most talented people in the industry
Great people and strong culture - you’ll work with smart, caring people at the top of their game, who will support you to do your best work and have lots of fun along the way
Flexible working - we encourage our people to live healthy, balanced lives by providing flexibility to fulfil responsibilities inside and outside of work
Competitive compensation package - we pay competitive market salaries as well as offering an employee share option scheme so we all have an ownership stake in the business