AR Engineer (C++)

Location: Los Angeles; office work expected 4+ days per week under the “default together” policy.

Base salary: $157,000–$235,000 annually for Zone A locations; the position is also eligible for equity in the form of RSUs.

Company

hirify.global Inc. develops hirify.globalchat, Spectacles, hirify.global OS, Lens Studio, Bitmoji, and other digital services focused on camera-based communication and immersive augmented reality experiences.

What you will do

• Advance the look, feel, and interaction flows of user-facing software for Spectacles.
• Contribute to a consistent user experience across the hirify.global OS software platform.
• Create spatial experiences through human-centered, multimodal interaction systems for augmented reality.
• Design and implement performant real-time 3D interaction algorithms optimized for resource-constrained AR hardware.
• Develop and optimize core systems and features in custom 3D engines and frameworks.
• Integrate native OS services, platform APIs, inter-application communication, and shared state for concurrent shared-space AR experiences.

Requirements

• 3+ years of post-Bachelor’s software development experience or equivalent relevant experience; or a Master’s degree in a technical field with 2+ years of post-graduate software development experience; or a PhD in a relevant technical field.
• Hands-on experience building real-time 3D interactive applications or features and systems for real-time 3D engines.
• Proficiency in C++ and experience writing performance-critical code for real-time 3D applications or engines.
• Experience with 3D engines or frameworks such as Unity, Unreal, Godot, or custom engines, including understanding of their internal architectures.
• Strong 3D mathematics and software engineering fundamentals, including data structures and algorithms.
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills across engineering, design, and product disciplines.

Nice to have

• Passion for creating spatial experiences.
• Gameplay engineering experience with real-time physics, animation systems, or input handling.
• Networking experience with multiplayer synchronization, client-server architectures, or real-time networked applications.
• Experience with custom 3D engines, modifying engine source code, or interfacing with native services and platform APIs such as iOS, Android NDK, or proprietary OS APIs.
• Understanding of real-time applications that interface with external services, modern UI frameworks and patterns, shaders, and technical art.
• Track record of writing performant real-time 3D interaction algorithms.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative work with engineering, design, and product disciplines.
• In-person office work is expected 4+ days per week under the “default together” policy.
• Paid parental leave and comprehensive medical coverage.
• Emotional and mental health support programs.
• Compensation packages include long-term equity participation through RSUs.
• Equal opportunity employment with consideration for qualified applicants with criminal histories where applicable by law.