What You'll be Doing:
- Work to implement game mechanics and AI behaviors for our compelling 6-person multiplayer experiences & provide mentorship to other programmers
- Consistently push the limits of the Unity game engine to maximize the quality of each VR experience.
- Keep up with the latest features and optimization techniques and decide if, when, and how to incorporate them.
- Find or develop tools and processes to make the development process more efficient.
- Actively contribute to creative maintainable code that can be reused across experiences.
- Own key areas of the experience from technical perspective
- Experiment with game design and use rapid prototyping to develop features, all while ensuring that strong architectural and algorithmic decisions are made.
- Work closely with art and design to create and iterate on gameplay features.
- Fix bugs in existing gameplay systems as required.
- Contribute ideas toward all aspects of the VR experience’s production and development processes. Write robust, maintainable code.
What We're Looking for:
- You've been a software or feature group team lead and can share your philosophy of leadership as well as specific examples of where you've put that philosophy into action.
- Exceptional C# programming skills with at least 5 years of software programming experience.
- You must also have significant experience in programming with the Unity engine.
- You have a proven track record, have shipped at least 2 commercial games (PC or Console preferred) and have been involved in each step of the development process from concept stage all the way through to the final release.
- You can share awesome stories of your incredible successes or crushing failures and what you learned from each experience.
- You play video games very frequently and have a strong understanding of current gaming trends and popular games releases.
- It’s a big plus for us if you have your own VR headset and regularly play VR games.
What We're Offering:
- Significant equity grants in a rapidly growing organization
- Private medical benefits
- Hybrid work model (3 days a week onsite)
- Retirement plan
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What We Do
We’re Sandbox VR, the most advanced virtual reality experience in the world. Our mission is to bring people closer together through world-class immersive experiences, and we’re looking for creative minds that are excited about innovating and orchestrating the growth of a new medium. Our location-based VR technology creates an action-packed social experience that thrills our millions of worldwide guests, and has taken the entertainment industry by storm, and we’re on a quest to push the boundaries of gaming to make the impossible our reality… because here, it’s possible. Sandbox VR is the future of entertainment. With over 66 global combined retail and franchise locations, the most advanced VR technology, premium AAA experiences developed in-house, and an exclusive Netflix collaboration, we’re the most successful and fastest growing location-based virtual reality company on the planet.
Why Work With Us
We’re Sandbox VR, and we’re the most advanced virtual reality experience in the world. With our Hollywood motion capture cameras, 3D body trackers, and haptic suits, we’re operating the next generation of cinemas - where our guests are the stars of their own movies!
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Sandbox VR Offices
Hybrid Workspace
Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.
Our work model varies by region. Our Vancouver and Hong Kong offices operate on a hybrid schedule: working on-site Tuesday through Thursday and remotely on Monday and Friday. Our teams are onsite in stores, and all other regions operate fully remote.
