OpenXR Engineer - Real-Time Expert

Mercor 

📍 United States, United States 🇺🇸

full-time
mid-level
75
on-site
Expired
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Key Skills

OpenXRC++C#UnityUnrealVulkan

Industry

Consumer ElectronicsRobotics

Job Description

About The Job

Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco, our investors include Benchmark , General Catalyst , Peter Thiel , Adam D'Angelo , Larry Summers , and Jack Dorsey .

Position: Software Engineer III

Type: Onsite

Compensation: $75–$105/hour

Location: Redmond

Role Responsibilities

  • Develop XR applications using OpenXR, covering architecture, implementation, testing, and iteration.
  • Build interactive features including input handling, scene and interaction systems, and rendering optimizations.
  • Integrate platform/runtime features such as tracking spaces and passthrough/scene understanding via extensions.
  • Create clean, testable code and contribute to basic CI/build scripts.
  • Debug runtime/device issues related to graphics, tracking, and input, providing clear reproduction steps and fixes.
  • Collaborate with product, UX, and engineering stakeholders; document designs and tradeoffs.

Qualifications

Must-Have

  • 3+ years of professional software development experience.
  • Hands-on experience shipping 3D real-time applications such as XR, games, simulation, or visualization.
  • Practical experience with OpenXR core concepts.
  • Strong skills in C/C++ and/or C# with solid debugging abilities.
  • Experience with a real-time engine or framework such as Unity or Unreal.
  • Understanding of rendering and performance constraints for XR.

Preferred

  • Experience shipping at least one OpenXR-based app or feature to production.
  • Familiarity with OpenXR extensions such as hand tracking and eye gaze.
  • Graphics experience with Vulkan/OpenGL/DirectX and profiling tools.
  • Android XR experience including Gradle, NDK, and JNI.
  • Experience building reusable components or frameworks for XR.

Compensation & Legal

  • Pursuant to the California Fair Chance Act and related ordinances, qualified applicants will be considered with arrest and conviction records.

Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete)

  • Upload resume
  • AI interview based on your resume
  • Submit form

Resources & Support

  • For details about the interview process and platform information, please check: https://talent.docs.mercor.com/welcome/welcome
  • For any help or support, reach out to: [email protected]

PS: Our team reviews applications daily. Please complete your AI interview and application steps to be considered for this opportunity.

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