Title: Principal Engineer
Location: Remote - US
Hours: Full-time
About Infinite Reality:
Infinite Reality (iR) is an innovation company powering the next generation of digital media and ecommerce through AI and immersive technologies. iR’s virtual worlds enable brands and creators to fully control how they distribute content, engage audiences, and monetize their creations while acquiring more powerful data on their customers. With deep expertise in Hollywood production, Web3 and XR, iR is redefining the infinite possibilities of connected digital environments in the modern age. iR’s portfolio of brands includes the spatial computing and AI platform, Infinite Reality Engine, the world’s premier, professional drone racing property, Drone Racing League, XR production facility Thunder Studios, creator talent management firm TalentX, and digital marketing agency Fearless Media. The company is backed by an impressive roster of investors including RSE Ventures, Liberty Media, Lux Capital, Lerer Hippeau, MGM, CAA, T-Mobile Ventures, Courtside VC, Exor, Terracap, IAC, Live Nation, DJ and producer Steve Aoki, rock band Imagine Dragons, NBA player Rudy Gobert, Interscope Records, and more.
The Role:
At Infinite Reality, Principal Engineers are both visionary leaders and hands-on builders. As Infinite Reality’s most senior individual contributors, Principal Engineers work on our hardest problems. Principal Engineers are asked to venture beyond comfortable approaches to pioneer new spaces, and inspire others as to what’s possible.
We are looking for architects and hands-on builders, who are highly attuned to the technical realities of building and operating high-scale systems for services and data. A Principal Engineer should have strong technical judgment and influential skills to facilitate discussions for business-critical designs. The perfect candidate will be able to operate at the Director, VPs and the C-suite level as a key technical adviser. They should be able to provide both architectural guidance and detailed technical direction while nurturing a continuous delivery culture and mentoring engineers.
What You’ll Do:
- Serve as a technical leader on our most demanding, cross-functional projects.
- Invent fundamentally new technologies in the immersive space
- Functionally decompose complex problems into simple, straight-forward solutions.
- Fully and completely understand system inter-dependencies and limitations.
- Possess expert knowledge in performance, scalability, enterprise system architecture, and engineering best practices.
- Assist in the career development of others, actively mentoring individuals and the community on advanced technical issues and helping managers guide the career growth of their team members
- Exert technical influence over multiple teams, increasing their productivity and effectiveness by sharing your deep knowledge and experience. You are a visionary leader, builder and an operator.
- Balance technical leadership and savvy with strong business judgment to make the right decisions about technology choices.
What You’ll Bring:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Computer Science or related field
- 10+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
- Knowledge of object-oriented design, data structures, and algorithms
- Full software product life cycle of at least one major SaaS and/or experience shipping 1 or more AAA games and multiplayer
- Well versed and familiar with the following:
- 3D experience
- Game engines like Unity and Unreal
- Web3D
- Javascript and Python
- Web GL and Web GU
- AWS
- Live Voice Video Apps
- Containers (Docker or Kubernetes)
- Preferred Qualifications:
- Deep hands-on technical expertise in at least one major technical area: large scale full stack development, building complex distributed systems, designing massive global networks.
- Experience building 3D software (games or otherwise)
- Mobile application development experience on both iOS and Android
- Expertise in web application development
Benefits:
- Paid Time-Off: We offer flexible vacation time, 10 company holidays + we shut down Christmas to New Years
- Health Plans: We offer robust medical, dental, and vision plans for you and your dependents. Disability, life insurance, and FSA benefits are also available
- Wellness: Access to Teladoc and an EAP
- Parental Leave: Paid leave
- Retirement Savings: Contribute pretax earnings to our 401(k) Plan
Our Culture:
- Passion: Every team member cares about our company, our clients, and the work
- Collaboration: We believe in intentional communication using Slack, Zoom, GSuite, ect.
- Positivity: Optimism keeps us motivated and productive
- Adaptability: Embracing change is key to our success
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