AR/3D Software Engineer (Remote, Americas)

Shopify is bringing Augmented Reality functionality to it'smerchants via the Shop app!Our AR/3D Software Engineersare building core features that Shop will use to power Augmented Reality experiences. They understand the intricacies of 3D space and have the know-how to create realistic experiences for customers. You'll build native components along with the bridges that allow React Native to interact with them.

As an AR/3D Software Engineer, you'll work closely with our team of designers to create the first iterations of UI elements to make shopping in AR as easy as pressing "Add to Cart!" Our development team is building the foundationof Shop's AR offering, so you'll be there from the ground up. You'll need to have a love of all things AR, as well as an interest in computer vision and machine learning.

What you'll do as a AR/3D Software Engineer at Shopify:

• Collaborate with other engineersand designers to create the correct pipelines for our Augmented Reality experiences.
  
• Create the foundations of our AR infrastructure for the Shop app, empowering other developers to create AR experiences with ease.
  
• Work in a greenfield area within Shopify, providing swift solutions to novel challenges as we build out our roadmap (This is a new space for the Shop app, let's run wild!)
  

Qualifications

• Comfortable in Swift and/or Kotlin - We'll be working in both the Android and iOS native code primarily so an understanding of one of these two languages will be necessary.
• Experience with 3D APIs like OpenGL, Vulkan, and/or Metal - This role will require understanding APIs such as these at an introductory level at least.
  
• Experience writing PBR (physically based rendering) renderers or a deep understanding of how they work. We'll be doing a lot of rendering improvements and fine tuning. We are displaying 3D objects on a mobile device, so being smart with memory constraints is important.
  
• Ability to distill 3D complexity into a React Native API that's powerful yet easy to use, reason about tradeoffs, and build for the long term. - Shop is built on React Native by the best devs in the business. It's our job to give them the best components and tools to make adding AR as easy as adding a button.
  

Shopify is now permanently remote and working towards a future that is digital by design. Learn more about what this can mean for you.

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Shopify is now permanently remote, and we're working towards a future that is digital by design. That location you see above? Consider it merely an example of hundreds of potential locations across North America where Shopify is hiring. Learn more here: https://www.shopify.com/careers/work-anywhere

At Shopify, we are committed to building and fostering an environment where our employees feel included, valued, and heard. Our belief is that a strong commitment to diversity and inclusion enables us to truly make commerce better for everyone. We strongly encourage applications from Indigenous people, racialized people, people with disabilities, people from gender and sexually diverse communities and/or people with intersectional identities.

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